Media Player Problem

**Posted:** Thu Jan 01, 1970 12:59 am

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**Posted:** Sun Mar 02, 2003 6:57 pm

I have a media player problem and I was wondering if any of you could help me with it. O.K I have this .avi file that I want to play, media player is supposed to play this type of file format. However, it has to download a codec from windows to do it. However, ever time it automaticly tries to download it a error message comes up and says it was unable to download codec! Now I have tried everything it says to do on the windows help page and nothing seems to work: Upgrading Explorer Lowering Security to download the codec Enter code in the [diver32] section Retry the download Nothing seems to be working for me and I am getting really frustrated with it. Help me please! What do I need to do? Is there another media player that works especially well with .avi files or how am I supposed to get the right codec on my computer? I am not the biggest computer expert in the world. So any help would be appreciated.

**Posted:** Sun Mar 02, 2003 7:32 pm

..it could be divx--do you have that codec? <div style="text-align:center">Spanish bombs, yo te quierro infinito Yo te querda, oh mi corazon Spanish bombs, yo te quierro infinito Yo te querda, oh mi corazon</div>

**Posted:** Sun Mar 02, 2003 9:20 pm

The Media Player V2 audio codec is the worst thing ever. <img src="http://members.fortunecity.com/davincontrol/ot.gif"/> yeah. <a href="http://sidequest.keenspace.com">Read SIDE QUEST</a>||<a href="http://pub21.ezboard.com/bzeldawalkthroughmessageboard">Free SeXXORZ</a>||<a href="http://www.reikitantei.net">Reikitantei</a>|| <a href="http://pub34.ezboard.com/bzealpalace">Zeal's Board</a>||<a href="http://pub23.ezboard.com/bcolony195animeboard">My Board of Doom and Disillusionment</a>|| <a href="http://www.thedashcat.net">A load of carp.</a>|| Seeing a glass as half empty doesn't mean you're a pessimist; It just means you're thirsty. -Ricky

**Posted:** Sun Mar 02, 2003 9:47 pm

Try to go to DIVX.com and download one of their codec... Lastly, it might simply that you're using a firewall and you forgot to give access to the new MP.

**Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2003 5:13 pm

The file might be corrupted too. I've encountered a few files like that in WMP.   Neo Kamidake, Resident Gundam Fanboy  <img src="http://tenchi-online.com/Kamidake.jpg"/>  Knight Kamidake, TMS4  "Annuit cÂœptis novus ordo seclorum."  "Planet Earth, you're about to learn a lesson. The real crushing blow is yet to come." -Colonel Zechs Merquise  <a href="http://pub19.ezboard.com/bneokamidakesrealm">Visit Neo Kamidake's Realm!</a>

**Posted:** Tue Mar 04, 2003 12:03 am

Well, I got to the point where I can "view" the .avi file, but I get no sound. Which means 99% of the time that I need the right codec. I would like to get the right codec, but mircosoft won't let me download it instead I keep getting the error message -Unable to download an appropriate decompressor. (Error=80040200)- Now I have tried everything they recommend at there site to be able to download the appropriate decompressor, but nothing they say works. The file is fine I have downloaded similar avi files, but I still have the same sound problem with them to! I get video, but no sound. and the Divx player is pretty sweet (I downloaded it), but I can't get any sound with that player either. So in less I get this codec I can't get sound with my video. It sure would be nice to know what codec I actually needed, but of course I don't know. I think I will call microsoft customer service tommorrow. Anyways thanks for the help.

**Posted:** Tue Mar 04, 2003 4:25 am

No sound eh, what you want is <A HREF="http://nimo.titanesk.com/modules/mydownloads/">Nimo</A> ^_^ Its a large collection of codecs ^_^ <div style="text-align:center"><hr /> <img src="http://www.Lindenssite.btinternet.co.uk/Ezboard/Sigpic4.jpg" style="height:176;width:364;"/> <a href="http://www.lindenssite.btinternet.co.uk">Visit my Final Fantasy Site</a> and <a href="http://pub61.ezboard.com/bcomputergamesandanime"> My Board</a> ^_^</div>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub19.ezboard.com/btenchimuyo79943.showUserPublicProfile?gid=lindenryuujin>Linden Ryuujin</A> <IMG SRC="http://www.Lindenssite.btinternet.co.uk/Ezboard/Lion.gif" BORDER=0> at: 3/4/03 3:41:57 am

**Posted:** Wed Mar 05, 2003 1:02 pm

yes nimo will do the trick.. if it dont nothing ever will...

**Posted:** Wed Mar 05, 2003 8:27 pm

What sound card do you have? It might be about some incompatible card/driver... Also, try to find the error type on the net! Lots of posters usually post about those and you might find the solution to your problem as well!

**Posted:** Wed Mar 05, 2003 10:57 pm

Download <a href="http://members.fortunecity.com/davincontrol/WMA2.txt">this</a>, change the file extension to ".uue" and extract the file to C:Windowssystem It should fix the problem if the file has the codec that I think it has. <img src="http://members.fortunecity.com/davincontrol/ot.gif"/> yeah. <a href="http://sidequest.keenspace.com">Read SIDE QUEST</a>||<a href="http://pub21.ezboard.com/bzeldawalkthroughmessageboard">Free SeXXORZ</a>||<a href="http://www.reikitantei.net">Reikitantei</a>|| <a href="http://pub34.ezboard.com/bzealpalace">Zeal's Board</a>||<a href="http://pub23.ezboard.com/bcolony195animeboard">My Board of Doom and Disillusionment</a>|| <a href="http://www.thedashcat.net">A load of carp.</a>|| Seeing a glass as half empty doesn't mean you're a pessimist; It just means you're thirsty. -Ricky

**Posted:** Fri Mar 14, 2003 6:15 pm

I just thought I would post that my problem is fixed. Thanks everybody for there advice. I tried, I think every codec package there is on the net. What worked for me was upgrading windows media player, to media player 9. To my surprise when I saw the upgrades for media player it had a codec. Of course I couldn't just download that codec, but I had totally upgrade my media player. When I then played my avi file it had sound and I was very happy.....The End

**Posted:** Sat Mar 15, 2003 2:40 am

That's good ^^.. I was just going to mention upgrading your Media Player. I had to do that too a couple days ago, and I haven't had any problems since. <div style="text-align:center"><img src="http://villageanime.com/Zoids/rpg/ryoko-reclining.jpg " style="border:0;height:120;width:400;"/> I am Ryoko! Tenchi Muyo Survivor 4 "I see a no smoking sign, but I don't see a no drinking sign anywhere."-Ryoko <a href="http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/target=display_nation/nation=ryuu-ryoko" target="top">Ryoko's Empire, Ruled by Ryoko of course!</a> </div>

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