Posted: 1/19/2006 8:46 AM
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dood
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For (almost) all of the videos on here, I get an error downloading codec message and end up with an audio file instead of a video. I get the same thing using windows media player as I do using realplayer. I tried the windows troubleshoot but that rarely works so I'm hoping one of you can help. Thanks :)
Posted: 1/19/2006 8:48 AM
Post subject: Re: Error downloading codec...
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Bisqwit
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dood wrote:
For (almost) all of the videos on here, I get an error downloading codec message and end up with an audio file instead of a video. I get the same thing using windows media player as I do using realplayer. I tried the windows troubleshoot but that rarely works so I'm hoping one of you can help. Thanks :)
Did you try reading the FAQ?
Posted: 1/19/2006 8:52 AM
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dood
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I did use MPlayer a couple of times with the decoder but was getting the same problem, so deleted the program. I'll try the advice again though.
Posted: 1/19/2006 8:56 AM
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Bisqwit
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The page lists codecs you should install. Try that before switching players. (I wish I didn't have to explain what a page says.)
Posted: 1/19/2006 9:09 AM
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dood
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I've installed the codecs and the players, I know what the page says...I'm still getting the same codec problem...
Posted: 1/19/2006 9:14 AM
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Dacicus
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Maybe restarting the computer would help? I've had programs work afterwards even if they didn't say that a restart was needed.
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Posted: 1/19/2006 9:20 AM
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dood
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...well that sure made me look stupid :P thanks though, it worked :)
Posted: 1/19/2006 4:22 PM
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Bag_of_Magic_Food
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Right, so you'd better add "Try restarting" to the FAQ page!
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Posted: 1/22/2006 1:12 PM
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Warp
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If you have problems watching videos in Windows, this should be the ultimate solution: Download and install the K-Lite Codec Pack: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Codec_Pack.htm Make sure that during the installation the H.264 support of ffdshow is turned on (I think that in at least some versions of the pack it was turned off by default). During the installation it will offer you to uninstall unneeded codecs/players already installed in your system (to keep it clean); afaik it's safe and a good idea to let it do that. If you still have problems viewing the videos, play them using media player classic or bsplayer, both of which come with the pack. Winamp5 also is able to play most videos (except multi-soundtrack ones). Sometimes just having the codecs installed is not enough for a player (such as Windows Media Player) to be able to correctly play a video; media player classic and bsplayer should support basically everything.