Playing AVI's in Windows XP

Jockstrap · Sat 17/04/2004 04:48:35

We used to have Windows ME on the computer and the AVI files I had downloaded worked fine. Then we upgraded to Windows XP and none of my AVI's work. Well, they sorta work. There's sound but no picture. Has anyone else had similar problems? If so, how did you fix it? God I hate Windows....

Moox · Sat 17/04/2004 05:03:35

Are you using WMP?

Jockstrap · Sat 17/04/2004 05:04:31

I've tried in WMP, QuickTime and WinAMP

Las Naranjas · Sat 17/04/2004 05:06:49

Have you reinstalled all the codecs, like DivX?

Squinky · Sat 17/04/2004 05:07:36

Yup, you'll need the proper codecs to view your porn...

Jockstrap · Sat 17/04/2004 05:11:45

Well, I downloaded three codecs and ran them but that didn't help at all.

And it's not porn. It's John Carpenter's The Fog.

Peter Thomas · Sat 17/04/2004 05:13:04

No need to lie, man.

Moox · Sat 17/04/2004 05:16:12

Maybe its a bad avi, Open your windows folder and run clock.avi Its an easteregg in windows

Jockstrap · Sat 17/04/2004 05:16:51

I just checked and it's saying all the video codecs are working (including DivX). So I don't know what's going on.

And I'm not lying. I don't download video porn.

EDIT: Very strange. Clock.avi works but none of my other avi's work.

EDIT: Okay, MOST of my avi's don't work. And some of them only work in certain programs. I opened one file in WMP and it didn't work properly, but then when I opened it in Winamp it worked fine.

EDIT: Maybe some of them ARE bad avi's (some work, others don't) but they were all working fine on Windows ME.

Moox · Sat 17/04/2004 05:26:45

hmm, the programs use different codecs that means, download as many as possible and google for me avi codec

Moox · Sat 17/04/2004 05:30:25

sorry for not editing my previous post...

Try converting the avi to an mpeg

Jockstrap · Sat 17/04/2004 05:32:14

What program?

Moox · Sat 17/04/2004 05:34:51

any, Mpeg codecs might be different then the older avi ones

Jockstrap · Sat 17/04/2004 05:36:03

Well, I don't know of any.....that's what I was asking....

MrColossal · Sat 17/04/2004 05:39:57

if you try and run it does it not say "This won't show properly unless you have this codec" if not try running it in the divx player, it always tells me what codecs i need

Jockstrap · Sat 17/04/2004 05:43:49

Uh....heheh...and where's the divx player? $:-\$

Squinky · Sat 17/04/2004 05:51:36

Quote from: Squinky on Sat 17/04/2004 05:07:36
Yup, you'll need the proper codecs to view your porn...

I joke, I joke!

Las Naranjas · Sat 17/04/2004 06:01:16

When in doubt play it in this http://www.videolan.org/.

If it doesn't work, something's rotton to the core.

And since you're using windows, you couldn't have got the Divx codec without the DivX player, so either it's on your harddrive, or you didn't reinstall all the codecs as suggested.
DivX- http://www.divx.com/

Jockstrap · Sat 17/04/2004 06:09:35

Yeah, okay. I really don't know much about anything. I just know that it used to work with ME and now it doesn't work with XP. But right now I'm at divx.com downloading stuff....and it's taking a very, very long time....

Jockstrap · Sat 17/04/2004 06:33:44

Yay! It's working! Thanks everybody. Ooh, and this is my 100th post too! Feel free to lock this thread...or whatever...