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  1. Was just wondering If anybody new If the K -lite codec pack supported all AVI videos. Got a music video that will not play but have had other Avi that has played. I'm using windows vista.

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    Don't entangle your system with a codec pack. Go to the Tools section and download GSpot. Then, open your troublesome avi file in that utility, so that it will tell you the exact codec required to play it. Thereafter, you can download that specific codec.

    But no codec packs, okay? They're more trouble than they're worth.

    As an alternative, try a different media player like VLC (which handles a lot of different media file types).
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  3. Aside from the general in-advisability of use codec packs like K-Lite, no codec pack can work for every AVI file. Even if someone miraculously made a codec pack that did work with all known codecs, the next day someone would introduce a new codec that wasn't supported. Do what filmboss80 suggested -- use GSpot or MediaInfo to identify the codecs used in your AVI file, get that codec and install it.
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    There could be many reasons why the AVI won't play. It could use codecs inside the AVI container that your PC doesn't understand. It could be corrupted. It could be deliberately made to not be playable by some rights holder wanting to screw with downloaders. It could be an encrypted RAR file masquerading as an AVI and you need to know the password to decrypt it. Follow jagabo's suggestion and use GSpot or MediaInfo. You might consider posting a screen shot of the information from one of those programs as a follow up so we can see what is in it.
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  5. Originally Posted by filmboss80 View Post
    Don't entangle your system with a codec pack. Go to the Tools section and download GSpot. Then, open your troublesome avi file in that utility, so that it will tell you the exact codec required to play it. Thereafter, you can download that specific codec.

    But no codec packs, okay? They're more trouble than they're worth.

    As an alternative, try a different media player like VLC (which handles a lot of different media file types).
    Thankyou for your help
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  6. Originally Posted by jagabo View Post
    Aside from the general in-advisability of use codec packs like K-Lite, no codec pack can work for every AVI file. Even if someone miraculously made a codec pack that did work with all known codecs, the next day someone would introduce a new codec that wasn't supported. Do what filmboss80 suggested -- use GSpot or MediaInfo to identify the codecs used in your AVI file, get that codec and install it.
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  7. Originally Posted by jman98 View Post
    There could be many reasons why the AVI won't play. It could use codecs inside the AVI container that your PC doesn't understand. It could be corrupted. It could be deliberately made to not be playable by some rights holder wanting to screw with downloaders. It could be an encrypted RAR file masquerading as an AVI and you need to know the password to decrypt it. Follow jagabo's suggestion and use GSpot or MediaInfo. You might consider posting a screen shot of the information from one of those programs as a follow up so we can see what is in it.
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    Originally Posted by Pumkinhead View Post
    Was just wondering If anybody new If the K -lite codec pack supported all AVI videos. Got a music video that will not play but have had other Avi that has played. I'm using windows vista.

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    K-Lite should have installed ffdshow, which can play just about any valid AVI file.

    So as others said, you need to use a tool like GSpot to tell you what kind of AVI you have.

    You may already have that in the "tools" section of the K-Lite section in your Start menu.
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  9. Originally Posted by AlanHK View Post
    Originally Posted by Pumkinhead View Post
    Was just wondering If anybody new If the K -lite codec pack supported all AVI videos. Got a music video that will not play but have had other Avi that has played. I'm using windows vista.

    Cheers
    K-Lite should have installed ffdshow, which can play just about any valid AVI file.

    So as others said, you need to use a tool like GSpot to tell you what kind of AVI you have.

    You may already have that in the "tools" section of the K-Lite section in your Start menu.
    Thankyou for your help
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  10. You may have to manually enable some of the less common decoders in ffdshow: Start -> All Programs -> ffdshow -> Video Decoder Configuration.

    Also be aware that this is a common way of spreading trojans. Post an AVI file, then get users to download a special player or codec to play them. And along comes a virus or other spyware.
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  11. Thanks to everybody for usefull posts. I did as advised by everybody I did not download any codecs. I converted the file again to AVI Movie file using any video convertor wonderful piece of equipment. And guess what It played perfectly well I find this strange converting AVI to AVI but It worked. So thanks everybody for your help

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  12. What codec was your original file?
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  13. Originally Posted by jagabo View Post
    What codec was your original file?
    It Is just AVI music video clip.
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  14. AVI is a container. It can contain video and audio compressed with any codec. Just like a cardboard box is a container that can contain video as VHS tapes, Beta tapes, 16mm film reels, etc. If you examined your file with GSpot it would have told you the codecs (audio and video) used in the AVI.

    It's also possible you file wasn't an AVI file. Anybody can rename a file with .AVI as the extension. Windows based media players and editors are pretty good at figuring out what the real container is even if it's been renamed (different containers have to be handled differently). For example, if your file was really an MKV file renamed as an AVI file (GSpot can tell you that) Windows based media players will still be able to play it. But your Philips DVD player wouldn't be able to play it because it doesn't know how to handle MKV files.
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    Originally Posted by jagabo View Post
    AVI is a container. It can contain video and audio compressed with any codec. Just like a cardboard box is a container that can contain video as VHS tapes, Beta tapes, 16mm film reels, etc. If you examined your file with GSpot it would have told you the codecs (audio and video) used in the AVI.
    Absolutely! The OP was told about GSpot from the very first response, and for several thereafter. There should not be any need to reencode the file if you know what you're dealing with. The conversion to a new .avi just recompresses the video, degrading quality and adding more artifacts.
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