codec problem

[chris_newton]

Hi all

Forgive me if this has been asked a thousand times, i have tried to do a search but got lost in all the jargon.

Baiscally i have a film that when u play back its all...wishy washy, that the best way to describe it, in the help files it says if this is the case it will need a codec. The file is xvid, so i downloaded the xvid file the help file reccommended, still the same. i then donwloaded the kazza lite pack, still no change, i have uninstalled he kazza pack throgh system restore etc to get rid of it now. When i load the film up through g-spot it says 2 compatible codecs installed, and they are x-vid mpeg 4 codec and xvid mpeg 4 video decoder. I am using windows media player to open it up in and have even tried xvid codec for windown media player and still no joy..

So i am stuck...anyone any idea?

Thanks

Chris

[BJ_M]

what does wishy washy look like ? is it that the picture quality is bad or that you dont see anything at all ?

[chris_newton]

i have sorted it now...only trouble is after instsalling the corect codecs the film works fine but now my version of winavi wont open, it says loading but then just dissapears!

any ideas??