HELP!!! This Newbie

[jj2tuff]

I just down loaded my first movie to my hard drive. Now I tried to play it on my windows player and the sceen is just black, but my movie counter show that the movie is playing. What do I need to do so I can see/hear the movie playing? Thanks!

[Craig Tucker]

You need the correct codec installed to play the movie correctly. Try installing the nimo codec pack. This has most of the codecs you will ever need.

[jj2tuff]

I down loaded the nimo pack. Now what do i need to do in order to play my newly downloaded movie on my comp?

[wee haggis]

You don't have to do anything.
You just leave the Codec Pack in any folder and the player will find it.

[jj2tuff]

The player is playing the movie but no picture or sound is present. What next?

[johneboy]

I down loaded the nimo pack. Now what do i need to do in order to play my newly downloaded movie on my comp?

Im assuming by that, you mean you downloaded, and installed it right?

[jj2tuff]

yes I downloaded it and unzipped the file

[wee haggis]

yes I downloaded it and unzipped the file

you unzipped it??
What kind of file is it?
(try opening it in Virtualdub and go to File> File information)

[jj2tuff]

Ok I opened up virtual dub, went to FILE but the FILE INFORMATION tab is grey not allowing me to press the button. Now what?

[johneboy]

yes I downloaded it and unzipped the file

you unzipped it??
What kind of file is it?
(try opening it in Virtualdub and go to File> File information)

The nimo codec pack... is a zipped file
so of course you want to unzip it
then you will have an EXE file
probably called nimo.exe or something to that effect

double click that
and install it
then reboot
and try watching your movies again

[jj2tuff]

I rebooted and opened up my media player and guess what happend? Thats right NOTHING....Grrrrr what is the proper way to do this?

[wee haggis]

ahh...I was'nt paying attention.
I thought you were referring to a video zip file...mmm!!
Confusion is my middle name.

Do you have other movies or video files...?
Try them to see if its an issue with that particular file or all of them.
When you went into Virtualdub,did you...
File > Open > Movie.avi ? first before attempting to read Information?