Problems playing files(player wont open them)

[np]

Hello I am a nembie so sorry if I say something stupid! I have a cam extension file and my divx or media player wont open it it says unsupported file....I was told to add at his end .avi but still dont work
I have another one that I cant get sound...it says error tag 8192.(I used Gspot and thats what it told me. Now I was told to download a codec pack which I did and I installed it under my divx player file (version 2.1 I think) and still does not work...Help I am running out of ideas

[willy_annand]

There is a utility called "AVI Info", you could try loading the problem file into that, it will tell you the stats of the AVI file and what Codec you need for it and if the codec is installed or not.

It will also alert you if your file is NOT an AVI file.

[np]

Well I have Gspot and it told me not an avi file. I was told to add as an extension avi which I did but I dont think that adding to the title .avi would change much! Anyway I was wondering where I should place all those codecs...Should I download them and let them as an independent program file or should I download them all under my divx player file??? I wonder if thats part of the problem?

[willy_annand]

I just download a codec and install i t, letting it go where it wants to...
If it wants a folder, I tell it to go in "Program Files".