I have many questions

[Cacke]

Question #1

If you have a movie file, with what can you see what kind of player you need too play the file?

Question #2

What player can play the most of the movie files?

Question #3

When you have downloaded a codec file what do you do with it so it works?

Question #4

I have a movie file, It is an avi and first time I started it I open it with media player classic and next time when I started it it came up a message “Cannot render the file.” Even I started it wth the same software as the first time.

Why? What have happened?

What can I do to fix it?

[Abond]

Unfortunately, thus you would have not many answers

[Cacke]

thus?

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[Abond]

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[Cacke]

Yes, now I have edit my text too bad english

[Cornucopia]

Some short answers:

#1 - Gspot (get the newer beta version)

#2 - VLC (has its own codec supply) or MediaPlayerClassic (may need add'l codecs to download)

#3 - Don't download a codec unless you are certain you need it (IOW, avoid the "Paks"). It should come with an installer and instructions.

#4 - Hard to track this down without knowing further info: Media type & contents, OS version, DX version, which codecs installed, etc.

Scott

[Abond]

1. At first I try to look at the file extension. Then - GSpot to see if I have successful rendering (and ofcourse codec, but for example, I can play an avi encoded with divx3 and GSpot said me the codec is not instaled)
2. the same
3. I would suggest to install ffdshow. It cover the majority of decoders. This is what you need to play the file - not really codec but directshow decoder (or filter).
4. drop the file in GSpot to see if you can render it.

[Cacke]

Thank you.

I will try it, I hope it works.

:)