how to play avi files

[homenet]

Hello All!

I downloaded few avi files but when i try to play in windows media player, i only get black screen and no sound, even though the bar is moving.
I also tried to play using DIVX Playa 2.0 but it says can not open files.
I noticed that the file is 320x288.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
homenet

[koolpooldude99]

you need to download and install some codecs... u probably dl-ed ur movies off of kazaa right? well search for "codecs" and you should find a lot of results... download the ones you think are the best, also you might want to try www.divx.com and dl the 'package' there, a lot of codecs are included in that

hope i helped

[homenet]

Hello!

Thanks for the reply.
In facy i already have dl codecs from divx.com and the latest playa2.0 but
the avi file do not run. I am not sure what codecs I need becuase some avi files run O.K while others do not.
Any pointers to codecs will be good.

thanks.

[zodiac]

go to tools at the left and download gspot.
it will tell ya which codec(divx,xvid)
if it says you have the right codec then look at the bitrate,if it says somthing like 20kb/s its fake.
installing nimo codec pack and xvid you should be able to play almost all avi's.

[homenet]

Hello!

I did install nimo codec but I still can not play certain avi files i got it from
kazaa and winmx. I used the gspot and it said no codec needed and bit rate was also not 20 kb/s. Any other clue please.

thx.

[ssjdominic]

sometimes when avi wont load for me i change the exstention .avi to asf or wmv and if that dont work i change it to mpg 9/10 times it will play try it and tell me what happens

[homenet]

Hello!

I tried as you suggested to one of the avi files I was not bale to play. It still did not make a difference. I later found out that the file was fake as windows media was showing that it is playing the file but no sound and picture. It was one of those Newfxp files and in one of the forum someone said that these type of files are fake.
I stalled Nimo codec and was able to play my other good avi files.

Thanks.