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[nervous]

just settled down to watch series 2 of lost and after episode 1 (which was awesome by the way) episode 2 wont play cos its 'missing a codec' and will play sound but not pictures. so, ive checked the cupboards and down the back of the sofa but i cant find a single codec anywhere.

PLEASE someone help me. Lost is my saturday afternoon. PLEASE.

[nervous]

cooooo-dec here cooo-deeecc.....

cmon, theres a good codec, come to daddy.....

[SlvrCrb]

nervous said:

cooooo-dec here cooo-deeecc..... cmon, theres a good codec, come to daddy.....

hey mate, so that's why you "had to go" Just so you know I've got your codec here

[markmullen]

Mac or PC? What is at the end of the file title? (eg .AVI, .MOV, .MPG, .WMV etc)?

[ywouldi]

Download VLC Media Player, its pretty much got everything that you will need to play everything and its free. Always plays files that media player is having trouble with.

Ben

[Frik]

GSpot is a good program for determining codecs.

Give it a bash nervy.

[SlvrCrb]

Frik said:

Is your codec near your GSpot Nerv? Best give it a bash and see if it's there.

[nervous]

Frik said:

Give me a bash nervy.

listen, i told you. i like you, i just dont think of you that way.

[nervous]

SlvrCrb said:

Frik said: Is your codec near your GSpot Nerv? Best give it a bash and see if it's there.

rats. not only has fixed my problem and ive had to tell him i like him* but he gets a better nob gag than me. rats. curse you robin.











*actual like may not represent like.



thanks gang, especially rob :begrudgingsmiley: ill see you in 10 hours

[Trooper2]

Hey Nervy, when trying to play your file right click the title in the now playing side bar and then click properties. That should tell you which audio and video Codecs the file needs to play. Then get the replacement codec from Microsoft or look for it here:

www.free-codecs.com/






I'm a day late and a dollar short as usual..

>> Edited by Trooper2 on Saturday 21st January 15:56

[nervous]

thanks derek

[nervous]

oh, poo. im using divx and the picture keeps dragging behind the sound. is there a speed setting so that i can sychronise the two?

[SlvrCrb]

nervous said:

oh, poo. im using divx and the picture keeps dragging behind the sound. is there a speed setting so that i can sychronise the two?

i've got a "Romanian" video here you can borrow. No need to worry about lip sync then

[nervous]

thats helpful. however, since the sychronising is out i fear i would be talking out of my arse.

[aldi]

nervous said:

thats helpful. however, since the sychronising is out i fear i would be talking out of my arse.

One of the episodes I downloaded was out of sync, had to download a different version of the same episode in the end

Lots of love
Neil

[omitchell]

aldi said:

nervous said: thats helpful. however, since the sychronising is out i fear i would be talking out of my arse. One of the episodes I downloaded was out of sync, had to download a different version of the same episode in the end Lots of love Neil

i have this problem a lot and i found the best way to get around it is to burn it to a dvd and then watch it from that, strangely it cures the problem