Help Playing an AVI File

[boysey]

Just downloaded last week's brilliant top gear as an AVI but now I can't play it ... I have tried my usual sipects that I have loaded Windows Media Player, Real Player, etc and I can get the sound no problem but no video? What am I doing wrong? Is there an alternate player I should use?

[cooky]

try winamp or VLC media player, both are excellent, winamp is more of a music player with some gret skins and plug-ins.
VLC or Videolan is a vid player for multiformats, and has regular codec downloads

HTH

[boysey]

Thanks buddy ... ley me go and try and download VLC now, I think I used to have a copy of that on my old laptop ...

[marcel.micallef]

vlc great player. but the reason you cant play it aint the player your missing a codec.


install theas as well as vlc and you will be sorted.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdsh
http://ac3filter.sourceforge.net/

Edited by marcel.micallef on Monday 19th February 04:20

[boysey]

All working a treat ... thanks guys