codecs question

[simonrex22]

i tried playing an avi file in Windows Media Player and it said there was an error with the codec. I thought it was a bad file but it has also happened with a bunch of other videos. I downloaded the newest version of WMP and now it aquires a codec but all i get is the sound and the animations that you can choose.

[spectre]

You're probably going to want to download the divx codec if you haven't already. That may not be the one you need, but I'd guess it probably is.

[Dilbert1234567]

gspot can identify most codecs

http://www.headbands.com/gspot/

download open the file with gspot and it will tell you what codec the avi is encoded with.

[simonrex22]

thanks guys. it turned out to be the xvid codec that i needed.