excuss me but I am sincerly ignorent when it comes to this, but can anyone help me? I have down loaded a movie (1.37GB) in a dvdrip avi format, and I use Roxio as the burning software, but without luck? I can't even play the file on my media player software. I can't find anyone that can shed light on this, as well as a side question "what is RIP".
Rip is a term people use when they take something off a CD or DVD and put it in their computer or onto another disc. Does your dvd player play AVI files?
Thnk's, my windows media player doesn't play avi files. I have checked the setup and all extenstions are checked. I can burn other formats such as mpeg,mpg without problem or hassle. But last night I dwn loaded this movie and I just can't burn the sucker. Is it because it is avi or other reasons? I got it from mininova.org and used utorrent as my dwn load program.
I don't know anything of Roxio but you have to encode and author the file before you burn it. If you can't play the downloaded file on your pc, it's probably a codec issue. The kazaa Lite (Full) codec pack will contain all you need: http://home.hccnet.nl/h.edskes/mirror.htm Or, if the file is opened in GSpot, that program can show what codec is needed.
I installed k-lite as well as gspot, and still have no luck? the msg reads something to the effect of can not render? Now what puzzles me is that other down loads such as mpg or mpeg or mov I can play. But when it comes to avi and using media player it doesn't work? I believe that if I can make it work in media player then I can burn it. well,, I have to leave it out there for now and log back in later I need my sleep. Thank's for your assistance and looking forward to resolving this soon.
All I can think of is that the file isn't 100% or hasn't been unrarred. Your file is probably CD 1 and CD 2; are there multiple files around 14 MB in each that you haven't extracted? I can see 1 avi being corrupt but not all avi. Hopefully, someone will ring in with a better answer.
WINAVI Video Converter is a really good program you can use to convert your AVI files into mpegs, dvds or whichever to let you easily burn your movies. However, I think Nero has an option where you can burn it as a dvd-video and they convert the video into a dvd format.
LadieNite gave you good advice..... convert your AVI file and then see if it will play with your Windows Media Player! I use ConvertXToDVD from VSO. It's a great program and it's fast and easy to use. Download the free version (if you buy it then the logo will be taken off the final product), but it's great to see if it works for you before you buy: http://www.vso-software.fr/products/convert_x_to_dvd/ If it doesn't work then you have to consider that you have a corrupted download file and I would attempt to download it again or from a different site! good luck to you and welcome to afterdawn!
thnk's everyone for your advise and suggestions, which I'm in the process of implementing at this moment. I am determined to resolve this. and yes I have two files cd1 cd2.
When you open, say, CD1, what is inside; the single video file or multiple files. 90% - 95% of torrents contain many files that you need to extract before you can use them. If that is the case, download WinRar using the language you prefer: http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm open your CD's one at a time, right click on the first rar file and select extract here and your video will begin extracting. Only takes a few minutes and, while WinRar has a trial, if you're downloading many torrents, you will need it. If that's not it, I have no idea what's wrong.
Good on you for getting it. Now, to a couple of other issues that may crop up. I don't think you do but you can't have Nero and Roxio installed at the same time. They definitely conflict, so one or the other but not both. Also, more than one instance of the same codec installed can cause a conflict or it may not. If this applies, personally, I would keep the KL codec pack as I've used it for years with no issues but that's up to you. So, if you do have any future issues, it may be the codecs.
