Can't get an AVI to play

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  1. leroyorel

    leroyorel Regular member

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    Nothing about DVD burning here. Nice and simple. I downloaded last Friday's "episode" of Smackdown from isohunt in full-length AVI form and it wouldn't play. In anything. I tried WMP, WMP2, NeroMP, and RealPlayer. None of them could do anything with it. The player would get an error and give me the "Send"/"Don't Send" prompt and close. I tried to convert it from AVI to MPEG but that program did the same thing. So I assumed it was the file. I deleted it and downloaded the show again in RAR form this time. I put it back together and had the exact same problem with the second video. I don't know what this could possibly be. Help?
     
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    chubbyInc Regular member

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    maybe you don't have the codec.

    Also which program are you trying to use to watch it?

    Media Player Classic works good for watching .AVI
     
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    More than likely it's in either divx or xvid format. If you get the K-lite mega codec pack (Google it) you should be able to play anything. If you still can't play divx properly (You get a picture with funny lines) then you can get the divx codec by itself.
     
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    Thanks a lot, simpsim. It worked!
     

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