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AVI files play no picture, but with sound
I do not know what has happened but when I try to play an AVI file in
windows media player I get sound but no picture. The first time I noticed this is when I went to a BBC (UK website) and tried to watch an online program. The program started and I heard sound,... but there was no picture. When I tried to open a local file the same thing happened. If I open the file in the new (BETA) real player it (the file) plays alright. I have got the latest divx player installed (6.7). I wondered if anyone could help me out with this problem NIK |
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AVI files play no picture, but with sound
"Nicholas Hall" wrote:
I do not know what has happened but when I try to play an AVI file in windows media player I get sound but no picture. The first time I noticed this is when I went to a BBC (UK website) and tried to watch an online program. The program started and I heard sound,... but there was no picture. When I tried to open a local file the same thing happened. If I open the file in the new (BETA) real player it (the file) plays alright. I have got the latest divx player installed (6.7). I wondered if anyone could help me out with this problem WMP probably can't find the correct codec. Besides the media title in the right frame of WMP there should be a small, red icon. Click it, and follow the instructions to download the right codec. I've seen this problem several times with Xvid, it could be what you're missing. http://www.xvid.org/ Charlie42 |
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AVI files play no picture, but with sound
Thanks for the reply Charlie, but it did not sort out my problem.
I did have Xvid (older version 1.1.2). There is nothing there in media player to tell me that I need codec's. I did have all the codec's on my system before and they played alright? NIK "Charlie42" wrote in message ... "Nicholas Hall" wrote: I do not know what has happened but when I try to play an AVI file in windows media player I get sound but no picture. The first time I noticed this is when I went to a BBC (UK website) and tried to watch an online program. The program started and I heard sound,... but there was no picture. When I tried to open a local file the same thing happened. If I open the file in the new (BETA) real player it (the file) plays alright. I have got the latest divx player installed (6.7). I wondered if anyone could help me out with this problem WMP probably can't find the correct codec. Besides the media title in the right frame of WMP there should be a small, red icon. Click it, and follow the instructions to download the right codec. I've seen this problem several times with Xvid, it could be what you're missing. http://www.xvid.org/ Charlie42 |
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AVI files play no picture, but with sound
"Nicholas Hall" wrote
Thanks for the reply Charlie, but it did not sort out my problem. I did have Xvid (older version 1.1.2). There is nothing there in media player to tell me that I need codec's. I did have all the codec's on my system before and they played alright? Somebody in this ng recommended a tool called Gspot in a similar discussion a few days ago. You may be able to find out what the file uses by running this tool (I've tested it briefly myself, and it seems to work ok): http://www.headbands.com/gspot/ And here's another tool that will help you find out what's already installed on your machine: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/installed_codec.html A good place to start looking for downloads: http://www.wmplugins.com/ Charlie42 |
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AVI files play no picture, but with sound
"Nicholas Hall" wrote:
snip "Charlie42" wrote: snip Oh, and one more thing. If viewing the files you're talking about worked fine previously on your computer, you should try to do a system restore before you dig further into the tips in my previous post. Charlie42 |
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AVI files play no picture, but with sound
Actually there is a place to tell you if you need codecs... Right-click on the player's playlist on the partially failing track and click Error Details. Then click Web Help. That should identify any missing codec (John/I did this part) and then offer to take you to wmplugins where you can probably find the codec (Kevin L did most of that). Automating this process would kind of be dangerous since a lot of codecs are dodgy. =\ -- Speaking for myself only. See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. -- "Nicholas Hall" wrote in message ... Thanks for the reply Charlie, but it did not sort out my problem. I did have Xvid (older version 1.1.2). There is nothing there in media player to tell me that I need codec's. I did have all the codec's on my system before and they played alright? NIK "Charlie42" wrote in message ... "Nicholas Hall" wrote: I do not know what has happened but when I try to play an AVI file in windows media player I get sound but no picture. The first time I noticed this is when I went to a BBC (UK website) and tried to watch an online program. The program started and I heard sound,... but there was no picture. When I tried to open a local file the same thing happened. If I open the file in the new (BETA) real player it (the file) plays alright. I have got the latest divx player installed (6.7). I wondered if anyone could help me out with this problem WMP probably can't find the correct codec. Besides the media title in the right frame of WMP there should be a small, red icon. Click it, and follow the instructions to download the right codec. I've seen this problem several times with Xvid, it could be what you're missing. http://www.xvid.org/ Charlie42 |
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AVI files play no picture, but with sound
Zach Thanks for your reply, but unfortunately there is no error details.
I think media player has gone wrong. NIK "zachd [MSFT]" wrote in message ... Actually there is a place to tell you if you need codecs... Right-click on the player's playlist on the partially failing track and click Error Details. Then click Web Help. That should identify any missing codec (John/I did this part) and then offer to take you to wmplugins where you can probably find the codec (Kevin L did most of that). Automating this process would kind of be dangerous since a lot of codecs are dodgy. =\ -- Speaking for myself only. See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. -- "Nicholas Hall" wrote in message ... Thanks for the reply Charlie, but it did not sort out my problem. I did have Xvid (older version 1.1.2). There is nothing there in media player to tell me that I need codec's. I did have all the codec's on my system before and they played alright? NIK "Charlie42" wrote in message ... "Nicholas Hall" wrote: I do not know what has happened but when I try to play an AVI file in windows media player I get sound but no picture. The first time I noticed this is when I went to a BBC (UK website) and tried to watch an online program. The program started and I heard sound,... but there was no picture. When I tried to open a local file the same thing happened. If I open the file in the new (BETA) real player it (the file) plays alright. I have got the latest divx player installed (6.7). I wondered if anyone could help me out with this problem WMP probably can't find the correct codec. Besides the media title in the right frame of WMP there should be a small, red icon. Click it, and follow the instructions to download the right codec. I've seen this problem several times with Xvid, it could be what you're missing. http://www.xvid.org/ Charlie42 |
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AVI files play no picture, but with sound
Here is the list of codec's I have installed.
ICM Microsoft RLE MRLE msrle32.dll 6.0.6000.16513 ICM Microsoft Video 1 MSVC msvidc32.dll 6.0.6000.16513 ICM Microsoft YUV UYVY msyuv.dll 6.0.6000.16386 ICM Intel IYUV codec IYUV iyuv_32.dll 6.0.6000.16386 ICM Toshiba YUV Codec Y411 tsbyuv.dll 6.0.6000.16386 ICM Cinepak Codec by Radius cvid iccvid.dll 1.10.0.12 ICM DivX® 6.7 Codec (2 Logical CPUs) divx DivX.dll 6.7.0.28 ICM DivX® 6.7 YV12 Decoder yv12 DivX.dll 6.7.0.28 ICM Xvid MPEG-4 Codec XVID DMO Mpeg4s Decoder DMO mp4s, MP4S, m4s2, M4S2 mp4sdecd.dll 11.0.6000.6324 DMO WMV Screen decoder DMO MSS1, MSS2 wmvsdecd.dll 11.0.6000.6324 DMO WMVideo Decoder DMO WMV1, WMV2, WMV3, WMVP, WVP2, WMVR, WMVA, WVC1 wmvdecod.dll 11.0.6000.6324 DMO Mpeg43 Decoder DMO mp43, MP43 mp43decd.dll 11.0.6000.6324 DMO Mpeg4 Decoder DMO MPG4, mpg4, mp42, MP42 mpg4decd.dll 11.0.6000.6324 NIK "Nicholas Hall" wrote in message ... Zach Thanks for your reply, but unfortunately there is no error details. I think media player has gone wrong. NIK "zachd [MSFT]" wrote in message ... Actually there is a place to tell you if you need codecs... Right-click on the player's playlist on the partially failing track and click Error Details. Then click Web Help. That should identify any missing codec (John/I did this part) and then offer to take you to wmplugins where you can probably find the codec (Kevin L did most of that). Automating this process would kind of be dangerous since a lot of codecs are dodgy. =\ -- Speaking for myself only. See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. -- "Nicholas Hall" wrote in message ... Thanks for the reply Charlie, but it did not sort out my problem. I did have Xvid (older version 1.1.2). There is nothing there in media player to tell me that I need codec's. I did have all the codec's on my system before and they played alright? NIK "Charlie42" wrote in message ... "Nicholas Hall" wrote: I do not know what has happened but when I try to play an AVI file in windows media player I get sound but no picture. The first time I noticed this is when I went to a BBC (UK website) and tried to watch an online program. The program started and I heard sound,... but there was no picture. When I tried to open a local file the same thing happened. If I open the file in the new (BETA) real player it (the file) plays alright. I have got the latest divx player installed (6.7). I wondered if anyone could help me out with this problem WMP probably can't find the correct codec. Besides the media title in the right frame of WMP there should be a small, red icon. Click it, and follow the instructions to download the right codec. I've seen this problem several times with Xvid, it could be what you're missing. http://www.xvid.org/ Charlie42 |
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AVI files play no picture, but with sound
Having both XVID and DIVX isn't ideal... What's the URL to a AVI video on the BBC UK web site? I didn't see any... =\ -- Speaking for myself only. See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. -- "Nicholas Hall" wrote in message ... Here is the list of codec's I have installed. ICM Microsoft RLE MRLE msrle32.dll 6.0.6000.16513 ICM Microsoft Video 1 MSVC msvidc32.dll 6.0.6000.16513 ICM Microsoft YUV UYVY msyuv.dll 6.0.6000.16386 ICM Intel IYUV codec IYUV iyuv_32.dll 6.0.6000.16386 ICM Toshiba YUV Codec Y411 tsbyuv.dll 6.0.6000.16386 ICM Cinepak Codec by Radius cvid iccvid.dll 1.10.0.12 ICM DivX® 6.7 Codec (2 Logical CPUs) divx DivX.dll 6.7.0.28 ICM DivX® 6.7 YV12 Decoder yv12 DivX.dll 6.7.0.28 ICM Xvid MPEG-4 Codec XVID DMO Mpeg4s Decoder DMO mp4s, MP4S, m4s2, M4S2 mp4sdecd.dll 11.0.6000.6324 DMO WMV Screen decoder DMO MSS1, MSS2 wmvsdecd.dll 11.0.6000.6324 DMO WMVideo Decoder DMO WMV1, WMV2, WMV3, WMVP, WVP2, WMVR, WMVA, WVC1 wmvdecod.dll 11.0.6000.6324 DMO Mpeg43 Decoder DMO mp43, MP43 mp43decd.dll 11.0.6000.6324 DMO Mpeg4 Decoder DMO MPG4, mpg4, mp42, MP42 mpg4decd.dll 11.0.6000.6324 NIK "Nicholas Hall" wrote in message ... Zach Thanks for your reply, but unfortunately there is no error details. I think media player has gone wrong. NIK "zachd [MSFT]" wrote in message ... Actually there is a place to tell you if you need codecs... Right-click on the player's playlist on the partially failing track and click Error Details. Then click Web Help. That should identify any missing codec (John/I did this part) and then offer to take you to wmplugins where you can probably find the codec (Kevin L did most of that). Automating this process would kind of be dangerous since a lot of codecs are dodgy. =\ -- Speaking for myself only. See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. -- "Nicholas Hall" wrote in message ... Thanks for the reply Charlie, but it did not sort out my problem. I did have Xvid (older version 1.1.2). There is nothing there in media player to tell me that I need codec's. I did have all the codec's on my system before and they played alright? NIK "Charlie42" wrote in message ... "Nicholas Hall" wrote: I do not know what has happened but when I try to play an AVI file in windows media player I get sound but no picture. The first time I noticed this is when I went to a BBC (UK website) and tried to watch an online program. The program started and I heard sound,... but there was no picture. When I tried to open a local file the same thing happened. If I open the file in the new (BETA) real player it (the file) plays alright. I have got the latest divx player installed (6.7). I wondered if anyone could help me out with this problem WMP probably can't find the correct codec. Besides the media title in the right frame of WMP there should be a small, red icon. Click it, and follow the instructions to download the right codec. I've seen this problem several times with Xvid, it could be what you're missing. http://www.xvid.org/ Charlie42 |
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AVI files play no picture, but with sound
The URL is http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programme...ne/default.stm
NIK "zachd [MSFT]" wrote in message ... Having both XVID and DIVX isn't ideal... What's the URL to a AVI video on the BBC UK web site? I didn't see any... =\ -- Speaking for myself only. See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. -- "Nicholas Hall" wrote in message ... Here is the list of codec's I have installed. ICM Microsoft RLE MRLE msrle32.dll 6.0.6000.16513 ICM Microsoft Video 1 MSVC msvidc32.dll 6.0.6000.16513 ICM Microsoft YUV UYVY msyuv.dll 6.0.6000.16386 ICM Intel IYUV codec IYUV iyuv_32.dll 6.0.6000.16386 ICM Toshiba YUV Codec Y411 tsbyuv.dll 6.0.6000.16386 ICM Cinepak Codec by Radius cvid iccvid.dll 1.10.0.12 ICM DivX® 6.7 Codec (2 Logical CPUs) divx DivX.dll 6.7.0.28 ICM DivX® 6.7 YV12 Decoder yv12 DivX.dll 6.7.0.28 ICM Xvid MPEG-4 Codec XVID DMO Mpeg4s Decoder DMO mp4s, MP4S, m4s2, M4S2 mp4sdecd.dll 11.0.6000.6324 DMO WMV Screen decoder DMO MSS1, MSS2 wmvsdecd.dll 11.0.6000.6324 DMO WMVideo Decoder DMO WMV1, WMV2, WMV3, WMVP, WVP2, WMVR, WMVA, WVC1 wmvdecod.dll 11.0.6000.6324 DMO Mpeg43 Decoder DMO mp43, MP43 mp43decd.dll 11.0.6000.6324 DMO Mpeg4 Decoder DMO MPG4, mpg4, mp42, MP42 mpg4decd.dll 11.0.6000.6324 NIK "Nicholas Hall" wrote in message ... Zach Thanks for your reply, but unfortunately there is no error details. I think media player has gone wrong. NIK "zachd [MSFT]" wrote in message ... Actually there is a place to tell you if you need codecs... Right-click on the player's playlist on the partially failing track and click Error Details. Then click Web Help. That should identify any missing codec (John/I did this part) and then offer to take you to wmplugins where you can probably find the codec (Kevin L did most of that). Automating this process would kind of be dangerous since a lot of codecs are dodgy. =\ -- Speaking for myself only. See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. -- "Nicholas Hall" wrote in message ... Thanks for the reply Charlie, but it did not sort out my problem. I did have Xvid (older version 1.1.2). There is nothing there in media player to tell me that I need codec's. I did have all the codec's on my system before and they played alright? NIK "Charlie42" wrote in message ... "Nicholas Hall" wrote: I do not know what has happened but when I try to play an AVI file in windows media player I get sound but no picture. The first time I noticed this is when I went to a BBC (UK website) and tried to watch an online program. The program started and I heard sound,... but there was no picture. When I tried to open a local file the same thing happened. If I open the file in the new (BETA) real player it (the file) plays alright. I have got the latest divx player installed (6.7). I wondered if anyone could help me out with this problem WMP probably can't find the correct codec. Besides the media title in the right frame of WMP there should be a small, red icon. Click it, and follow the instructions to download the right codec. I've seen this problem several times with Xvid, it could be what you're missing. http://www.xvid.org/ Charlie42 |