Probably a Stupid Computer (WMP) Question

[Cliffio]

i've downloaded a few videos i'd like to watch but whenever i open them in windows media player it tries to download a codec (??) and then there is always an "error downloading codec"

whats the story on this, better yet, how can i watch these videos?

thanks
Cliff

[Cliffio]

also, forgot to mention this is a .avi file

[teufelhunden]

www.divx.com is probably going to solve your problems if you don't already have it.

if not, post the entire filename.

[MarkM]

Get ready for a rollback if you install the DirectX files....I know that link is for the divx but they work in similar ways.

[Cliffio]

i got it to work, thanks

[speeddemon]

Get ready for a rollback if you install the DirectX files....I know that link is for the divx but they work in similar ways.

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Divx and DirectX aren't even close to the the same thing. Divx is a type of compression for movie files. DirectX is a graphics programming API that allows windows software to directly use the graphics hardware. DirectX won't do a single thing for his movie problem and he more than likely already has it installed.