700MB AVI video only shows a 5 second message

Hi,

I have a challenge, I downloaded a video (700MB) in avi. But the only message I get when I play it is “use windows media player”.

Does anyone know why a 700mb avi is only showing that message, where is the video?

Do I have do something else to play the video?

John Alan

There’s a lot of fake files out there with uncompressed video (hence 5 seconds of video taking up 700M with messages to go to some web site and download a media player (commonly malware or virus), or to buy some media player (probably phishing for credit card numbers). Also suspect the MPAA.
Discard and get another one.

Free try other AVI Player, such as VLC Player and MPlayer.

1. Copy DVD to ISO Image,DVD Disc,DVD Folder,Player Media(directly play on Apple DVD Player) on Mac
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2. Burn AVI,FLV,MOV,MOD,MKV,M4V,MPEG,VOB,3GP,HD,TS...to DVD on Mac

Free try other AVI Player, such as VLC Player and MPlayer.

1. Copy DVD to ISO Image,DVD Disc,DVD Folder,Player Media(directly play on Apple DVD Player) on Mac
— -
2. Burn AVI,FLV,MOV,MOD,MKV,M4V,MPEG,VOB,3GP,HD,TS...to DVD on Mac

Same thing has happened to me too,i just finished downloading a 694mb file using bittorrent but when i play that file it shows a msg of 4seconds saying “Use Windows Media Player”.
Can anyone tell me if i need to seed first and then i will be able to view that file or i have downloaded a wrong file???