| 23 Jun 2008 06:04 pm |
Entree Rep: 0 Joined: 23 Jun 2008 Posts: 3 OFFLINE | HELP ME!!!!!!
i need step by step instructions on how to play a xvid video. i have downloaded a movie that ends in: XVID-IMBT. when i run the video in windows media player it says that it doesnt understand the codec that created it. please help me!!!! 
i need a codec that will alow me to play this file and i dont want to pay any money for a convertor or codec. i want a free program
please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Last edited 23 Jun 2008 06:08 pm by kartracer76 | |
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| 23 Jun 2008 08:48 pm |
carrot Guest | Download this
http://www.moviecodec.com/downloads/8d.html
and install it
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| 24 Jun 2008 08:07 am |
Entree Rep: 0Joined: 23 Jun 2008 Posts: 3 OFFLINE | ok i downloaded it now what do i do?
and the ending to the movie file is exactly:
XVID-IMBT.avi
what the heck does this mean????
I dont know how to use the XVID codec thingy please tell me how to! I NEED HELP NOW!!!!
What do I do after downloading the xvid codec?
i tried opening the video in quick time because it ends in .avi but its not supported...
what do I DO??
PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Last edited 24 Jun 2008 12:46 pm by kartracer76 | |
| 24 Jun 2008 02:06 pm |
carrot Guest | Are you on a PC or a Mac?
If you’re on a PC, did you run and install the file you downloaded? (It should be named XviD-1.1.3-28062007.exe). Then did you try playing the movie in Windows Media Player? What error message(s) are you getting?
Other possibilities:
File is truncated: use Media Player Classic to play it.
Wrong or misnamed file:
Use gspot (http://www.headbands.com/gspot) or avicodec (http://avicodec.duby.info) to determine what codec it really uses.
Also try VLC Media player (http://www.videolan.org) which is an all-in-one player (swiss-army-knife-style) with lots of built-in codecs (but obviously not all of them).
It could be a fake. If that’s the case, it most likely won’t be recognized by any player or the diagnostic tools mentioned above. You could try opening it with winrar to see if it’s an archive or a cd burning or mounting program to see if it’s a cd image.
If you’re on a Mac, try MPlayer OS X (google it), or the xvid component for QuickTime (look in the download section of this site)
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| 24 Jun 2008 04:57 pm |
Entree Rep: 0Joined: 23 Jun 2008 Posts: 3 OFFLINE | ok. i am on a pc running windows xp and the movie is definetly the real thing as its size confirms it. and the message that is displayed in windows media player says that its file type is not supported.
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| 24 Jun 2008 10:40 pm |
carrot Guest | File size means nothing. The MPAA and RIAA have been dumping huge fake files on file sharing networks for years. Like I said, I’d use gspot or avicodec to make sure.
If you’re unconvinced, look at the first few bytes in a hex editor. If it were truly an AVI you’d see a string RIFF AVI LIST at the start.
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| 26 Jun 2008 08:19 am |
Wannabe Rep: 1 Joined: 26 May 2008 Posts: 13 OFFLINE | Go to google and search “Vista codecs”,download and setup.This a free and vrey good codecs for XP and Vista.Then,you can watch you film easily with windos media player.
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