Error messege :Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support the file type

i downloaded this show and its a avi but i cant play it ..and everytime i try to this messege comes up.“Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support the file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the file." any ideas on how i could watch this show?

I have the same problem, an avi. clip from a digital camera that will not play in either windows media player, or realplayer.

IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE WHO CAN HELP???

you need to download a codec for windows media player (or any other)goto www.free-codecs.com and d/load ffdshow (top left collum) this should sort it

Here download this. Its called Videolan VLC movie player, plays about everything you throw at it and its free too.

http://www.gigasize.com/get.php/109538/vlc-0.8.5-win32.exe

thats the link, enjoy!