WMP doesn't play .wmv-files properly... huh?

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 11 Oct 2005, 23:24

Hey,

I recently installed WindowsXP again and also installed Windows Media Player 10. I installed DivX and Xvid. I don't know why, but only with the combination of both these codecs, WMP plays .avi-files properly.

Now I tried to watch the trailer for 'The Promise' which Tom had posted (thnx btw) and the image judders heavily... like a computer game for which the computer is too slow for. It doesn't move fluently, but rather does it show image after image (and jumps over a lot of frames in-between), like a scratched DVD would play. The sound is fine, though. I never had that problem with .wmv-files.

Oh and WinAmp plays the files, fine!

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 12 Oct 2005, 00:24

Uhm... all of a sudden it plays them again. LOL! I haven't done anything. I just came back to the computer and wanted to demonstrate to my brother, who usually knows more about that stuff, and it all worked normally again, lol.

Toge · Post by **Toge** » 12 Oct 2005, 15:12

try VideoLAN

Mordib · Post by **Mordib** » 12 Oct 2005, 15:52

yep videoLAN does about 90% of all video files... then install FDDshow, the quick time and wmp alternatives and your sorted for anything the net might through at you... in fact I will compile a list with links that people can add to and help keep up to date... good plan batman! (list coming on monday unless someone beats me to it!!)

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 12 Oct 2005, 20:46

You know, the funny thing, I had fddshow installed on my last WindowsXP and it worked just well. If I install it on my current WindowsXp, all avis start playing like the .wmv-files did until yesterday. LOL! As soon as computers stop being logical to me, they become a mystery.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 26 Oct 2005, 22:50

thelostdragon wrote:I don't know why, but only with the combination of both these codecs, WMP plays .avi-files properly.

This is a common mistake people make, like .doc files it's just a wrapper for whatever video codec you like.

WMP cannot play DivX or Xvid files natively (and I doubt it ever will). It can play AVI files encoded in Microsoft's own video AVI codec and some others but they're all very old codecs and equally rubbish.

WMV like MPEG is a proper video codec in the strictest sense AVI is different it per say doesn't contain any codec, on it's own.

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WMP doesn't play .wmv-files properly... huh?

WMP doesn't play .wmv-files properly... huh?

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