AVI Video

**Trega** · October 09, 2006, 01:22 PM

Can someone tell me what plays AVI videos.Windows media player wont and real time wont so what will.

**Spiff** · October 10, 2006, 12:20 PM

You need a te corret sofware installed to play AVI files, media player isnt enough. Put simply, not all AVI files are the same, and they mostly all require specific software so they can be decoded by your media player - such software is refered to as a 'Codec'. So you need the correct codecs installed to play your video.

Try the storm codec pack, it seems to work pretty well for me.

**vikrant** · October 10, 2006, 12:41 PM

Trega
u need codecs
if u got right codecs u can play anything with media player classic.

**Darkragnar** · October 10, 2006, 01:18 PM

Just install the ACE mega Codec's pack and you wont ever have the same problem again.

**Trega** · October 10, 2006, 02:33 PM

Thanks for the help.

**Trega** · October 10, 2006, 04:29 PM

Sorry for the double post but i just downloaded and installed ACE Mega Codecs pack and when i try to play the file it says that it cant render it.

**vikrant** · October 10, 2006, 04:34 PM

u have to restart the pc before playing
i use klite video pack with windows" media player classic "

if it dosent work
then to save the trouble atm

google avi codec for player u use
download it

**Shazbot** · October 10, 2006, 04:36 PM

You have to restart the PC.

Edit: Damnit Vikrant.

**Darkragnar** · October 10, 2006, 05:05 PM

ya what they said restart,
and the Ace Mega Pack comes with the Media Player classic.
along with other helpful stuff like the Gspot tool which tell's you exactly what codec a movie file need's to play.

**Trega** · October 10, 2006, 07:08 PM

I restarted my computer and it still says connot render file when i open it with media player classic.

**Spiff** · October 10, 2006, 07:15 PM

use 'avi codec' to analyse the file, it will tell you what you need to install

**Trega** · October 10, 2006, 07:37 PM

how,maybe thats a stupid question but im a little confused.

**lalalax3** · October 10, 2006, 08:02 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_codec

hopefully that answers anyother question you might have

remember that google&wiki are your friend

**snuff** · October 10, 2006, 10:51 PM

K-lite mega codec pack is one of the best I have found and would defiantly recommend it.

**Darkragnar** · October 10, 2006, 11:08 PM

Use G-Spot to analyse the file, just do the following
1.Right Click and click Open with
2.In the Open with window click browse and locate the Gspot Exe, for me its in the "C:\Program Files\ACE Mega CoDecS Pack\UtilitieS\GSpot" directory
3. Remove the alway's open with this program Cross and click Ok
4.The Program will automatically analyse the file, after its done you'll see this

The 2 button's i highlighetd mean that u alreay have the codec on your computer to play the file.
if it show's no codec loaded then go to Google and type the name of the codec which should appear in Gspot.

**Richard the Lionheart** · October 10, 2006, 11:13 PM

ACE Mega Codecs pack gives a lot of stuff the average user usually doesn't need. Most people just need decoders. Anyways, I had some problems playing some AVI files even with ACE installed.

So I downloaded and installed the Satsuki Decoder Pack and it fixed my problem. I strongly recommend it. It's also a small download compared to ACE. I'm sure it will solve your problem.

ftp://ftp2.yatoshi.com/yatoshi/Satsu...ck.3.1.0.7.exe

P.S. Remember to uninstall ACE or any other codec pack you currently have installed before you install Satsuki.

**Erik** · October 11, 2006, 08:04 AM

Are you sure the files isn't just damaged?

WMP is very picky, it won't play damaged files while other players do.
I recommend VideoLAN: http://www.videolan.org/
If you have all the codecs installed, and videoLAN still can't play it it's probably messed up.
Next you can also try AVIpreview: http://www.avipreview.com/ It's not as good as videoLAN, but it's especially designed to show damaged/incomplete files.