i need help.tear.i download the shows but then they wont play.

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i download the shows but then i cant get them to play on my computer.nothing works.divx,windows media, real player nothing!grrr and it makes me mad. help me.please.i want anime :'(

-- Anonymous, July 23, 2003

Answers

join the boat. i cant do it either....

-- Anonymous, July 23, 2003

Ill help you, I had the problem before...

I need the details.. whats the problem?

what does it says?...

-- Anonymous, July 23, 2003


it just says it is unable to play the file.

-- Anonymous, July 23, 2003

Whats the full name of the file and the program you are trying to use to play it.

-- Anonymous, July 23, 2003

whats the file extension? what player are u using? does the sound appear at all? how big is the file (helps to know)?

-- Anonymous, July 23, 2003


i deleted the files,but it was an avi and i tried using divx realplayer and windows media.none of which worked.and there wasnt any sound.i can play the shows when i get them from winmx but not from the online sites that have them.grrrr

-- Anonymous, July 23, 2003

There are 2 possibilites. 1, being the file you downloaded is bogus. There are lots of Bogus Movies and Songs on the internet. The second possibility is you have a codec problem. there are tons of codec problem threads in this board. Do a little detective work and find some posts by people with the same problem, it should help you find which codec you need, because if its an avi file, Windows Media Player and DivX should play it, they just need the right decoders. Realplayer wont help at all though, RP sucks, it only plays real media files.

-- Anonymous, July 23, 2003

I should have mentioned that you could right click on the file and find its properties, it should tell you what video and audio compression it uses, that would help you find the codecs you need.

-- Anonymous, July 23, 2003

Usually its missing a decoder. You just need to download the mp1,2, and 4 for windows media player. Use google search and type it in parenthesis. Thats how I fixed mine.

-- Anonymous, August 12, 2003

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