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Old Sep 8, 2006 | 05:43 PM
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I have a few .AVI movies that i have downloaded and i cant play them....when i try to play them the "configure photo gallery" pops up....WTF? I downloaded them off Ares if that helps
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Old Sep 8, 2006 | 05:56 PM
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you probably need the dvix or xvid codes. go to www.dvdrhelp.com
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Old Sep 8, 2006 | 06:00 PM
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what are you playing them thru?

there are a lot of crap files out there that all they do is direct you to a site or something
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Old Sep 8, 2006 | 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by harofreak00
what are you playing them thru?

there are a lot of crap files out there that all they do is direct you to a site or something
i tried to play them thru Ares and got the window, and then when i did it on WMP all i got was audio
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Old Sep 8, 2006 | 07:30 PM
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Try BSplayer, but find a older vr. of it because the new one off there site comes with Spyware

I used an older vr od BSplayer and it plays every thing
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Old Sep 8, 2006 | 08:29 PM
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media player classic will also play just about anything.
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Old Sep 8, 2006 | 08:31 PM
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WMP will play it as an Audio file but then at the botton it says "Error Downloading Codec"
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Old Sep 8, 2006 | 08:38 PM
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WMP really doesn't care about the dot3 extension, if it can play it - it will.
Download DIVX and see if it will play then.
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Old Sep 8, 2006 | 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by popatim
WMP really doesn't care about the dot3 extension, if it can play it - it will.
Download DIVX and see if it will play then.
DivX sill not play the files....

I am trying to convert the files thru DivX
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Old Sep 8, 2006 | 09:21 PM
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Well you can download gspot to find out which codec they are using and then google and download the codec.
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