cannot see video-error message

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TOM

im trying to play a video from a cd. im running it on
windows media and its definitly a windows media file with
an .avi extention. i can only hear the sound but
not "see" the video. in the small status bar on the
bottom left corner i see a message in small green letter
for a few seconds "error downloading codec"

PLEASE HELP ME
THANKS, TOM
 
Codecs! An uncompressed AVI file takes up about 12gb for every hour of
'footage'. Therefore almost all AVI files found on the web are compressed!
To play a compressed file, you need the correct codec.

To find out which codec your avi files are compressed with, download and
install G-Spot..from
http://www.headbands.com/gspot/

Then you'll know which codecs to download and install.... probably DiVX
and/or XVid.
 
Codecs! An uncompressed AVI file takes up about 12gb for every hour of
'footage'. Therefore almost all AVI files found on the web are compressed!
To play a compressed file, you need the correct codec.

To find out which codec your avi files are compressed with, download and
install G-Spot..from
http://www.headbands.com/gspot/

Then you'll know which codecs to download and install.... probably DiVX
and/or XVid.
 
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