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Windows Media Player
cmorris
16-10-2008
Hi Guys,

I am trying to play a movie from my PDA and I have it on my SD card as a avi but its not allowing me to open it.

Any suggestions?

Craig
vinnielo
16-10-2008
It's probably not compatible.
cmorris
16-10-2008
amy ideas
vinnielo
16-10-2008
Try a compatible player.
sancheeez
16-10-2008
http://www.headbands.com/gspot/

Download that ^^^

Install it, and point it at your AVI file and post up what it says the video stream is.

AVI is not a format, it's a container. It could be anything in there. By the sound of it, whatever is in there, you don't have the relevant CODEC installed to allow your PC to play it.
Andy Carlton
23-10-2008
Originally Posted by cmorris:
“Hi Guys,

I am trying to play a movie from my PDA and I have it on my SD card as a avi but its not allowing me to open it.

Any suggestions?

Craig”


You need to download the CODEC from Microsoft.

Just go to their site and do a search for it.
sancheeez
23-10-2008
Originally Posted by Andy Carlton:
“You need to download the CODEC from Microsoft.

Just go to their site and do a search for it.”

lol

Which CODEC would that be then? He has an AVI, it could be anything in there!

Which is the whole point of installing gspot. It'll tell you want CODEC it is, and then you can install it.
flagpole
23-10-2008
vlc will play most things, it doesn't use the windows codec library.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

as for WMP, if you download a programme called GSpot (seriously) it will tell you what the codec is, then you can download it.
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