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Old 11 July 2003, 06:22 PM
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i downloaded a film off the net and it won't play on any of my movie players(realplayer etc) could it be that the film is a dud of do i need to get another program to play it? if so what would you recomend?
could it be that because i have'nt finished downloading the second disc that it won't play?

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Old 11 July 2003, 07:15 PM
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Could be the codec used. Search google for Codec and you'll find plenty of reading.
Old 11 July 2003, 07:43 PM
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whats its .extension? more than likely its DIVX
Old 11 July 2003, 08:09 PM
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Try this on the file.
Old 11 July 2003, 08:12 PM
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Mike

Go here click codec packs in downloads menu (left side second group) then click k lite download pack, this will also have a little program called gspot in it which tells you what compression .avi file is

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cheers for the replys guys. so i've downloaded the k-lite codec pack, what do i do now? sorry for being stupid just a bit new to all this. the help file that comes withe the program doe'nt realy explaine much . i ran the file through the gspot oo er mrs and it said file rendered succesfuly. what do i do now?

mike

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Old 12 July 2003, 12:05 AM
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download powerdvd and ill bet your life on it, it'll work

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Old 12 July 2003, 12:26 AM
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won't play on powerdvd either. well i'll have a play around with settings on powerdvd tomorrow

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Hello

I asked a similiar thing here a while ago, and people recommended G-Spot http://www.headbands.com/gspot/.

It tells you if the AVI is valid and what codec is required.

If you have downloaded it from Kazza, and it is a recent movie, there have been lots of fakes on there recently. All you get is 600mb of nothingness.

Steve.
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