Before I used to be able to play all types of videos on my media player and shit. now when i try it this windows installer window just shows up with a little bar that shows the progress. I have to click cancel several times on it. This never used to happen before and now when I try to watch the old movies that i used to be able to watch, I can't watch them no more. Why is that?
You're probably missing Codecs. Some are free, some aren't. I would suggest finding the free ones and buying the others ;)
I downloaded the new windows codec's I think i need some other ones. Can you guys tell me where to download the codec's at?
Side note: I was also downloading south park episodes and they didn't work.
IIRC , the south park episode's i have are in .RAM format , supported by Real Player
Quote from: Simi on December 16, 2003, 07:01 PM
I downloaded the new windows codec's I think i need some other ones. Can you guys tell me where to download the codec's at?
Side note: I was also downloading south park episodes and they didn't work.
They tend to be illegal, so no. Check Kazaa/Overnet.
Null - It's doubtful there's only a single version.
Quote from: iago on December 16, 2003, 08:28 PM
Null - It's doubtful there's only a single version.
Oh i know , im aware there are various SP episodes floating around out there with differnt Encoding , it's just when i first encountered the .RAM file extension i really didnt have the slighest clue. Just trying to make him aware and with any luck solve his delema.
http://nimo.everwicked.com/ -- the website for the Nimo Codec Pack, which is afaik the most complete set of video codecs available.
If you install those, and WMP still can't play it, get VideoLAN -- http://videolan.org -- a sexy, opensource video player that can pick up where Windows Media leaves off.
The k-lite codec pack (http://home.hccnet.nl/h.edskes/mirror.htm) seems to be pretty complete.
There's a new(?) codec called Real Alternative that lets you view .rm and .ram movies in a DirectShow supporting player (read: any Windows Media Player based player, and any other sane player) to avoid the piece of shit software RealMedia makes.
Dunno exactly where to get it, google.
The real alternative (as well as a quicktime one) is avalible at the link I posted above :P