Downloaded Movies wont play in windows Media player 11 (Vista) Sound plays but no video. What codecs do i need?

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• 1 ttoo x // Oct 30, 2008

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• 2 codyg_windows_team // Oct 30, 2008

  Andy-

  Hi, my name’s Cody, and I’m working with the Windows Media Outreach Team to help answer questions folks might have about their copies of Windows Media Player.

  Instead of just randomly downloading codec packs with the hope that one of them works, I’d recommend downloading a codec tool that will analyze your particular video file and tell you exactly what codec(s) you’ll need to play the files.

  Here are a couple of free tools that will do this for you: Gspot (http://www.headbands.com/gspot/) and Sherlock (http://www.updatexp.com/sherlock-codec-detective.html) Both of these work great, and using these on your file will tell you what codecs you need to get a file running properly, without making you download anything that you don’t need.

  You also might want to check out this page: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/faq/codec.mspx It’s a great guide to codecs that Microsoft has made available.

  I hope this is helpful!

  Thanks,

  Cody
  Windows Media Outreach Team

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