windows media player

[musicman4]

Hi,

Can someone please tell me why i cant play a dvd in avi format in windows media player.
I have sound but no pictures, onlythe visualization on the screen - please help its probably something simple i need to do.

[trish432]

Best to download vlc player, not sure if media can play avi.

http://www.filehippo.com/download_vlc/

[Ethel]

Windows Media Player doesn't play .avi file.

[musicman4]

many thanks, for prompt replies

[musicman4]

Trish u've done it again, excellent prog" - works fine.

[ChuckFickens]

What on earth are you on about Ethel???

Of course windows media player plays AVI files,
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316992

in this instance they were probably DivX AVI files and would require a codec to be installed first though.

http://www.divx.com/

[trish432]

Thought I`d played avi files at some time, in media player, but wasn`t sure.
Just bought a vista laptop, and they won`t play on this,so probably need codecs.