Codec ?

[1rovert]

Having just brought a new computer with Vista installed, I have found that some of the video's I've taken will not play. I get the message 'CODAC AQUIRED', could someone explain what this means, and if there is a program that will let me see the video's. I have googled for it, but the explanations are beyond my comprehension.
The video's worked on my last computer, which was 'XP'.
Thanks in Advance.

[ChuckFickens]

Video on computers is encoded, and can be encoded in lots of different ways, to play any video you need the correct codec installed to decode the video. install this codec collection and your computer should then be able to play pretty much any video format you try.

http://download.cnet.com/K-Lite-Codec-Pack-Ful l/3000-2170_4-64246.html?tag=mncol

[camioneur]

easy solution I've found is simply to install "DivX" form http://www.divx.com/en/downloads and that will take care of most of the issues you have with codecs.

[Buenchico]

Chuck's solution will probably work, but most people who have codec problems with Windows Media Player usually switch to a far better video player, which normally gets round the problems.

VLC is the media player which is most widely praised by the computer press, and on BBC technology programs:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

but GOM is also extremely popular:
http://www.gomlab.com/

Chris

[ACtheTROLL]

lol
4 solutions, all absolutely correct - nothing is ever simple

I don't do video to any great extent ...
I find that gom covers everything I need - if the codec isn't there ... it will try to find and download .... automatically.

[1rovert]

Thank you chuck & cam, have now got my video's back. andf of course you two others for answering.

[ACtheTROLL]

I like being a two others ;-)

[1rovert]

Sorry! ACthe TROLL and Buenchico, I didn't mean to be rude.