Viewing AVIs on WMP?

cginca · 02-28-2006, 05:27 AM

Hi there. (Sorry if this has been asked before. I'm a newbie.)
A few years ago, when I signed up with an ISP, I received an Alaris QuickVideo Wee Cam. Nice little web cam right on top of my monitor. It worked great (on my old Windows 98 PC), and I made several (AVI) videos with my children. I was able to view them on that old PC using the Windows Media Player, version 7.1.
However, when I copied the videos to my new (current) PC (running XP), I am unable to see the video, although I can HEAR it! The bundled player is Windows Media Player 9.0, so perhaps the new WMP version needs additional codecs? I don't know which ones though, or where to get them. I also tried to uninstall the 9.0 version, then replace it with the 7.1 version, but I'm unable to do so.
Please help!

Please email any response to cginca@hotmail.com

Thanks very much for any advice.

**The_Other_One** · 02-28-2006, 05:38 AM

DO NOT post your question more than once!

mrgeorgedude · 02-28-2006, 06:58 AM

ya i dont know what codecs would be available for win med player 9.0 but if i was u, i would just download the media player "winamp" because that seems to play my AVI's just fine

tweaker · 02-28-2006, 08:23 AM

Check you mail.

02-28-2006, 05:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
cginca New Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 4	Viewing AVIs on WMP? Hi there. (Sorry if this has been asked before. I'm a newbie.) A few years ago, when I signed up with an ISP, I received an Alaris QuickVideo Wee Cam. Nice little web cam right on top of my monitor. It worked great (on my old Windows 98 PC), and I made several (AVI) videos with my children. I was able to view them on that old PC using the Windows Media Player, version 7.1. However, when I copied the videos to my new (current) PC (running XP), I am unable to see the video, although I can HEAR it! The bundled player is Windows Media Player 9.0, so perhaps the new WMP version needs additional codecs? I don't know which ones though, or where to get them. I also tried to uninstall the 9.0 version, then replace it with the 7.1 version, but I'm unable to do so. Please help! Please email any response to cginca@hotmail.com Thanks very much for any advice.

02-28-2006, 05:38 AM	#2 (permalink)
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02-28-2006, 06:58 AM	#3 (permalink)
mrgeorgedude Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: California Age: 18 Posts: 711	ya i dont know what codecs would be available for win med player 9.0 but if i was u, i would just download the media player "winamp" because that seems to play my AVI's just fine __________________ MOBO : Biostar Tforce4 6100-939 CPU : AMD athlon 3500+ @ 2.5ghz RAM : 1gb Mem (512 by 512mb Corsair) CASE : Xion II (with cool blue cathode lights inside) HDD : 120gb and 80gb...both at 7200rpm GPU : eVGA geforce 7600GT

02-28-2006, 08:23 AM	#4 (permalink)
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