new video card - video files will not work

[w1lldeang]

hi i just installed a new video card for my computer
and it worked fine except for when i try to play video files in windows media player...if any1 can help me out with this problem id appreciate it.

btw..when i did system restore my windows media player worked fine than i reinstalled my drivers for the video card and than the files in windows media player began to freeeze my computer again.

 

[hermeslyre]

Have you tried reinstalling codecs, such as CCCP or K-light?

 

[w1lldeang]

i wuld love to see if that works but how do u do that?

 

[hermeslyre]

Just download one of them, the installer does all the work

http://www.cccp-project.net/
http://www.k-litecodecpack.com/

Just install one.

 

[w1lldeang]

ugh..im downlaoding them now
uhh does tha fact that i can play youtube videos help??

 

[Iluvpenguins]

Video card has nothing to do with watching/playing videos.

 

[hermeslyre]

ugh..im downlaoding them now
uhh does tha fact that i can play youtube videos help??

Youtube is flash based, the codecs needed to play the videos are located in the browser flash plugin, it's a different issue.

 

[w1lldeang]

haha thanx..i downloaded all tha codecs and still wont work...
does any1 know if i am supposed to install something additional so that video files will work with my new video card?

 

[w1lldeang]

actully all of my media playing applications freeze when i try to play a video...but when i go back to a system restore be4 my video card was installed the videos work fine...than i reinstall my video card and than the videos no longer work..does any1 know what i shuld do?

 

[hermeslyre]

How did you reinstall the video drivers, through the cd, or through the manufacture website,

http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html

If you don't have updated drivers, install them now from the above, see if that helps at all.

 

[w1lldeang]

omfg man thanx sooo much dood!!!
it finally worked when i downloaded from the webiste u gave me!
thanx again man

 

[hermeslyre]

Well it was obvious, to me, I dunno why I recommended you download codecs first.. Just remember to always get the updated drivers from the website, before falling back on the cd.