Windows Media Player 9 and AVIs
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What's the point of a library if there are no computers ? Or do you mean to say you read non-technical books ? Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002 Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002 During last 10 years, with invention of VB and similar programming environments, every ill-educated moron became able to develop software. - Alex E. - 12-Sept-2002
Christian Graus wrote: What's the point of a library if there are no computers ? Or do you mean to say you read non-technical books ? LOL, yes I read non-technical books. In fact I read hardly any technical books. One day I am going to build a house and in it will be the library room. Books from floor to ceiling, all around a big comfortable chair looking out through bay windows. Books rock. They don't give you kak. They don't crash, they don't need to boot up, they smell great and you can stuff them in a backpack without worrying. Of all the things I could miss, I would miss books the most.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRay Cassick wrote:
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Ok so I am now pissed off at MS. WMP 9 no longer comes with the AVI codes, so you cannot play AVIs. No notice, no warning, no "AVI support removed"! Bloody annoying. So I checked out http://www.ligos.com/indeo/ and found out I have to PAY to get the damned codec. What a crock! Pay? Who pays for things these days! Anyway... just wondering if anyone knows how to play AVIs on WMP9 without having to buy the codec, ta :)
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRay Cassick wrote:
Well I am not female, not gay and I am not Paul WatsonThat's strange, I got it working just fine (I have Windows Media Player 9 Release Candidate)... And I haven't bought any codecs (pay for codec? You kiddin!) :) Philip Patrick Web-site: www.stpworks.com "Two beer or not two beer?" Shakesbeer
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That's strange, I got it working just fine (I have Windows Media Player 9 Release Candidate)... And I haven't bought any codecs (pay for codec? You kiddin!) :) Philip Patrick Web-site: www.stpworks.com "Two beer or not two beer?" Shakesbeer
Philip Patrick wrote: I got it working just fine (I have Windows Media Player 9 Release Candidate)... You running it on Windows XP? This AVI "problem" only affects Windows XP users of WMP9.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRay Cassick wrote:
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Philip Patrick wrote: I got it working just fine (I have Windows Media Player 9 Release Candidate)... You running it on Windows XP? This AVI "problem" only affects Windows XP users of WMP9.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRay Cassick wrote:
Well I am not female, not gay and I am not Paul WatsonOuch, nope, Windows 2000. On XP i have the WMP that comes with it :( Philip Patrick Web-site: www.stpworks.com "Two beer or not two beer?" Shakesbeer
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Christian Graus wrote: What's the point of a library if there are no computers ? Or do you mean to say you read non-technical books ? LOL, yes I read non-technical books. In fact I read hardly any technical books. One day I am going to build a house and in it will be the library room. Books from floor to ceiling, all around a big comfortable chair looking out through bay windows. Books rock. They don't give you kak. They don't crash, they don't need to boot up, they smell great and you can stuff them in a backpack without worrying. Of all the things I could miss, I would miss books the most.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRay Cassick wrote:
Well I am not female, not gay and I am not Paul WatsonPaul Watson wrote: Books rock. They don't give you kak. They don't crash, they don't need to boot up, they smell great and you can stuff them in a backpack without worrying. They're a pain to play MP3s on though; it took me forever to find the headphone jack... Shog9 ------
Rather hammer futiley at the locked door than just sit and ignore it. Obviously finding a way to get through the locked door would be even better though. - Paul Watson, My Ignorance
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Philip Patrick wrote: I got it working just fine (I have Windows Media Player 9 Release Candidate)... You running it on Windows XP? This AVI "problem" only affects Windows XP users of WMP9.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRay Cassick wrote:
Well I am not female, not gay and I am not Paul WatsonPaul Watson wrote: This AVI "problem" only affects Windows XP users of WMP9. And apparently only clean installs of XP SP1, going by the link you posted. Any idea why MS would drop it after all this time? Shog9 ------
Rather hammer futiley at the locked door than just sit and ignore it. Obviously finding a way to get through the locked door would be even better though. - Paul Watson, My Ignorance
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Paul Watson wrote: just wondering if anyone knows how to play AVIs on WMP9 without having to buy the codec, *cough*....kazaa..*cough* Wouldn't touch VMP9 with a ten foot pole though, sticking to my 6.4, it plays the movies and thats all i need from a mediaplayer. /M
- Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things.
loket wrote: Wouldn't touch VMP9 with a ten foot pole though, sticking to my 6.4, it plays the movies and thats all i need from a mediaplayer. AHEM to that! 6.4 is the only way to go. That's why I ramble so much. If you're short and quotable, there's a much greater danger of ending up in a sig. [Christopher Duncan on how to prevent yourself from ending up in a sig]
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WinAmp plays videos nowadays. Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002 Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002 During last 10 years, with invention of VB and similar programming environments, every ill-educated moron became able to develop software. - Alex E. - 12-Sept-2002
Christian Graus wrote: WinAmp plays videos nowadays. The joys of AOL/BloatWare :(( --Mike-- "alyson hannigan is so cute it's crazy" -- Googlism Just released - 1ClickPicGrabber - Grab & organize pictures from your favorite web pages, with 1 click! My really out-of-date homepage Sonork-100.19012 Acid_Helm
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Ok so I am now pissed off at MS. WMP 9 no longer comes with the AVI codes, so you cannot play AVIs. No notice, no warning, no "AVI support removed"! Bloody annoying. So I checked out http://www.ligos.com/indeo/ and found out I have to PAY to get the damned codec. What a crock! Pay? Who pays for things these days! Anyway... just wondering if anyone knows how to play AVIs on WMP9 without having to buy the codec, ta :)
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRay Cassick wrote:
Well I am not female, not gay and I am not Paul WatsonNow, I might be wrong here, but Nimo Codec Pack should do the trick for you. It's free (w00t!). http://nimo.everwicked.com. And of course you have the free DivX codecs on divx.com. And you can use GSpot 2.0 to see what codecs you need for a movie. Cheers, Fredrik
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Now, I might be wrong here, but Nimo Codec Pack should do the trick for you. It's free (w00t!). http://nimo.everwicked.com. And of course you have the free DivX codecs on divx.com. And you can use GSpot 2.0 to see what codecs you need for a movie. Cheers, Fredrik
Sonork ID: 100.11430:PhatBoy
"Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas."Fredrik Skog wrote: Now, I might be wrong here, but Nimo Codec Pack should do the trick for you. It's free (w00t!). http://nimo.everwicked.com. Awesome thank you, works like a bomb :)
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRay Cassick wrote:
Well I am not female, not gay and I am not Paul Watson -
Ok so I am now pissed off at MS. WMP 9 no longer comes with the AVI codes, so you cannot play AVIs. No notice, no warning, no "AVI support removed"! Bloody annoying. So I checked out http://www.ligos.com/indeo/ and found out I have to PAY to get the damned codec. What a crock! Pay? Who pays for things these days! Anyway... just wondering if anyone knows how to play AVIs on WMP9 without having to buy the codec, ta :)
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRay Cassick wrote:
Well I am not female, not gay and I am not Paul WatsonDownload the DivX codec/player package, its free :-D Would you like to meet my teddy bear ?
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Download the DivX codec/player package, its free :-D Would you like to meet my teddy bear ?
Trollslayer wrote: Download the DivX codec/player package, its free Thanks for the tip, but I really like the WMP9 interface, playlists and features (and technically it is also free.) Also I did install the DivX player and to my horror it also installed an app called GAIN which started popping up adverts... lovely indeed. Anyway, I installed the free codecs mentioned above for WMP9 and they work great :) Thanks though.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRay Cassick wrote:
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Paul Watson wrote: just wondering if anyone knows how to play AVIs on WMP9 without having to buy the codec, *cough*....kazaa..*cough* Wouldn't touch VMP9 with a ten foot pole though, sticking to my 6.4, it plays the movies and thats all i need from a mediaplayer. /M
- Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things.
Give Media Player Classic[^] a try, its heavily based on WMP 6.4, but has a couple of extra features.
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Give Media Player Classic[^] a try, its heavily based on WMP 6.4, but has a couple of extra features.
Bruce Duncan, CP#9088, CPUA 0xA1EE, Sonork 100.10030
I can levitate birds... -
Paul Watson wrote: However Winamp 3 really is just... well... I don't want to be negative... but it is sub-par for the course. Do you think ? I like it because it can be made to take up next to no room, and sit on top of my screen, in the unused section of the window frame. Plus it plays mp3's, which is all I ask of it. I'll admit a couple of my videos play upside down or with the colours swapped, but I always presumed that was the fault of whoever ripped them..... Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002 Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002 During last 10 years, with invention of VB and similar programming environments, every ill-educated moron became able to develop software. - Alex E. - 12-Sept-2002
Christian Graus wrote: I'll admit a couple of my videos play upside down... Cool! I might download just for that reason now :-D! -- Andrew.