what can I watch avis with?

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  • March 1, 2006 at 9:50 pm #23459
    Jay
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    So I'm on an old win 95/98 and I use my windows media player to watch mov and mpegs but I can't see avi's ?

    What are some good and compatibale movie players out there? (besides real player! I can't stand it!)

    March 1, 2006 at 10:07 pm #23460
    gimme size
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    You should do a Google search for "codecs pack", download and install
    them — they're free, and it should be an all-in-one pack that will let
    you play anything. Also, a good free non-Microsoft player can be found
    here: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

    March 1, 2006 at 10:45 pm #23461
    Jon Saul
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    I've been using the free DivX player (there's also a pay version, which I have not tried) that works well for me.

    March 2, 2006 at 9:47 am #23462
    TC2
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    My friend Anterion who is a programming whiz recommend FFDSHOW which allows you to play virtually ALL video files except for those that require DVDs.  All of them become compatible with Windows Media Player.

    March 2, 2006 at 10:45 am #23463
    Lingster
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    So I'm on an old win 95/98 and I use my windows media player to watch mov and mpegs but I can't see avi's ?

    What are some good and compatibale movie players out there? (besides real player! I can't stand it!)

    Install Linux, run VLC.

    March 3, 2006 at 8:46 pm #23464
    Jay
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    Ok so I downloaded DivX Player 2.0 Alpha. But everytime I try to open it I get a error message that says "A require .DLL file, WS2_32.DLL, was not found." What dose that mean? and how can I fix it?
    Help me out computer wizs!

    March 3, 2006 at 8:54 pm #23465
    Anonymous
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    Install Linux, run VLC.

    Or use the Windows VLC version. (Using Linux myself, though 🙂 )

    http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html

    VLC and FFDSHOW share large parts of the same routines. VLC is just more convinient to install.
    Try VLC first. If you don't like how the player looks, google for the latest FFDSHOW package install
    it and use whatever Windows player you like. Windows Media Player, Coreplayer, Zoom Player, etc..

    March 3, 2006 at 10:16 pm #23466
    flashHEART.EXE
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    Winamp, muchacho.  Lots of nice features too, like easily being able to customize a video playlist.  I like it a lot better than DivX and the like because of the versatility and ease of use.

    But that is just my two cents.

    March 4, 2006 at 5:56 pm #23467
    yatz
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    On http://filesharingtalk.com/ they have some excellent guides – check out http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/t89795.html to get info (very short and to the point) about just about anything to do with watching media files . My own player of choice is Media Player Classic, which can handle just about anything.

    March 5, 2006 at 9:13 am #23468
    Jay
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    I downloaded FDDSHOW.  I'v never had one of these before, so could you tell me how to use this thing properlly?

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