Video FAQ?

[Spongebob Squarepants]

Could someone please direct me to a good beginners guide to viewing downladed video files. I downloaded my first .avi file yesterday but got a "cannot find vids:div4 decompressor" message. I could use an easy intro to players and file types etc.
thanx

[Krell]

Just by posting in this forum you are very close to your answer . . . unfortunately I dont have time to go in to detail or I would for you.

I think theres something stickyd in this forum, if not someone will help you out in a bit.

While your waiting, search for G-Spot and download it, there are links in some of these threads.

[The Hunter]

Many video problems can be cured by checking this thread.
http://www.zeropaid.com/bbs/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5626

[phalkon30]

What you need is called a codec. A codec basicly tells your computer how to decode and view a file.

Have you ever installed a codec or a codec pack such as divx? Please uninstall any of those. Then go to www.freecodecs.com and get the k-lite codec pack. The small version is the one you want. Install that.

This codec pack has a program called "Gspot" as krell mentioned before. Gspot will look at a movie, and tell you what specific codecs you need, and if you have the correct ones to play it. You can go to http://www.headbands.com/gspot/ and just install it, then search google for the correct codec for that specific movie, but I think the codec pack is the easiest way to find what you need.

Let us know how it goes.