VirtualDub Player
The VirtualDub program allows you to edit you video and audio. It is not as complex or as fully loaded as an Adobe program but simply enough to operate and best of all it is free. Most amateur video editors use the VirtualDub progam for editing their video.
Download Player VLC
The VLC player is one of the best media players on the market.Also known as the videoLAN client the VLC player will play just about any file you need. Best about the VLC player is that it will play partially completed movies which you download.
Media Player Classic MPC
The popular Media Player Classic reminds one of the first versions of the Windows Media Player 6.4. While Microsoft has moved to a more larger player both in size and CPU usage, everyone wanted to simply play their videos without much effort. Lighter in memory usage as it is small and more simply.
Real Alternative Player
The Real Player Alternative is one of the best players on the market to play real files with. The original Real Player has over the years become a problem with all the addon that they now have with the player. Free does not mean free when you have bloated software.
Codec Pack K-Lite
The Codec Pack K-Lite is one of the most complete codec packs on the internet. It contains every single codec you might need for your computer and these range from codecs, media players and audio players. The K-lite codec package is simply the best codec package on the internet.
Codec Pack for XP
One of the most used codecs packs on the internet is the Windows XP codecs pack. Many use the pack as it contains all the codecs you will ever need for Windows XP. The codec pack for XP contains the following codecs for your WinXP computer. Note that there is also the K-Lite option
Monkey’s Audio
The Monkey’s Audio is a codec for the high end of the audio market. It is easy to use and its compression is excellent. Other codecs such as Ogg create smaller files however the audio is degraded. The monkeys audio codec is one the best audio codecs on the market.
FFDShow MPEG4 Video Decoder
The FFDSHOW video decoder is a DirectShow decoding filter for decompressing any of the following formats such as DivX, XviD, H.264, FLV1, WMV, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2, MPEG-4 movies.
Micro Innovations CP-1L
The Micro Innovations CP-1L web camera is an old but still very popular camera. If you are looking for the driver then the Micro Innovations CP-1L camera driver is here – it is called a CIF Single Chip Webcam.
CIF Single Chip Camera
This camera is very popular as it uses the older SC-120 chipset. If you have a computer which says that it cannot find the driver and is unable to identify the driver and places it in the “unknown devices’ so common today then this is the camera driver you are looking for. It would normally only show CIF Chip or CIF Single Chip. This is a USB camera driver and was originally made by Orite1.
Not able to play any video in ?
Question by GovernorJason: Not able to play any video in ?
I have downloaded Windows Media Player Basic as well as a video player called. “GOM Player”. After downloading those and and codec software packages all I get is audio and absolutely no video. What gives?
Best answer:
Answer by DMZ
There can be a number of problems. Many people simply install every possible codec in one of these codec packs and this creates new problems such as conflicts. Best thing to do if you installed a codec pack is to uninstall the pack. They tend to create more problems than most. K-Lite is the biggest offender when it comes to this.Uninstall the codec pack reboot and try and play the video file again. 90% of the times it works.
If you are in the unlucky 10% then what you can try is to install a smaller codec pack called CCCP Codec. This codec pack contains only the very basic codecs and filters needed. If that does not work then try reinstalling the driver of your graphics card. Those are the only 3 options available if you have audio and no video on your player.
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My phone cannot play the video file?
Question by cat: ive sent a Video file from my phone to my computer but it says cannot play the file, what can i do to play it?
this is the full message “Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support the file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the file”. im using windows 7the register say its ‘IMG_0035.3gp’ so can i do something to the windows media player or would i need a different program to view it? and could you save and burn on the new program?
Best answer:
Answer by WickedGetz
You need to download a codec to play the file.try downloading VLC player it works wonders
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Q&A: No video software will work on my files?
Question by : no video software will work on my files?
i have tried Windos movie maker, wax, Avs converter and a crap load more, for some reason nothing will work it says the format is messed up or some problem has happened. when i use windows movie maker it says i dont have codec thing and i have downloaded like 10 times. Im just getting really frustrated because i cant put music with my video….
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Answer by Alan
that sounds abnormal ! usually video converter works right for this kind of problem. what your file format?or try some other?
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How do I change the format?
Question by ♥hails♥: How do I change the format?
I have received a movie in file format .avi and my windows vista windows media player wont play this even though it is in the list of approved file formats. The file says there is a codec or something stopping the playing of the movie- if I receive it in .avi, what other format should I change it to and how? Thanks!
Best answer:
Answer by Miley
The file might have been corrupted when it was downloaded. There are only 2 options. The first is to try playing it on VLC Player as it plays broken files best. If that does not work then try G-spot. Run G-spot and click on the video file you have. It will tell you which codec you need to have in order to run the video file. The thinking is either the video file is corrupt, you don’t have the codec to play the file or the file has been mislabeled in that it is not an .avi file. Many times on the torrent people like to share a video file its says .avi but then it is spyware, adware or a virus. Try running Malwarebytes to check that this was not a backdoor you might have installed now.
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I have a whole bunch of avi files that won’t play, help please?
Question by : I have a whole bunch of avi files that won’t contend, assist please?
I have some avi files that won’t play in Media Player, Divx player or VLC player… I’ve tried opening them in GSpot to find out if I’m missing a codec and it just says they are unknown files, and in the codec box it’s all completely blank.Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can find out what’s going wrong?Thankyou :)
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Answer by Steven שמואל
The files are probably misdirected\broken, and won’t play no matter what you do.
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