How do I play AVI files on my computer?
 

I tried to play a movie that is a AVI file using windows media player. This is the error message I get. Anybody have a clue how to play this video?



Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The file is either corrupt or the Player does not support the format you are trying to play.

0xC00D1199: Cannot play the file
Windows Media Player cannot play the file. You may encounter this error message for one of the following reasons:

The file type is not supported by the Player. The following table lists the file types supported by the Player. If the file type you are trying to play is included in this table, then the file may have been encoded by using a codec that is not supported by Windows Media Player. If this is the case, Windows Media Player cannot play the file.
The file type is supported by the Player, but the file was compressed by using a codec that is not supported by the Player.
The file type is supported, but you are trying to play it in a way that is not supported by the Player. For example, you may have attempted to drag a DVD file with a .vob extension from a DVD to the Windows Media Player icon. Or you may have attempted to open a .vob file by clicking Open on the File menu.
You are trying to play one part of a multipart file. Use a newsreader or other program to combine the files, and then try again.
The following table lists the file types (formats) supported by Windows Media Player.

File type (format) File name extension
Music CD Playback (CD audio) .cda
Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF) .aif, .aifc, and .aiff
Windows Media audio and video files .asf, .asx, .wax, .wm, .wma, .wmd, .wmp, .wmv, .wmx, .wpl, and .wvx
Windows audio and video files .avi and .wav
Windows Media Player skins .wmz
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) .mpeg, .mpg, .m1v, .mp2, .mpa, .mpe, .mp2v*, and .mpv2
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) .mid, .midi, and .rmi
AU (UNIX) .au and .snd
MP3 .mp3 and .m3u
DVD video .vob
Macromedia Flash .swf


*To play .mp2v files, you must have a software or hardware DVD decoder installed on your computer.

Notes

To play DVDs, you must have a DVD-ROM drive, and a software or hardware DVD decoder installed on your computer. If you do not have a compatible DVD decoder installed, DVD-related commands, options, and controls do not appear in the Player and you cannot play DVDs. By default, Windows does not include a DVD decoder. For more information about DVD decoders, see Windows Help.
DVD playback is only available on select versions of Windows.
Error ID = 0xC00D1199, Condition ID = 0x00000000
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how do i take music downloaded off limewire and put the files in windows media player
 

i cant seem to get the limewire files that i download to go to the windows media player file so i can play all the music that i download in the windows media player. When i click on the tools thing and options and go to player and click the box so it will play them in windows media player it always checks it again when i exit it so it always checks it so it plays all files in limewire instead of windows media player. i want to know how to play them in windows instead of limewire????????????

in LW tools>options>player --- uncheck the box --- then click apply then okay. Now you need to close and restart LW for the changes to take effect.

WMP is fine and will play anything if you have the right codecs.

as i said divx should solve most of your problems there

videolan
 

Works just fine, as long as the file is incomplete. I can find it. However, when the file has completed it vanishes. Where has it gone?

its in your saved files,

change the list so that the different lists of files that you have, and search the format of the ivdeo and then look through that list, its smaller and more condense im willing to bet you thought the name is/was different and overlooked it

Same thing but!
 

I put in the VLC player and then I can watch or burn anything thru it. If I am burning I use the DVD Santa and as the VLC is my primary source the DVD Santa can use it. I am new so this may sound wierd. But its true. The windows media player has been useless to me so far.