cant play movies but can play music
 

Hi

I can download music and play it but when i download movies I can't play them. One was *********** and the other was ******** All download but can play them. PLease Help

From what you say, it is very probable that you have a Mac.
Even if you don't, dld and install VLC (google Videolan or VLC to find the official site) which can play most movies.
You probably can't play them yet because you are lacking those damn codecs that are there to make sure everyone gets more confused and has a bad computer experience.

Can play videos but can play music
 

Hi thanks for the reply. I don't have a MAC I have a PC running Win XP. Can you advise me on what I need and where to get it. I would be very grateful

Thanks in advance
Noel

As I said before, if you want a player that will play most files out there, dld and install VLC player, found at www.videolan.org . If you find files that it doesn't support then you'll have to look for specific codecs for these files (your best bet being google: type in a search with keywords "playing -insertfileformathere-")

Getting there
 

HI I have downloaded the VLC file from http://www.videolan.org/ and it loads up. But I don't have a clue what to do with it. When I downloaded the film ********* I stored it. If I open up the folder there is 4 folders called CD1, CD2, Sample and ********* Should I start with something easyier or can you guide me through this.

Noel

It looks as if the film is cut in two parts: you may have to put it on CD (by creating a Video CD not a data one). What size is each CD folder? Have you looked into them? Are there any .mpeg, .avi, ... etc files in there?

Getting there
 

HI
In the folder **********, I have CD1, CD2, Sample and *********. CD1 contains 43 files total 543MB. CD2 contains 50 files containing 590MB. Sample contains 1 file at 9.95MB and ******* contains 9kb of something. If I explore CD1 and CD2 they contain files ranging from *******.r00 upto ******.r39. There is no mpeg or AVI files like that.:confused:

I am beginning to think thins this is just to difficult for me. Is there an easy way of downloading a film and watching it. Should i try something easy. If you know of an easy film to down load to get me going i'll be happy.

If you want to dld a movie that is (almost) sure to play then dld a file with .avi extenson or .mpeg.
Full movie .avis are at about 700Megs.
I'd recommend to keep the one you dlded just now so that you may find a way to play it later.