MOVIE WONT PLAY! pls help..
 

Well I've been downlaoding *** ***: ***, but for some reason when i try to preveiw the file, it says "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." can someone please hlep me out?

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Sounds like you need xtra codecs: http://www.divx-digest.com/software/nimo_pack.html or another player: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ which has built in codecs (choose closest mirror site.)

the same has happened to me, although i can play the same format files from other sites, limewire wont let me play anything, i think its limewires problem and am unintalling it,

i asked for help in another thread and got no reply so i aint wasting time with limewire anymore

OK! :D

I obviously didn't see your other post unless you didn't give enough details. You need to set default apps to play the files you're trying to launch/preview. For audio files you might want to disable LW's media player so your default mp3 player plays it instead.

Almost forgot to mention. You need to have already downlded a certain % of a file in order to preview it! The more the better.

they wont play in any external player i set as default.

What player is that?

ps. i have read a lot of posts for the same problem as i have, and they say download more codecs, i dont think that is what i need, as i said, i play the same formats from other sites in windows media player, they work fine, except for files from limewire, therefore i assume that most of the files on limewire must be fake, now thats what i think the problem is..

i have used windows media player,(i like this as my default player) i have used nero and power dvd and quick time
no matter what i set as default player when i preview file it says cant play for what ever reason.

Ahar! Now I think I know where your problem is. Many of the most popular files available are from T3 sources & most of these are corrupt. So that's why you can't preview them. The RIAA is flooding T3's with corrupt files to stop people's enthusiasm.

Check these threads out: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=28801

http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...560#post112560

http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...3195#post93195

My advice is to avoid T3 sources where possible.

For movie files I would highly recommend VLC (inbuilt codecs), see the link above. Likewise another program with inbuilt codecs but for audio is QCD: http://www.quinnware.com/ If neither of these apps will play your files then you know they are most likely corrupt or something.

so thats what t1 or higher means on the right of the searches.

i'll read them threads you profided links for tomoz, i know RIAA is flooding p2p with fakes, just why i have to find them is peeing me off lol. i stoped youing imesh fro the fakes, its loaded with them.

well i'll carry on trying to find downloadable files for a bit longer if not i may as well uninstall, thanks for your suport thus far.

Instead of T1 & T3 sources, try the cable/dsl & modem sources. Yes they might be a little slower but at least you're more likely to get reliable files. Not all T3 sources are bad & not all T1 sources are bad. But if you're searching for the most popular songs & recent movies then they probably will show corrupt ones in your search results.

the problem happens with files from cable/modem too,

can i ask your advice about something else?

i want to make lables using the nero lable maker, i used it a few times but dont know what glue to use to stick lables on with, you see i used pva but this meant cd was unable to play for some reason, i used sticky lables with the nero program but it didnt print over the lable, any ideas of what to do?

You Need Codecs
 

If You Play It In Your DivX Player It Will Usually Tell You What Codec You Are Missing. Usually It is The XViD Codec. You Should also get the AC3 Audio Codec as well. The XViD Codec Usually Comes In A Pack With 10 or so more different codecs. You Can Get These In Limewire. This Will solve all your problems.

Excuse me for not quite getting this forum, but I'm new. Anyway, in regards to corrupt files, I have a question. For one particular song, all files are T1 or higher, and all dl's ended up with the corrupt file message. Am I in danger of doing damage to my system if I decide to play the "corrupt" file?

Have you tried using the "GSpot Codec Information Appliance"?

I find it's an essential tool for inspecting files to see what codec is required -- it even tells you if you have that codec installed... works mainly for .AVI files...

I think I got it from here:

http://videohelp.com

Try it?