decompressor movie won't play
 

From the library tab in my Limewire program I'm trying to launch a video clip (Firely the series) but when windows media player launches I get an error that reads "cannnot play back the video stream, no valid decompressor could be found"

What do I do/ am doing wrong.

I'm new to Limewire and this is my first attempt with it.

That's because you're lacking the correct codecs to play the particular video files. I'd recommend getting VLC - (click on link) _ (choose nearest mirror site) as it has in-built codecs & is the most popular player for using with LW. It can stream video & audio. You can downld extra skins for it. You can play dvd's & vcd's with it, etc.

To make it your default player so LW opens it when you preview or play a video file, see Setting Default video app

If you'd prefer to get extra codecs instead for WMP, then press the Go button below & open the Sticky at the top of the section called 'Major Topics for Download/Upload Problems', & you'll find a link there. ;)