when i download a song and try to play it in windows media player it wont work and displays a message that says it does not support that codec. but they are mp3s. plz help

I've got the same problem with just a few of the files I've downloaded. They're .mp3 files. They DO play with Realplayer. But with Windows Media Player, they either 1) "play" without sound, or 2) don't play & there's an error message.

Can't figure out what to do with these. Tried downloading other instances of the same files, but have had the same problem.

I'm using the free Limewire version 4.10.9; OS is XP home edition with all MS updates.

Anyone have any ideas about what's going wrong here or how to fix/deal with it?

Thanks!

Check for WMP codecs at MS. Also consider alternate players. There's plenty of decent ones around. Think outside of the square. lol

CODECs list and alternate players for Movies

Some other decent players: 1. dBpowerAMP, - 2. WinAmp, - 3. Quintessential (QCD), - 4. iTunes
* Good tagging tools: http://massid3lib.sourceforge.net/

hello
i explain my problem
when im downloading a film, i want to watch the start of film but when i open windows media player say that i have not the codec
but i have vlc and with him, its function. I want to know how i change the program by defect (wmp) to VLC
Anyone can help me???

See Setting Default video app

thank you but i want to know how do this inside LW
bye

If you're refering to the icons, then that should change after you change the default. You cannot change this within LW. It's a system default issue. If you change it to VLC then you may or may not need to re-open LW before it takes effect.

ok thank you