Another newbie
 

I have tried to read alot of questioned posted but I can't find the answer I'm looking for. I downloaded N**io**l tr**s**e, type avi, and it took about 3 hours to download but now it will not play. Any hints to why? Everything else I download worked. Thanks.

What players have you tried? It sounds like a codec issue. Get GSpot (click on link) which will tell you what codecs you need to play a particular file. It's free.

Also get your self a back-up player like VLC which has in-built codecs & plays almost all. See http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ (choose nearest mirror site)

Popular codecs are http://www.land.ee/d_nimo_codec.html OR http://www.free-codecs.com/