cant view my movie
 

Hi i was wondering if any one out there knows why i cant view my movie i cant even preview it nothing will work i click on preview and nothing please help

Read the stickie on codecs and alternate players....;)

i dont see the thread
 

i dont see the codecs sticky thread

help
 

downloaded vlc and still cant watch a movie or even preview it

sorry will do from now on thanks
by the way how do i get my files from lw lib to dvd santa or any other burner?

All your files will come up when you click on add media in dvd santa...
Maybe the files aren't any good if VLC cant read them....

Your such a sweetie Hobo.....:p

Doodlebug, I find if I check the file using bitzi before I download it, it will give you the info about the file e.g the quality, if its fake, mislabled and so on......;)

bitzi?
 

How do i use bitzi and where do i get it?

I just love giving crash courses in Limewire dont you? Hobo, I have a feeling he/she is not understanding you. ;)


doodlebug28539:

what player are you using? You should be able to do this right from your desktop. Install the codecs to your player if using windows media player, it should work. Samething for burning. make a folder: label it 'my burns' copy/move the files from your limewire shared folder into this folder, then, you should be able to burn them with your software. It will be less confusion for you if you seperated you downloads, music in one folder, movies in another & so on. ;)

Windows Media Player with the right codecs installed you will never have to worry about not playing videos ever again. ;)

Video talk huh?
VLC should do the trick.
If it doesn't, Mplayer should (http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/news.html)
If none of them work, then it's probably because you are still trying to view them via LW by clicking on the preview button.
LW is good, but it can be a little CPU-heavy as some of you might have experienced.
Clicking the preview button on a file that is still downloading adds extra work for LW:
-it has to first create a preview file.
->since the real file is still unfinished, part of it is still blank. If you load that to a player though, you risk getting a small error (not very dangerous) saying that the length of the file isn't right or something else to that effect.

Once said preview file's created:
-LW has to open it in the appropriate player.
->LW does the same thing as you double-clicking on the file from your browser. The difference with that and doing it yourself is that, if you do the latter, you at least can be sure that it is you who somehow screwed something up (go figure how).


Bottom line? Go open the files you want yourself via your browser.
Create a shortcut of the Shared folder if you want.

Also, I wouldn't recommend WMP. VLC or Mplayer (there's a bunch of such free players that are better than WMP) will do the job with no additional codecs, sparing you codec-hunting. This way, you also avoid the risk of doing the thing I've seen a couple of times: conflicting codec packs.
If you still want to use WMP, find one codec pack that seems to do the job and keep only that. Don't install a bunch of packs.

Hey Hobo

If you got the money for the iMac, why not save a little more and get the Power Mac?
It may not look as slick (it's still better looking that most PCs though ;)) but you'll definitely be happier once you get it, no?

Welp, for myself, Windows Media Player 9x works just fine, never any problems, installed the codecs and I can view any video, any file extensions. and Ive never had any hassles or worries about the codecs not working properly. Idont believe in downloading third party players and or extreme codecs. Ive used WMP for years now. :D