Cant view dowloaded avi or mpeg
 

Why can't I view my downloaded avi or mpeg files with my windows media player. I keep on receiving this error, "file type not supported or codec error". I can't even preview the files while it is still downloading.

Hi there

I use the VLC player, it's free and has all the codes you need built in.

You can have a look at it here -

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html

Hope this helps

xxxDxxx

There are a lot of choices.
 

Which one will I choose?

Click on the Traffic Cone at the top of the page then pick the download for your operating system.

xxxDxxx

Downloaded, still won't work
 

I already downloaded, run the program but still won't work, it just hanged-up. Anyway, thanks for your help Darl.

If VLC can't play the file, then it's a sure sign there's something wrong with the file. VLC can play a lot more types of files than wmp can.

See these:

1. Movie download issues

2. How to use Bitzi Web Lookup ... to see if there's any user feedback on the particular video file.

Any of you if you can just do me a favor. Try downloading any file of the movie "g**et of f*re" then try to preview it before it is completed. If you can preview it then tell me the filename so that I could try it out. If I cannot preview it then there is something wrong with my system.

I'm just about to check it now. I just opened LW & am waiting for it to settle down. But in the meantime, double-click your search results for the same, so the largest is at the top. Now that file will most likely be the most reliable. Unless there's a part 1 & 2. And I noticed a part 1 & 2 in my search. But all above 550 MB (or (550,000 KB)

I must admist I had problems wth the 1st, but the smaller one was easier to preview. It's a part 1 of 2 of the same video!

I'm just about to try the same file that you tested.

The result is still negative.

I got this result:
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.

Anyway, when I tried to view the fully downloaded file
"H**y P**r and the G**et of F*re CD 1 of 2" with VLC, it worked. Now the problem is how to configure LM to use the VLC as it's viewer during preview instead of WMP.

VLC will need to become your default video program. See Setting Default video app. The alternative is just to preview directly from your incomplete folder which is what I prefer to do. In that way no preview files are created in the incomplete folder which can take up considerable space for videos.

Thank you very much.