I have a question about How do I reset the Windows Media Player video cache?:

I have Windows Media Player 8.00.. with Windows XP. I've downloaded a couple of AVI video files, and have problems playing them. When I play one, it says 'format not supported', though the file is complete, according to the file size. When I play another, it plays only sound, and does not play the video. (It's a video file.) I've checked for Windows updates, and get the message that I have the latest version of Windows Media Player. Could you help me out here? Thanks!

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there is a windows update, just copy this link and it should take u there download it and install. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/player.asp The avi should now play


On Friday, January 3, 2003 at 4:53 am, Xeneb wrote:
>I have a question about How
>do I reset the Windows Media Player video cache?:

>
>I have Windows Media Player 8.00.. with Windows XP.
>I've downloaded a couple of AVI video files, and have problems playing them.
>When I play one, it says 'format not supported', though the file is complete, according
>to the file size.
>
>When I play another, it plays only sound, and does not play the video. (It's a video
>file.) I've checked for Windows updates, and get the message that I have the latest
>version of Windows Media Player.
>
>Could you help me out here?
>
>Thanks!
>

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The above posting may well be right, but another possibility is that some AVIs are encoded using DivX codec. You'll need to download it (search the web for DivX, it's a fairly small, free download) then install it. It's fairly common to AVIs to need this. This should solve the problem of sound and no picture. As for Format Not Supported, this is often caused on an AVI by the download not completing in full. Unlike on an MPEG, the index table for an AVI is at the end of the file, so if you don't complete the download, it can't play any of it. With MPEGs it's at the beginning, so you can quickly start to preview a file while it's downloading. The solution is to get a small program (I forget the name, you can get it off Download.com, search for AVI editing tools or something) which strips the index table from AVIs and rebuilds it, enabling you to view the clip. It's not 100% perfect, but it usually works.


On Friday, January 3, 2003 at 4:53 am, Xeneb wrote:
>I have a question about How
>do I reset the Windows Media Player video cache?:

>
>I have Windows Media Player 8.00.. with Windows XP.
>I've downloaded a couple of AVI video files, and have problems playing them.
>When I play one, it says 'format not supported', though the file is complete, according
>to the file size.
>
>When I play another, it plays only sound, and does not play the video. (It's a video
>file.) I've checked for Windows updates, and get the message that I have the latest
>version of Windows Media Player.
>
>Could you help me out here?
>
>Thanks!
>

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i have recently being having problems with my media player mpg s work fine but when i download avis it does not show me that it is downloadeing it just says conecting.... when it finaly loads it has sound but has no picture it just shows swirly colours like when you play a cd on it. i have downloaded a DivX but it did't work i don't know if i dowloaded it into the right file could u please help me thank you Ben O'Neil


On Friday, January 3, 2003 at 6:02 am, Jon wrote:
>The above posting may well be right, but another possibility is that some AVIs are
>encoded using DivX codec. You'll need to download it (search the web for DivX, it's
>a fairly small, free download) then install it. It's fairly common to AVIs to need
>this. This should solve the problem of sound and no picture.
>
>As for Format Not Supported, this is often caused on an AVI by the download not completing
>in full. Unlike on an MPEG, the index table for an AVI is at the end of the file,
>so if you don't complete the download, it can't play any of it. With MPEGs it's at
>the beginning, so you can quickly start to preview a file while it's downloading.
>The solution is to get a small program (I forget the name, you can get it off Download.com,
>search for AVI editing tools or something) which strips the index table from AVIs
>and rebuilds it, enabling you to view the clip. It's not 100% perfect, but it usually
>works.
>
>

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I'm experiencing similar difficulties.. it's showing me visualisations instead of the picture. But i have fiddled with the file in RAD video tools and i think the picture was lost on the encoding because other players jus have a white screen for the picture. However its file integrety was high on kazaa =D

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well...the solution for this is to download mpeg codec that will bring the video of .avi to the screen for this codec search the web.


On Monday, May 26, 2003 at 2:22 am, Pete wrote:
>I'm experiencing similar difficulties.. it's showing me visualisations instead of
>the picture. But i have fiddled with the file in RAD video tools and i think the
>picture was lost on the encoding because other players jus have a white screen for
>the picture. However its file integrety was high on kazaa =D

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There's 3 codecs commonly used. Divx was already mentioned. The other 2 are: Xvid and Ac3. Xvid and Ac3 can be found on Kazaa or other p2p program, I make sure to share them, Divx at divx.com.


On Friday, January 3, 2003 at 4:53 am, Xeneb wrote:
>I have a question about How
>do I reset the Windows Media Player video cache?:

>
>I have Windows Media Player 8.00.. with Windows XP.
>I've downloaded a couple of AVI video files, and have problems playing them.
>When I play one, it says 'format not supported', though the file is complete, according
>to the file size.
>
>When I play another, it plays only sound, and does not play the video. (It's a video
>file.) I've checked for Windows updates, and get the message that I have the latest
>version of Windows Media Player.
>
>Could you help me out here?
>
>Thanks!
>

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That was excellent advice thanks, worked for me!


On Friday, January 3, 2003 at 6:02 am, Jon wrote:
>The above posting may well be right, but another possibility is that some AVIs are
>encoded using DivX codec. You'll need to download it (search the web for DivX, it's
>a fairly small, free download) then install it. It's fairly common to AVIs to need
>this. This should solve the problem of sound and no picture.
>
>As for Format Not Supported, this is often caused on an AVI by the download not completing
>in full. Unlike on an MPEG, the index table for an AVI is at the end of the file,
>so if you don't complete the download, it can't play any of it. With MPEGs it's at
>the beginning, so you can quickly start to preview a file while it's downloading.
>The solution is to get a small program (I forget the name, you can get it off Download.com,
>search for AVI editing tools or something) which strips the index table from AVIs
>and rebuilds it, enabling you to view the clip. It's not 100% perfect, but it usually
>works.
>
>

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I have XP, tried downloading WMP 9.1 and still couldn't play avi's. i went to http://www.divx.com/divx/ downloaded the codec. It worked for me. Thanks Jon :)


On Friday, January 3, 2003 at 6:02 am, Jon wrote:
>The above posting may well be right, but another possibility is that some AVIs are
>encoded using DivX codec. You'll need to download it (search the web for DivX, it's
>a fairly small, free download) then install it. It's fairly common to AVIs to need
>this. This should solve the problem of sound and no picture.
>
>As for Format Not Supported, this is often caused on an AVI by the download not completing
>in full. Unlike on an MPEG, the index table for an AVI is at the end of the file,
>so if you don't complete the download, it can't play any of it. With MPEGs it's at
>the beginning, so you can quickly start to preview a file while it's downloading.
>The solution is to get a small program (I forget the name, you can get it off Download.com,
>search for AVI editing tools or something) which strips the index table from AVIs
>and rebuilds it, enabling you to view the clip. It's not 100% perfect, but it usually
>works.
>
>

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I have reinstalled XP and upgraded to media player 9 yet I still can not play the avi I converted from my DVD. The did play before I reinstalled XP Any answer appreicated. I use Winfast DVD, PowerDVD, media player 9


On Friday, January 3, 2003 at 6:02 am, Jon wrote:
>The above posting may well be right, but another possibility is that some AVIs are
>encoded using DivX codec. You'll need to download it (search the web for DivX, it's
>a fairly small, free download) then install it. It's fairly common to AVIs to need
>this. This should solve the problem of sound and no picture.
>
>As for Format Not Supported, this is often caused on an AVI by the download not completing
>in full. Unlike on an MPEG, the index table for an AVI is at the end of the file,
>so if you don't complete the download, it can't play any of it. With MPEGs it's at
>the beginning, so you can quickly start to preview a file while it's downloading.
>The solution is to get a small program (I forget the name, you can get it off Download.com,
>search for AVI editing tools or something) which strips the index table from AVIs
>and rebuilds it, enabling you to view the clip. It's not 100% perfect, but it usually
>works.
>
>

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Thanks for the info on the codec. I was having the exact same problem...sound playing but no video. This coded fixed it right up.


On Friday, January 3, 2003 at 4:53 am, Xeneb wrote:
>I have a question about How
>do I reset the Windows Media Player video cache?:

>
>I have Windows Media Player 8.00.. with Windows XP.
>I've downloaded a couple of AVI video files, and have problems playing them.
>When I play one, it says 'format not supported', though the file is complete, according
>to the file size.
>
>When I play another, it plays only sound, and does not play the video. (It's a video
>file.) I've checked for Windows updates, and get the message that I have the latest
>version of Windows Media Player.
>
>Could you help me out here?
>
>Thanks!
>

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Hi! had the same problem here too.. which was really irritating.. thanks for the tip.. really allow computer idiots like me to continue on a smooth movie viewing..


On Saturday, September 6, 2003 at 10:24 am, Armando wrote:
>Thanks for the info on the codec. I was having the exact same problem...sound playing
>but no video. This coded fixed it right up.
>
>

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It doesn't matter what version of Media Player you have. You need special codecs to play certain .avi files. One example of an .avi codec is DIVX. The DIVX codec for Windows Media PLayer can be downloaded from www.divx.com. Download the free version that inludes spyware, then run spybot or Ad-Aware to remove the spyware. The DIVX codec will still work after you remove the spyware. Another codec to look at is XVID. XVID is a free codec and is used my many .avi recorders. If you've already downloaded Media Player 9, that's OK, it has some cool improvements over version 8. Good Luck!


On Friday, January 3, 2003 at 5:10 am, daniel wrote:
>there is a windows update, just copy this link and it should take u there download
>it and install. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/player.asp
>
>The avi should now play
>
>

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I had this exact same problem, turns out i needed Xvid Codec to play this file, i have had this happena few times (after a format i always forget to install it again) But it worked for me, anyway window Media player will usually tell you in the info section (on side) what type of codec is required... anyway, worked for me...


On Friday, January 3, 2003 at 4:53 am, Xeneb wrote:
>I have a question about How
>do I reset the Windows Media Player video cache?:

>
>I have Windows Media Player 8.00.. with Windows XP.
>I've downloaded a couple of AVI video files, and have problems playing them.
>When I play one, it says 'format not supported', though the file is complete, according
>to the file size.
>
>When I play another, it plays only sound, and does not play the video. (It's a video
>file.) I've checked for Windows updates, and get the message that I have the latest
>version of Windows Media Player.
>
>Could you help me out here?
>
>Thanks!
>

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So anyone know what the program for previewing avi's on download.com is called


On Friday, September 3, 2004 at 8:54 pm, Lisa wrote:
>I had this exact same problem, turns out i needed Xvid Codec to play this file, i
>have had this happena few times (after a format i always forget to install it again)
>But it worked for me, anyway window Media player will usually tell you in the info
>section (on side) what type of codec is required... anyway, worked for me...
>
>
>

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Hello, I've read all those messages and I tried downloading everything mentioned. Yet, I'm still not able to watch my avi files. I went to download.com, but I didn't know which one to choose, so I just gave that one up... could someone help me?


On Saturday, June 4, 2005 at 7:13 pm, animal wrote:
>So anyone know what the program for previewing avi's on download.com is called
>
>
>

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Try VLC player, it plays every file I've ever tried so far... get it here: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/


On Thursday, December 28, 2006 at 4:35 pm, Jo wrote:
>
>Hello, I've read all those messages and I tried downloading everything mentioned.
> Yet, I'm still not able to watch my avi files. I went to download.com, but I didn't
>know which one to choose, so I just gave that one up... could someone help me?
>
>

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