.AVI file not showing video

I've always played my .avi files on Windows Media Player 11. My laptop had
to be re-imaged. I reinstalled WMP 11, now there's only sound but no
picture. What is missing?

"MThomas" <MThomas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I've always played my .avi files on Windows Media Player 11. My laptop
> had
> to be re-imaged. I reinstalled WMP 11, now there's only sound but no
> picture. What is missing?

Obviously no picture.

What codecs do those AVI files use?

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"MThomas" <MThomas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I've always played my .avi files on Windows Media Player 11. My laptop
> had
> to be re-imaged. I reinstalled WMP 11, now there's only sound but no
> picture. What is missing?

Does installing FFDShow from
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/FFDshow.htm help?

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MThomas wrote:
> I've always played my .avi files on Windows Media Player 11. My laptop had
> to be re-imaged. I reinstalled WMP 11, now there's only sound but no
> picture. What is missing?