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Old 21-10-2009
MThomas
 
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.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?
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Old 21-10-2009
Wendy
 
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"MThomas" <MThomas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F61CADCB-0E3A-4E30-A742-4670DD591326@microsoft.com...
> 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.

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Old 21-10-2009
zachd [MSFT]
 
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Re: .AVI file not showing video


What codecs do those AVI files use?

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See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
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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?



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Old 21-10-2009
Tim De Baets
 
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Re: .AVI file not showing video

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?

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