10-16-2007, 06:09 PM
10-16-2007, 06:27 PM
You must remember .avi is not a specific video type, or codec, like most other video file formats. AVI is simply a container for certain internal encodings. There are various video encoders that use the .avi container, such as DivX, Microsoft Video, Intel Indeo, etc...
Then there's the audio track, which, in AVI, I belive can be .wav or .mp3.
Google and down the Gspot application, it will give you better insight into what format it is, from there you can get a player. I also reccomend googling and installing VLC player, it's a lightweight player that plays the most formats in one player that I've ever seen.
Then there's the audio track, which, in AVI, I belive can be .wav or .mp3.
Google and down the Gspot application, it will give you better insight into what format it is, from there you can get a player. I also reccomend googling and installing VLC player, it's a lightweight player that plays the most formats in one player that I've ever seen.
10-16-2007, 10:57 PM
yeah VLC is the best. But all you really need is Windows Media Player or RealPlayer. Pretty much anything can play .avi files.
10-17-2007, 04:13 AM
NinjaRooster Wrote:
yeah VLC is the best. But all you really need is Windows Media Player or RealPlayer. Pretty much anything can play .avi files.
WMP may need the codec, though. And for the LOVE of GOD, you seriously didn't suggest installing RealPlayer, did you?
10-17-2007, 06:22 AM
I actually just downloaded a video that was 'avi', and it wouldn't play in windows media player, but it does in DivX.
10-17-2007, 11:32 AM
NinjaRooster Wrote:
yeah VLC is the best.
It plays allmost all video files (appart from some strange ones but there just porn)
10-18-2007, 06:19 PM
Is there a codec for Windows Media Player 11 (Vista) to play AVI?
10-18-2007, 08:46 PM
depends on what's in the AVI file.
look up the K-Lite Codec pack. That installs the essentials for viewing pretty much every movie file.
there are some not included, but they're probably something you shouldn't be watching anyway >_>
look up the K-Lite Codec pack. That installs the essentials for viewing pretty much every movie file.
there are some not included, but they're probably something you shouldn't be watching anyway >_>
10-18-2007, 09:02 PM
ok Thanx D4rk!
10-19-2007, 01:29 PM
Errr i can't believe someone brought up RealPlayer, its one of the biggest pieces of spam and spyware i've ever seen. And almost impossible to completely remove from you system, you have to remove entries from the registry. But i usually use WMD 11 and quicktime for the vids from my phone.
11-08-2007, 03:34 PM
OK there seems to be a little confusion to what an AVI file is,
a movie file with the AVI extention can be ANYTHING,
if your downloading AVI's or WMV's and viewing them in Media player you can open yourself up to a load of trouble. as both file formats can 'request' content from the internet and you can find yourself with a virus,
Scare mongering out of the way,
Avi can be 'encoded' with many many different codec's there are new codecs coming out all of the time, some codecs are better than others,
A 'PURE' AVI file is 'uncompressed' and hence Huge,
your looking at more like 100 meg per minute's play, depending on the resolution of said video.
Compresion codec's have been around for years and keep getting better,
most of them conform to H. (read Haych dot) international video standards of one description or another, and are normally of the MPEG family of video compressors, these include video for some mobile devices like ipod / phones etc.
some codec's like DIVX / XVID and the such are lossy format codec's (all compress codec's are lossy) which remove some of the image on each frame, and only change a percentage of the actual image each frame, and only updates the full image every key frame, which could be 5 10 20 or what ever the encoder sets it too, these codec's go hand in had with compressing the audio to ACC or MP3 etc and significantly reduce the size of a video file.
all avi files have a header, and in that header there is a code that tells the modern media player what 'codec' to use, if the codec isn't installed the media player will contact the internet to try and find the relevent codec.
unfortunalty because MP4 codecs are licened, and media player software makers like 'divx player', are trying to make money off of the format, finding trustworth codec's can be a bit of a problem.
codec packs are often used by the unscrupulous to infect user's pc's with malware/spyware or even worse, full blown virus's and or virus delivery packages/backdoors.
THE GOOD NEWS.
there are many 3'rd party bits of software that can be used to identify the required codec and confirm file length etc.
AVIC.exe is a 'FourCC' code checker with tells you
A. if it is indeed a valid AVI file
B. What current codec the AVI was encoded in.
and C. Allows you to change the FourCC code to one that represents a codec you might have installed, although doing this doesn't guarantee the video will playback.
GSpot.exe will check the file length of the Avi and tell you what the FourCC is, it will also tell you if the requied codec is installed.
installing codec's,
a quick visit to download .com or many other 'codec' specific websites or even a quick google seach may prove useful once you know what codec you need for a particular file.
recomendations.
XPCodec pack, normally pritty good,
google 'real player alternative or media player clasic'
this should lead you to a media player lite client based on media player 2
'but with built in codec's for things like realplayer'
caution!!!!
if at any time a AVI or WMV file direct you to a website telling you to click link to access movie or download and install latest client to play content,
DONT DO IT.
instead go to your know media player supplier's page and see if there are any update's there. if not the file is most certainly bogus.
a movie file with the AVI extention can be ANYTHING,
if your downloading AVI's or WMV's and viewing them in Media player you can open yourself up to a load of trouble. as both file formats can 'request' content from the internet and you can find yourself with a virus,
Scare mongering out of the way,
Avi can be 'encoded' with many many different codec's there are new codecs coming out all of the time, some codecs are better than others,
A 'PURE' AVI file is 'uncompressed' and hence Huge,
your looking at more like 100 meg per minute's play, depending on the resolution of said video.
Compresion codec's have been around for years and keep getting better,
most of them conform to H. (read Haych dot) international video standards of one description or another, and are normally of the MPEG family of video compressors, these include video for some mobile devices like ipod / phones etc.
some codec's like DIVX / XVID and the such are lossy format codec's (all compress codec's are lossy) which remove some of the image on each frame, and only change a percentage of the actual image each frame, and only updates the full image every key frame, which could be 5 10 20 or what ever the encoder sets it too, these codec's go hand in had with compressing the audio to ACC or MP3 etc and significantly reduce the size of a video file.
all avi files have a header, and in that header there is a code that tells the modern media player what 'codec' to use, if the codec isn't installed the media player will contact the internet to try and find the relevent codec.
unfortunalty because MP4 codecs are licened, and media player software makers like 'divx player', are trying to make money off of the format, finding trustworth codec's can be a bit of a problem.
codec packs are often used by the unscrupulous to infect user's pc's with malware/spyware or even worse, full blown virus's and or virus delivery packages/backdoors.
THE GOOD NEWS.
there are many 3'rd party bits of software that can be used to identify the required codec and confirm file length etc.
AVIC.exe is a 'FourCC' code checker with tells you
A. if it is indeed a valid AVI file
B. What current codec the AVI was encoded in.
and C. Allows you to change the FourCC code to one that represents a codec you might have installed, although doing this doesn't guarantee the video will playback.
GSpot.exe will check the file length of the Avi and tell you what the FourCC is, it will also tell you if the requied codec is installed.
installing codec's,
a quick visit to download .com or many other 'codec' specific websites or even a quick google seach may prove useful once you know what codec you need for a particular file.
recomendations.
XPCodec pack, normally pritty good,
google 'real player alternative or media player clasic'
this should lead you to a media player lite client based on media player 2
'but with built in codec's for things like realplayer'
caution!!!!
if at any time a AVI or WMV file direct you to a website telling you to click link to access movie or download and install latest client to play content,
DONT DO IT.
instead go to your know media player supplier's page and see if there are any update's there. if not the file is most certainly bogus.
11-08-2007, 04:13 PM
I like the K-Lite codec pack.
It covers everything.
It covers everything.
11-10-2007, 01:12 PM
Yeah it does! Thanks again for that suggestion D4rk!