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why won't my windows media play avi files and what should i do about it.?

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  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago
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    It may be missing some codecs. I would download and install is again. It will install over the old version and repair any problems.

    You can get it here - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/defa...

    I just checked an AVI on Windows Media Player version 10 on my computer & it played fine.

  • 2 decades ago

    Maybe the AVI you are trying to view is DivX encoded. You need to download their codec and/or media player from their website:

    http://www.divx.com/

  • 2 decades ago

    There is some problems with the codecs installed with your system. To solve this problem install Ace Mega Codec Pack. Its free.

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    only quicktime plays avi. if you want a universal player then go to dowload .com and look for videolan media player. its the bestt all round player

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