I am trying to play a video on my pc and media player says something about codec?

try downloading the divx player. it will play most video formats and files, where media player doesnt.

sometimes you need the right software to play dvd's or other formats on the pc, media player is ok for general stuff but will not play everything.

do a google search for codecs, i found a codec 'pack' that covered most of the formats.

for dvd's i would go for 'power dvd' or similar.

unfortunately cant remember the site i got the codecs from

The type of video file your trying to play is not supported by your media player, the codec is something it needs for it to be able to play it. You can download it, it probably says it will search for the codec itself? If not download Divex player..that will play almost any movie file out there.

Look up something called the K-Lite codec pack. It has all the codecs you'll probably need, plus a program called media player classic.

Also, videoLAN is a great media player.

A video codec is a gadget or application that helps video compression and/or decompression for digital video. The compression frequently employs lossy archives compression. there are a number of formats that are frequently use lossless formats MPEG Microsoft attempt to acquire MPEG-4 Video Decoder,

Codec is short for compressor/decompressor. Kinda like a driver. If you use WMP (windows media player)search yahoo for a WMP codec Pak and install it. If its another player search for specific codecs for the particular player . Below is one for WMP 10

If you're still having trouble the VLC player can play very nearly all formats (it can't play .flv as far as I know)

Get it here:http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html

Here I got VLC for free http://bit.ly/1lqgzNZ

It works like a charm.

Best