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rliu812 - 30 Oct 2007 10:07 GMT

Hi, I use Windows XP and Windows Media Player v. 10, and am having trouble
playing .avi video files. It says "A codec is required to play this file. To
determine if this codec is available to download from the Web, click Web
Help.", error message "C00D10D1," and even though I have downloaded and
installed the codec supposedly necessary for the videos, they still will not
play. What should I do? Thanks!

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RalfG - 30 Oct 2007 14:55 GMT

Media Player only downloads the codecs that Microsoft itself provides,
nothing else. You have to source and download any other 3rd party codecs
yourself, which includes most of the popular codecs used in AVIs.
XviD is a good (free) codec for most mpeg4 type AVIs, or the FFDSHOW filter
will decode dozens of different codecs used in AVIs and other file types.
You can use the GSPOT utility to identify which specific CODECs were used to
create your AVI (or other media) files and then source and download the ones
you need, if that is the way you want to go. Avoid multi-CODEC packs, they
can be troublesome.

> Hi, I use Windows XP and Windows Media Player v. 10, and am having trouble
> playing .avi video files. It says "A codec is required to play this file.
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> not
> play. What should I do? Thanks!

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zachd [MSFT] - 30 Oct 2007 23:24 GMT

Also, what happens when you click Web Help? What URL does it take you to?
What information does it have there?

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rliu812 - 31 Oct 2007 01:11 GMT

Well, it takes me to

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/webhelp/default.aspx?ID=C00
D10D1&codec=xvid

which then directs me to

http://www.wmplugins.com/ItemDetail.aspx?&codec=xvid

so I have already downloaded the XVid codec...but my file still doesn't work.

> Also, what happens when you click Web Help? What URL does it take you to?
> What information does it have there?
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zachd [MSFT] - 31 Oct 2007 01:39 GMT

Can you point me to a clip showing this problem? What other third party
codecs do you have on the system? It sounds like you may have another
decoder which is preventing XVID from working properly...

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rliu812 - 31 Oct 2007 02:16 GMT

Well, the thing is, I attempted to play this particular video when I did not
have the correct codec installed, and now, with XVid installed, it still will
not play, while the other files, of the same type, I have no problem playing.
I'm not sure if that is significant, however...

> Can you point me to a clip showing this problem? What other third party
> codecs do you have on the system? It sounds like you may have another
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Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media] - 31 Oct 2007 22:06 GMT

The DivX codec included with http://www.divx.com/divx/windows/codec/
can usually play XVid files. Any change after installing that ?

HTH
Cheers - Neil

>Well, the thing is, I attempted to play this particular video when I did not
>have the correct codec installed, and now, with XVid installed, it still will
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