got1banshee Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 For some reason everytime I try to open a video and the media player pops up another box pups up saying that something isn't there. Does anyone know what I am talking about and can someone help me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micorps1 Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 does it say file something .DLL missing, probably means you need to download some drivers for the programs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STLBILL Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 Hi Got1Banshee: Since you said "Video" I will assume you are missing a CODEC to view the particular video(s). Every video is made with a certain encoding method called a CODEC. CODEC is short for Compressor/Decompressor. I heard a rumor they didn't call it COMDEC out of fear it would be confused with the annual trade show in Las Vegas - COMDEX. Each CODEC has it's own advantages and disadvantages. Yell if you need more help. Regards, Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 bill, BILL. what the hell are you talking about. i get the same thing too but what do we need to do or download to fix it ????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheeBASTARD Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 Well you need to downlaod the latest CODECS, if your using Windows Media Player...search for Media Player Codecs and walla DL them and install you should be able to see the movie know, if playing DIVX or Xvid DL the divx/xvid codec,if using SVCD(mpeg2) DL that codec......If you do the search for Media player codecs theres a package that contains all the necesary codecs, laters hope it help. get the media player version 9 the new one...i just recently got the codec package for it and it works good....hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigboybanshee Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 Yeah, what sheeBASTARD said. I used to have a lot of problems opening videos with Windows Media Player, so I downloaded version 9 with all the latest codecs and I have very little trouble at all now. In case you didn't know, codecs are just the translators for the various types of formats that media comes in..Each format (MPEG, MPEG2, DIVX, DVD, ASF, AVI, etc) requires a particular codec to be played. A lot of video players already come with the required codec installed but as technology advances, more video formats are available, the more codecs we need to view them. I hope this helps a little bit, I can tyr and help more if needed!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banshee370 Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 What OS are you guys running? If its win98 then start looking at upgrading. Mickysoft as of today is no longer supporting w98. Not only will mickysoft end the support but most hardware companys will start doing the same. Software companys will start this route soon after also..... I dont know if you can get WMP 9.0 for anything w98 second edition and below. Last I knew it was for w2k on up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
got1banshee Posted January 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Well I downloaded WMP 9.0 and tryed to open a video and this is what it said... Cannot open. Please verify that the path and file name are correct and try again. It says this on every video that I try to open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigboybanshee Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Where did you get the videos from? The net, your hard drive...what format are the videos in? There can be a number of answers for this...let us know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
got1banshee Posted January 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Where did you get the videos from? The net, your hard drive...what format are the videos in? There can be a number of answers for this...let us know The videos are the ones in the Image section, I can't watch any of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zr2highrider2001 Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 if you are using windows media player then go to windows update webpage. internet explorer, 1.Menu tools (between favorites and help) 2. Windows Update 3. scan for updates 4. look in the windows updates link to the left 5. find media player 9 codecs 6. click on the install button 7. click the "review and install updates" link on left 8. click on the install updates 9. play video. if any other player, they should have the codecs on thier sight. I think the windows codecs works with the other players as well (i think) if this dosen't work then beat the computer, no really just pm me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zr2highrider2001 Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 which thread?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screamin_Demon Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Check out kazaa lite's website. There's a CODEC pack you can download that has more of the most recent CODECs used that always seem to fail when mediaplayer says it couldn't find them. It's actually for Kazaa, but since kazaa uses media player to play videos within it's own program, it patches those codecs to the main media player itself. After downloading and installing it... I've only had a select few videos that wouldn't play, as opposed to 75% of them not playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eehsnab2 Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 sometimes you can right click it, go to "Save target as" and then open where ever you saved it and play it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
got1banshee Posted January 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 Ok guys, I downloaded and installed all the new shit. When I open up a video it opens the new version but then a FUCKING GOD DAMN box pops up AGAIN!!!!!!!! Anyone want a computer?? I am about to throw it in the damn trash. And this is a freaken 2000 dollor laptop. Its pissing me off to no end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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