windows media problem

[father ted]

ok got a wee Acer note book and decided to load some films for my grandaughter to watch on it from a few (cough cough) sites ,done the usual ,ok problem is i had on it windows media player 9 and i could get sound but no picture it said no codec found it asked me to upload to wmp 11 which i done and still cant view picture all the little boxs are ticked like avi,wmp etc,and all that, the film is avi file as well as the otheres i have but still no picture

[dasteph]

try gomplayer it will play anything and its a free dowload.

GOM software - Free, Simple, Light, It just plays! - GOM Media Player, GOM encoder (http://www.gomlab.com/eng/)

[Dreamer]

VLC media player father. its the biz

http://download.cnet.com/VLC-Media-Player/3000-2139_4-10210434.html

[cunny]

Codec issue here ted, download klite codec pack for windows and wmp 9 will play, this should also come with wmpc.
Free-Codecs.com : Download K-Lite Codec Pack 4.9.5 FULL, K-Lite Codec Pack 4.9.5 STANDARD, K-Lite Codec Pack 4.9.5 BASIC : K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools (http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_lite_codec_pack.htm)

[father ted]

thasnk guys got this Download XP Codec Pack 2.4.8 – XP Codec Pack is one of the most complete codec packs (http://www.xpcodecpack.com) to try first and it worked but thansk for your suggestions