Unable to read the .avi files with Windows Media Player 11 on XP
Original title: Media player upgrade was worse than basic
I recently updated my Player multimedia media Player 11 and now it won't play movies from AVI file that I used to be able to play easily on the outdated version. Why is this?
Hello
Do you have an error message when you try to play with Media Player AVI files?
When you try to play a file that uses a codec that is not installed on your computer, Windows Media Player attempts to download the codec from a Microsoft server. If the
Codec is available, the Windows Media Player installed on your computer, and then bed file. However, if the codec is not available on the server (for example, because)
the codec not created by Microsoft), Windows Media Player displays a message that your computer is missing a codec.
In some cases, the file you want to play uses a codec that is not available or compatible with Windows Media Player. When this happens, you may be unable to use Windows Media Player to play this particular .avi file.
You can consult this article for a solution:
You receive an error message when you try to play an .avi file in Windows Media Player
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/279242
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Afzal Taher-Microsoft Support.
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