Thread: Yet another goofy newb question

What "latest codec package" are you referring to? From Windows Update?

WMP and Microsoft don't provide you with every codec you need to play every AVI or MPEG file.

You didn't mention installing any DVD codecs, so it's no surprise that you can't play them.

First, search your PC for some of the sample videos that come with Windows. You can probably play them. If you can, you probably are missing whatever codec was used for the particular files you are trying to play.

To make sure you have the correct codecs for a particular file, use Gspot Codec Info Appliance.

yes, the codec package was from microsoft.com, I just installed the VGA driver from the EPIA disk, I did install a DVD decoder... I'll have to look for those little sample videos...

pardon my lack of punctuation

well I am stumped....

I tried that codec info appliance and when I input the path of an mpeg and hit render... it says render successful, but I still have empty black boxes where my video is supposed to be!

Where do I look now? Codecs? Something with my monitor... well wait I had videos playing fine thru my home cpu on the monitor.

Argh... any input would be great!

What codec did it say was being used for the file?

Well I may have figured it out. In a fit of desperation I cranked the hardware acceleration way down, and poof! my mpegs started working. The border seems to be right in the middle of the dial. Has everyone using the M12000 with onboard graphics had to reduce hardware acceleration?

http://www.k-litecodecpack.com/ has most (if not all) of the codecs you should need to play any audio or avi file.