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Login/Join to ParticipateArf! Can I have a biscut?
288 posts
Location: North America, Mid West, USA
Tech question.
I'm trying to view the videos on the HoP site here, but they never seem to work for me. .avi, .wmv nor anything else will download nor work. Is there a protocol or a plugin I should have before it'll work?
thanks!
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ARRRR!
529 posts
Location: Charlotte, NC, USA
Some of the video links on the site are old and broken. You have to dig around a bit to find good ones. You should be able to view just about every type of video file found here with either Windows Media Player or the divX player. (https://www.divx.com/divx/windows/)
Hope that helps.
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Lambretta Fanatic
4,997 posts
Location: United Kingdom
if you struggle with WMV formats then you will need to goto microsoft and download the codec pack for series 9 media player, you should then be able to view files.
i used to struggle viewing divx untill i got a copy of the divx 5.2 codec and installed it, now i can view every thing apart from mpeg4 files.
Arf! Can I have a biscut?
288 posts
Location: North America, Mid West, USA
Ok, here's what I'm getting. I click on the "latest video" in the top bar. I go to the HoP gallery, click on the latest video (https://www.homeofpoi.com/gallery/display.php?image=/500/7009meteor_3.avi) and I get this :
"Windows Media Player cannot play the file. One or more codecs required to play the file could not be found."
Is there a file error in this? Or is my computer just in need of an application of "large hammer"?
I'm weird. Just work through that and we'll all be fine.
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Lambretta Fanatic
4,997 posts
Location: United Kingdom
you need codecs
Lambretta Fanatic
4,997 posts
Location: United Kingdom
when your in media player... click on help, and select check for player updates.
media player will then download any updated players to your system and install them for you, this will also come with the latest codec install.
or you can manually download the codec installation from microsoft by clicking>>HERE<< for your current OS.
Arf! Can I have a biscut?
288 posts
Location: North America, Mid West, USA
I've tried that too. Nada. Still won't play the videos.
**sigh** I don't want to re-install Win. Media again... Ahh well. It's all cool in the end.
I'm weird. Just work through that and we'll all be fine.
"If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail." - Fran Lebowitz
The GF of HoP
492 posts
Location: Somerset, England
have you tried downloading the avi player from divX.com rather than just the codecs?
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Arf! Can I have a biscut?
288 posts
Location: North America, Mid West, USA
Haven't tried that yet, but I've got the divX in there already... hrmph... I'll keep beating it with a stick 'till it fixes itself.
Happy hollidays all!
I'm weird. Just work through that and we'll all be fine.
"If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail." - Fran Lebowitz
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