Lost Video Island

StylinPimpette · Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Posts: 1

Hi

...for some reason whenever I download a video, i try using real player and windows media player, and i can't see the video, just the sound. i got updates for both players, and still nothing. i also downloaded divx, and i'm not having any luck. is there something else i need to download?

LAURA4LAD · Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 6:01 pm Post subject: Re: Help Downloading Videos?

Enchirito · Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 6:35 pm Post subject:

I like Winamp.
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Hobbes · Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2005 12:52 am Post subject:

I'm moving this because it's in the wrong section, but anyways..
If Winamp doesn't work, you may have to search for codecs. I personnally hate the whole process, and I don't really have any tips on finding out how to do it right. Just try searching in google for ".avi codecs" assuming those episodes are indeed .avi files. Tell me that, and I'll try and find out what codec you need.

Duane Barry · Joined: 18 Feb 2005 Posts: 11

Did you try to play the video in the DivX player?

Jaime · Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 11:18 pm Post subject:

Um, ok I downloaded an episode of Lost from the Bittorrent thing and it won't play on WMP. I'm just wondering if I need to download something or what? Thanks....
-jaime

Hobbes · Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 11:20 pm Post subject:

anyone know any codec sites? Enchirito? Charmax? Morelight? anyone?

JakeNRoland · Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 1:14 am Post subject:

Besides updating from Windows Media Players official site or from Divx, which has a good troubleshooting section with some links to codecs, I don't recommend searching around too hard. I was searching like a mad dog when episode 16 wasn't working, and I think something from one of the sites might have been bogus, but I have no idea which one. So be careful what you're downloading.
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MoreLight · Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 4:45 am Post subject:

I'm with JakeNRoland. Unless you stick with fairly recognized official sites it is not good to put odd codecs from the P2P sites. There is also some sort of security problem with WMP 9 and a buffer overrun error causing outside individuals of questionable moral character to be able to execute scripts or programs on your computer.

If you are using WMP 9 you need to get WMP 10 for security reasons. I've also read that someone on one of the tech forums had a problem playing .avi, .mpg, and .mpegs and it was fixed once he/she installed WMP 10. You can get WMP 10 from the Microsoft site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/mp10/default.aspx

If that doesn't work:

I've not used any of the BitTorrent downloads since they are too huge for me but what I can suggest you try (if you have the time) is to use TMPGEnc to convert the AVI file (is the BT file AVI?) to an MPG. See if that helps.

TMPGEnc can be found here:

http://www.tmpgenc.net/e_main.html
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Charmax · Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 1:53 pm Post subject:

I think I have posted this somewhere else...... anyway's this is the codec pack I use K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 1.16 [20.0 Mb]. It will play pretty much any file. Download here > http://home.hccnet.nl/h.edskes/finalbuilds.htm_ I would advise you to set a system restore before installing.
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phoenix39 · Novice Vidder Joined: 04 Mar 2005 Posts: 479

I have the same problem, but it's not with EVERY video I download. It just with a few.
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Hobbes · Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 4:17 am Post subject:

which ones? What are their extensions? You might just need a different software

phoenix39 · Novice Vidder Joined: 04 Mar 2005 Posts: 479

"The Game" is one of them.
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Hobbes · Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 5:04 am Post subject:

damn....
well is that the only one? Because there's a good chance that that one wont work, for the same reason that the end credits cut off, it keeps having some fricking crazy error that pisses me off sooooo much >.<
If I'm lucky, it's just a codec error for you

phoenix39 · Novice Vidder Joined: 04 Mar 2005 Posts: 479

Good luck with the codec.

I'll download some more videos and see.

EDIT: "Sayid is Inspector Gadet" and a video that was a funny conversation between Jack and Sayid. I forgot the name of it only gaveme audio.
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