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chieftan65

Hi folks not sure if I'm actually in the right forum for this question but i'll ask anyway. i have a load of videos on my phone memory card that i would like to put on my laptop. Problem is media player cant play them. Is there some way i can change the format or something on the videos to allow me to play them thru media player and maybe burn them on to a dvd? any help would be appreciated

Fluffy88

Windows media player just doesn't have the codec to play the files. You could get VLC player which will let you watch those files and almost any other media file type or you can download the codec for windows media player so it can play those files.

And this wouldn't be the proper place to ask either, try Computer & Technology next time

who the fug

when you look at the files on the Pc what is the extension ?

chieftan65

thanks fluffy.. sorry about that. i wasn't sure what forum to ask in.
who the fug.. the extension? is that 3GPP??

who the fug

if you google 3GPP player you will see various options, to solve this problem, Realplayer being one of them

Fluffy88

Why would you use Realplayer when you can get VLC?

I forgot to mention in my first post, you can burn the files to a disc and it should be playable by most dvd players. But I couldn't be 100% if they are. What I do it I use a DVD+RW (a dics that you can write to as many times as you like) and burn the stuff to that first to check does it work with my dvd player. Once I know it works, I then burn the stuff to a normal DVD+R disc. If it doesn't work, get a converter and try again This will save you a small fortune in discs :P

who the fug

Fluffy88 wrote: »

Why would you use Realplayer when you can get VLC?

I forgot to mention in my first post, you can burn the files to a disc and it should be playable by most dvd players. But I couldn't be 100% if they are. What I do it I use a DVD+RW (a dics that you can write to as many times as you like) and burn the stuff to that first to check does it work with my dvd player. Once I know it works, I then burn the stuff to a normal DVD+R disc. If it doesn't work, get a converter and try again This will save you a small fortune in discs :P

For us none geeks what is VLC

PseudoFamous

who the fug wrote: »

For us none geeks what is VLC

An open source media player.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Fluffy88

who the fug wrote: »

For us none geeks what is VLC

:eek: you called me a geek

Generally it's easiest to google such questions

who the fug

PseudoFamous wrote: »

An open source media player.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Thank you, have book marked and will down load at home

CaSCaDe711

Another good one is the K-Lite codec pack, can use the included Media Player Classic - Home Cinema to play all your media files

who the fug

Fluffy88 wrote: »

:eek: you called me a geek

Generally it's easiest to google such questions

Look you uses a 3 letter abbreviation expecting everyone to understand so my first thought was geek, but if you want to be called a consultant I will


Sometimes Google can be a menu in French when you did Spanish at school

Fluffy88

It's name is VLC player :P

And google is anyone's best tool for research, you should start learning french if you can't understand how to use it because it will save alot of headaches.

chieftan65

folks thanks for all your replies.. i downloaded quick time and it actually played my vids.. thanks for all your help everyone