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windows movie maker error

  • 09-04-2012 06:32PM
    #1
    Random
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    im getting the attached error with windows movie maker when i try to add an avi file to it
    im using the movie maker that comes with xp

    6034073

    i can play the video file fine so i would have assumed i have the right codecs. am i wrong?

    thanks


Comments

  • #2
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    Random wrote: »
    i can play the video file fine so i would have assumed i have the right codecs. am i wrong?

    Not necessarily. If for example VLC is your default video player, it would do it without codecs. Does the file play in WMP?


  • #3
    Random
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    no, it does not play in wmp
    says "error downloading codec"


  • #4
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    i found out the file was xvid and downloaded xvid application from their website and now its working

    thanks for the help


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