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    Anderson123 Posts: 3, Reputation: 1
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    Mar 1, 2007, 11:13 AM
    Windows media player won't play video, only audio
    My windows media player will only play audio and not video. Any ideas why?
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    Mar 1, 2007, 11:35 AM
    You need to make sure all your codecs are updated.
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    Mar 1, 2007, 02:13 PM
    A couple of nice software packages to use instead of Windows media player, is Media Player Classic or Video Lan (VLC) media player which has built-in codecs.

    Then you need a codecs pack such as ffdshow, which has compatible codecs for xvid, divx, mp4, etc.
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    Mar 1, 2007, 03:22 PM
    Codecs updated. Thanks curlyben
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    Mar 20, 2007, 08:12 PM
    Okay, stupid question. How do I update all my codecs? I downloaded a documentary that has the video but no audio. Exact opposite of Anderson's situation.
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    Mar 21, 2007, 08:06 AM
    See my first post above. Ffdshow can be downloaded as a .exe file. Just run it and codecs will be installed.
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    Mar 21, 2007, 12:26 PM
    Oh my God you're the MAN! It took me three attempts to totally figure it out but I've got it with sound. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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