What codec am I missing?

DEL 707 · 23 Apr 2008 at 09:15

I've had this problem for awhile but never bothered to fix it because I don't really watch any video/movie files on this machine, but right now I have ton holiday films I'd like to watch but can't.

When ever I play a movie, the picture is VERY dark and only displays in red, some also don't have sound. I've downloaded quicktime player and the latest Divx but it doesn't solve anything.

toosepin · 23 Apr 2008 at 09:19

Have you tried VLC player? It's a great player and I find no need for any codecs with it.

DEL 707 · 23 Apr 2008 at 09:24

Just tried VLC, sound but no picture

toosepin · 23 Apr 2008 at 09:42

DEL 707 said:
Just tried VLC, sound but no picture

What are the file types? Another alternative

media player classic.

Mr_Orange · 23 Apr 2008 at 09:43

cccp + media player classic (included in cccp)?

http://www.cccp-project.net/

lee87 · 23 Apr 2008 at 09:54

Try FFDshow

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/FFDShow.htm

bledd · 23 Apr 2008 at 12:02

what os, what gfx card

if it's semi dislplaying i'd maybe suggest drivers, use ffdshow from the link above but before hand uninstall all codec packs you may have

DEL 707 · 23 Apr 2008 at 13:13

I'm using a 7800 GTX with the latest Nvidia drivers, ForceWare Release 169.21. Just to be sure I downloaded and reinstalled. OS is WinXP Pro.

I've uninstalled all codecs and tried FFDshow and done the same with cccp, however the results are always the same, just a dark red picture.

bledd · 23 Apr 2008 at 14:45

tried playing in media player classic?

'some' drivers have problems with video playback, you usually see this in xp x64 though..

Energize · 23 Apr 2008 at 14:48

Indeo codec?

Without knowing what type of file they are there's not much we can do other than guess....

Munky1080 · 23 Apr 2008 at 14:52

Download g-spot and run it. It'll tell you what codec is needed for the audio and video...it's a quality program it is!

AbsenceJam · 23 Apr 2008 at 14:54

Where are the files from exactly, are you sure they're intact and working? If it's something from a camera it could be something proprietary, though it shouldn't be. Grab MediaInfo to see if it can ID the format.