Problem when watching a video in Windows Media Player: No Video but has sounds

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abe10tiger

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Hi, something seems to be wrong with my windows media player. I cant watch videos that I downloaded or have but can watch a DVD movie. Every time I try to watch a video that I downloaded or have, no video appears but has sounds. Whenever i try watching a video, a message in the buttom left appears "error downloading codec". I tried watching a DVD movie and it worked. I don't know why only the sounds comes out but not the video. Please help me. Thanks.
 
The OP's media player isn't corrupted, they just haven't downloaded the correct codecs. I'm assuming they're trying to play .avi files, in which case you could get the codec from: http://www.divx.com/

But, I'd still go for VLC.
 
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