What is a codec?

When I try to view some avi files in MS Media Player 9.0 I get a
message that there is an error downloading codec. What is a codec?
When I try to view the same file in Ifranview I get a message that
"vids:divx" cannot be found. I am running Win98SE. What gives and
what do I need to do to view these files?

Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr.
Lubbock, Texas
kinserlow at hotmail dot com
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Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr.

Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr. <> wrote in
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> When I try to view some avi files in MS Media Player 9.0 I get a
> message that there is an error downloading codec. What is a codec?
> When I try to view the same file in Ifranview I get a message that
> "vids:divx" cannot be found. I am running Win98SE. What gives and
> what do I need to do to view these files?
>

You need to download and install the divx package from divx.com. The free
package will be fine. A codec is a piece of software that decompresses the
video for playback. Codec stands for COmpressor/DECompressor, hence,
codec.

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On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 08:56:10 -0000, DeMoN LaG <n@a> wrote:

>Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr. <> wrote in
>news: :
>
>> When I try to view some avi files in MS Media Player 9.0 I get a
>> message that there is an error downloading codec. What is a codec?
>> When I try to view the same file in Ifranview I get a message that
>> "vids:divx" cannot be found. I am running Win98SE. What gives and
>> what do I need to do to view these files?
>>
>
>You need to download and install the divx package from divx.com. The free
>package will be fine. A codec is a piece of software that decompresses the
>video for playback. Codec stands for COmpressor/DECompressor, hence,
>codec.

Thanks. I did not discover much help in Google Groups but I went to a
IT dictionary site and found out what a codec meant. Downloaded a
free donationware( I gave a dollar ) codec package and the file now
works in MS Media Player 9.0. Still can't get it to work with
Ifranview. Still get the message that it can't find vids:divx. Oh
well, Media Player is good enough I suppose.

Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr.
Lubbock, Texas
kinserlow at hotmail dot com
homepage: www.members.cox.net/rkinserlow
webmaster: www.d16acbl.org/U197/index.html

Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr. wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 08:56:10 -0000, DeMoN LaG <n@a> wrote:
>
>> Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr. <> wrote in
>> news::
>>
>>> When I try to view some avi files in MS Media Player 9.0 I get a
>>> message that there is an error downloading codec. What is a codec?
>>> When I try to view the same file in Ifranview I get a message that
>>> "vids:divx" cannot be found. I am running Win98SE. What gives and
>>> what do I need to do to view these files?
>>>
>>
>> You need to download and install the divx package from divx.com.
>> The free package will be fine. A codec is a piece of software that
>> decompresses the video for playback. Codec stands for
>> COmpressor/DECompressor, hence, codec.
>
> Thanks. I did not discover much help in Google Groups but I went to a
> IT dictionary site and found out what a codec meant. Downloaded a
> free donationware( I gave a dollar ) codec package and the file now
> works in MS Media Player 9.0. Still can't get it to work with
> Ifranview. Still get the message that it can't find vids:divx. Oh
> well, Media Player is good enough I suppose.
>
> Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr.
> Lubbock, Texas
> kinserlow at hotmail dot com
> homepage: www.members.cox.net/rkinserlow
> webmaster: www.d16acbl.org/U197/index.html

Do a google search for klite codec pack. This gives you pretty much
every codec you will ever need.

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On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 01:20:30 -0600, Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr.
<> wrote:
a sentient being crawled to its computer accessed the usenet and
stammered
>When I try to view some avi files in MS Media Player 9.0 I get a
>message that there is an error downloading codec. What is a codec?
>When I try to view the same file in Ifranview I get a message that
>"vids:divx" cannot be found. I am running Win98SE. What gives and
>what do I need to do to view these files?
>
>Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr.
>Lubbock, Texas
>kinserlow at hotmail dot com
>homepage: www.members.cox.net/rkinserlow
>webmaster: www.d16acbl.org/U197/index.html


Ace megacodec have pretty much everything divx
http://www.divx-digest.com/software/acemega_codec.html
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