What codec do i need?

Question

I have downloaded a couple of movies, but on windows media player there is no picture but sound. I have downloaded a couple codecs but it still dont work.

Answer 1

Download GSpot from: http://gspot.headbands.com/

Run it, and it will indicate what codecs are needed.

Answer 2

Download the K-light codec pack.  It includes just about all the codecs you will need and should enable you to play the movies with windows media player; but, in case they don't, also included is a great little player that can play just about anything.

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_li...

Other free codec included players you might want to check into are:

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

http://www.altools.com/ALTools/ALShow.as...

Answer 3

your simply need to install vlc program it has all the codecs you need to watch your movies

Answer 4

Eh, could be lots of things. Maybe you downloaded a newer .H264 rip, that'd be my guess. Whatever you need, it's probably in one of those codec packs. There's K-lite and CCCP, CCCP being my favorite. They bundle dozens of codecs that span pretty much every concievable format pirated and legal media alike might come in.

Link:

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