Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!feed.news.tiscali.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: "Elbow" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: codecs Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 21:26:06 +0900 Lines: 25 Message-ID: <2jg5adF10tlobU1@uni-berlin.de> References: <40d2c391$0$19841$44c9b20d@news2.asahi-net.or.jp> X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 7MdgtZVGpqugr0lVA6FI1Q/S8vwwVbncGtIonr/V/3D/IZJQ0o X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:14673 yes, try gspot , I'll let you find the link cos I cant be arsed. (google) once installed and started drop ya file onto it and hit the render button it will tell ya whats missing. www.videolan.org has played just about everything Ive thrown at it. try it too There is also a thread about codecs in this news group look below or use google. "skab-t" wrote in message news:40d2c391$0$19841$44c9b20d@news2.asahi-net.or.jp... > got an .avi download of family guy the other day from bittorrent, but having > trouble playing it. Quicktime Pro, Windows Media player and DivX are just > not interested in it. Anybody now how i can determine the exact codec of the > file? > > Thanks > >