emule - haven't been able to get 1 vid to play

[robphelan]

i d/l a few tv shows that i missed and can't get any of them to play..

used VLC & media player classic.. downloaded CCCP and another codec pack (klite i think) but still can't get any of them to play.. i get a failure to render file msg.

are they all corrupt? is there a good way to see what codec i need?

tia,
rob.

 

[Atheus]

You can see what codec you need with "gspot codec information appliance", but a lot of stuff on emule is fake, it's put there by people who want to subvert p2p or deliver a virus.

Torrents for TV. Don't go downloading anything illegally though, big brother is watching you.

 

[robphelan]

thanks.. i always found torrents a little confusing, though (yeah, i'm a programmer, but i'm 34!)

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

VLC ftw.

 

[JBT]

Originally posted by: djmihow
VLC ftw.

uhhmmm he said he tried VLC...

 

[Atheus]

Originally posted by: robphelan
thanks.. i always found torrents a little confusing, though (yeah, i'm a programmer, but i'm 34!)

The workings of torrents are quite interesting, but not that complex. You basically join an interconnected 'swarm' as a 'peer' (leech) or a 'seed' (pure server) and grab parts of the file accociated with that swarm. Look it up - you'll understand it in minutes if you're a programmer.

You definately don't need to understand to use the system though, just get utorrent, go to a tracker site like mininova.org, search, click, open the .torrent file with utorrent, download. Simple as that.