Having problems with a few video files

[Chang10is]

I'm trying to play some TV shows that I got from a P2P program, and all it plays is a set of colored bands without any sound. There's a large red band that runs across the bottom of the screen, and a set of vertical ands that runs across the top of the screen. I doubt this would help, but going from left to right, the colors are white, olive, cyan, green, violet, red, blue and black.

Does this mean I got a bad file, or that I'm missing the correct codec to play this file? I thought it was a bad file the first few times it happened, but it's happened at least a dozen times now and I wonder whether it's possible to get this many bad files. I used GSpot and it said that I have 2 compatible codecs for this MJPG/XVID file. I'm wondering if there's a possibility that it's trying to use the wrong codec or incorrectly identifying the file type for these videos. I installed Defiler Pak 1.19 as my source of codecs.

 

[inveterate]

maybe it's just the beginning of the show,, like they put that there,.. Also just dl the K lite codec pack. and u should be set... and if u can get warez, dl Zoomplayer, haven't had anytrouble with that and very good custom settings.

 

[Chang10is]

It's not just the beginning. I've skipped through various parts of the shows, and it's the same way through the whole thing of each one. I'd prefer not to "just" d/l the K-lite codec pack because I don't want to install unnecessary software, especially codecs. These packs are notorious for having lots of extraneous junk... I want to fix my problem, not add to it. I already have the Defiler pak installed, and this is already supposed to have a pretty good set of codecs. Is there anybody out there who has had the same problem before with their video files?

 

[Chang10is]

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