What codec do I need for MPEG4 v3?

[gogeeta13]

My buddy captured some simpsons episodes and encoded them into mpeg4 v3, I cannot seem to play them at all! What do I need? I have the divx 3.11 codec I think.

I also have some AVI's he captured and those wont play either, any ideas on those?

Thanks

 

[tigerbait]

Not sure exactly what you need, but here is a good place to find it. Link

 

[PsychoAndy]

ugh, i've been having problems with divx movies even though i got divx 3.1 🙁

 

[gogeeta13]

thanks for the link, i will try that. Keep on giving suggestions though!

 

[pulse8]

You need the mpeg4 codec which should've come with your version of Windows Media Player. What version are you using?

 

[SendTrash]

try installing the microsoft windows media 8 codec.. it trys to autoinstall when I use media player to play a file that uses that codec

 

[gogeeta13]

I am using WMP 6.4, i hate wmp 7+ and will never use it, ever!

 

[gogeeta13]

nothing has worked yet, keep it comming, thanks

 

[yakko]

gogeeta13,

You have mail.

 

[MrBond]

Do his episodes work on his PC? I had a simpson's episode that didn't want to work on my PC, so I used DivFix to rebuilt the index. Even though it was an mpg file (not AVI like a true divx movie) it fixed it and made it playable. Go figure...

 

[NicColt]

The mpeg4 v3 codec is Microsoft's ASF or WMV but version 3. It's upto V8 now. Also v3 is the one that was hacked and made into divx which is in no way commercially legal. So it's either Divx, ASF or WMV. any of which WMP6.4 can run.

 

[pulse8]

<< I am using WMP 6.4, i hate wmp 7+ and will never use it, ever! >>



That's probably your problem, then. You may need another player you'll have to find the codec in stand alone somewhere, but I don't think they offer it that way.

 

[yakko]

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<< I am using WMP 6.4, i hate wmp 7+ and will never use it, ever! >>



That's probably your problem, then. You may need another player you'll have to find the codec in stand alone somewhere, but I don't think they offer it that way. >>

That is not his problem. I use WMP6.4 and I can play every video clip I get with it.

 

[StormRider]

My buddy captured some simpsons episodes and encoded them into mpeg4 v3, I cannot seem to play them at all! What do I need? I have the divx 3.11 codec I think.

Simpsons episodes? Suuuurrrre. We all know that you really mean &quot;p0rn&quot; when you said &quot;Simpsons&quot;. 😉

 

[gogeeta13]

Yakko,
Thanks, that codec got it going!

Storm,
No, I am seriously watching the Simpsons.