When trying to play an .AVI with Media Player. I always get "Error Downloading Codec".

[PC Freak]

Why's this happening? And what do I do to fix it?

Are there other programs that would be better than WMP?

 

[PrincessGuard]

Sounds like you need the DivX codec. ffdshow has it as well as the official DivX package.

 

[Sid59]

GSpot your AVI's

 

[MowSow]

I was about to ask the same question !