Posted by GraB on 03/01/07 07:01

On Thu, 1 Mar 2007 15:36:47 +1100, "Clubsprint"
<spamspamspamspam@nospam.com> wrote:

>G'day all
>I downloaded a couple of video files with the extension
>mp4 which apears to be MPEG-4 files. Windows media player
>will play the audio of the files but does not play the video.
>I've been netsurfing to try and find a free codec that will
>work for these but to no avail. The files have h264 in the name
>so this seems significant. Other than being able to find a codec
>I have a machine that will play them, but is unsuitable for extended
>viewing.
>How do I find which codec is being used on this machine.
>I can't get any information from the source as they were obtained
>via torrent. Before the high horses arrive it's the only access I have to
>this particular (Aussie Rules Football) sporting replay as there is
>no commercial option.
>Mark
>Aus
>
Get AVIcodec from http://avicodec.duby.info/ . This will tell you
exactly what codec the file needs. There are links to codec packs on
the page too.

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