Posted by Clubsprint on 03/01/07 07:23

Thanks but this didn't work. Wouldn't recognise the required codec.
Mark
Aus


"GraB" <grab@whatever.co.nz> wrote in message
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> 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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