problem playing video files on my computer

Cornell Fiji · #1 02-13-2005, 06:27 AM

I'm pretty computer illiterate and I am hoping someone here can tell me how to fix this problem.

The problem is, whenever I try to play a video file that is .avi format on my computer (using Windows media player, divx, or realplayer) the file plays but it seems that the image is zoomed in about 500%. The video plays normally except for the fact that I cant see the whole picture.

I have tried downloading programs that convert the avi files into another format but that hasnt worked. I also just tried downloading the newest version of WMP to no avail.

I am using windows xp.

Thanks in advance for your help.

-Steve

BusterStacks · #2 02-13-2005, 06:29 AM

download the DivX codec pack.

Cornell Fiji · #3 02-13-2005, 06:45 AM

that didnt help.

any other suggestions?

Thanks,
Steve

Tron · #4 02-13-2005, 07:33 AM

Download VLC media player. It comes with pretty much every codec there is, and has been able to play anything I've ever downloaded.

Cornell Fiji · #5 02-13-2005, 07:55 AM

...still no luck, same problem as before, its all zoomed it (its not the file either as it does this for all avi files)

I fixed it. I went to display properties > advanced > changed 'DPI' to large size.

Thanks for your suggestions.

Steve

AncientPC · #6 02-13-2005, 07:16 PM

Use this program to tell what codec the file is using:
http://www.headbands.com/gspot/

You may want to uninstall / reinstall the codec that it's using.

I find this codec pack one of the best IMO:
http://packs.matroska.org/

captZEEbo1 · #7 02-13-2005, 07:21 PM

don't install unnecessary codecs, I've heard people having problems doing that. Each time you have a video that won't play, figure out what codec you need and get that one in particular.