tbrinker Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 I am having problem with Vistas Windows media player. I have 2 years worth of videos that I had on my old computer (Windows XP) I copied these all to my new computer (Vista). Windows Vista Media player will not play any of the videos. Talking with various support people I was told I need codecs for MPEG-2 to be able to play the videos in Windows Media player. Therefore I downloaded Vista Codec Package 4.7.3 (Freeware) which states it is suppose to make Windows Media player play and format. Therefore after downloading those codecs I try to play my videos on Windows Media Player and still get the missing codec error. Any way to make these work on Windows Media Player so I do not have to uses one player for that and another player for this. I prefer to just use Windows Media Player for everything if possible... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesurfer Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 I am having problem with Vistas Windows media player. I have 2 years worth of videos that I had on my old computer (Windows XP) I copied these all to my new computer (Vista). Windows Vista Media player will not play any of the videos. Talking with various support people I was told I need codecs for MPEG-2 to be able to play the videos in Windows Media player. Therefore I downloaded Vista Codec Package 4.7.3 (Freeware) which states it is suppose to make Windows Media player play and format. Therefore after downloading those codecs I try to play my videos on Windows Media Player and still get the missing codec error. Any way to make these work on Windows Media Player so I do not have to uses one player for that and another player for this. I prefer to just use Windows Media Player for everything if possible...So you said you downloaded it but did you install it? This sounds like a stupid question but I just wanted to make sure as you only have 1 post here and I'm not sure what level of experience you have.Personally, I use Combined Community Codec Pack. If you google it, you'll find the download site. Install it and it will play your videos.But there are others like k-lite.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda43 Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 I really got sick and tired of having to download a new player or plug-in every time I got something new from the internet. Then my Software Guru put me on to the K-Lite Codec Pack.Since then, I've updated it on a regular basis and I've deleted Real Player, Quick Time and all the other bloatware off of my computer.http://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htmTry it.... I think you'll like it.Cheers Mate!Andromeda43 B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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