Viewing AVI clips

  1. #1
    nanbru is offline Newbie

    Viewing AVI clips

    I cannot view AVI clips. Is there a way to set this up? Someone said to go into the Tools area. Where is that?


  2. #2
    DJNafey is offline UK site moderator
    Go to your Start Menu and click on Programs > Accessories > Entertainment. Click on 'Windows Media Player' if it's on the menu. When Media Player opens, you should be able to search for the AVI file that you want to run.

    Double-clicking the file in Windows Explorer ought to open Windows Media Player and run the video file automatically but it sounds like that's what you're having trouble with. I would guess that either:

    a) The file association between WAV files and Media Player is broken;
    b) Media Player is no longer installed or working correctly.

    The first will be pretty quick to fix, the second will require a download from http://www.microsoft.com/mediaplayer

    Hope that helps - let us know if you need any further assistance

  3. #3
    Dan Penny is offline Techie7 Staff
    To further DJNafey's reply a bit, the media player you're using may not be associated for AVI. (Audio Video Interleave) Open your player and go into Options or Preferences. There should be a File Types section to allow picking what file types you want this particular player to run. AVI should be one of them.

    If this doesn't do it post back.

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