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Discussion in 'GR Classic Archive' started by LaCe, Sep 1, 2005.

  1. LaCe

    LaCe Member

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    u kno those tutorial videos? how come they never play on a mac when in the wmv format i got windows media player but everytime i try and play a video it says something about a missing codec anyone know where to get this? or how to get them to play a diffrent way?
     
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    Im kinda stupid on this but i think its because your trying to play a Windows Media file on a mac.
     
  3. LaCe

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    then why do they even have Windows Meda player for a mac
     
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    Try playing it in DivX.
     
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    you're just missing a codec. you should probably download videoLAN, it plays everything
     
  6. LaCe

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    video lan just plays the sound with no picture
     
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    download VLC, i have a mac too, and even though i never really encountered your problem with wmv files...asf give me trouble...look fo VLC on google its a great program, just right click the file and go to open with
     
  8. LaCe

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    yea i just tried that it just plays the sound i guess it the ways those videos are compressed is the reason i cant watch them
     

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