Re: Another noobie question, bit torrent this time....

["Ben Geach" <BenUKHA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Grab yourself the free VideoLAN player at http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

I use it on PC and Mac and haven't come across a file it doesnt play yet,
although I do have
XVid / Divx codecs installed. . . .  . do give it a go.


--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "White, Peter" <peter.white@b...>
wrote:
> There was a power cut last week whilst I was in Cyprus, meaning my
TiVo
> missed 24.  So I decided to delve into the murky world of bit torrent,
and
> after a couple of days managed to download the full file.  However, it
won't
> play (it's an AVI) on QuickTime (Mac or XP) or Media player.  Both
report
> that they cannot find the correct codec.  Is there something else I
need to
> do to a file downloaded via Bit torrent before it's playable?  The
file came
> from btefnet....
>
>
> Pete
>
>
>
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