wmp question

wmp question,,,

i just downloaded a snowboarding video from soulseek and its 505 mb. when i try to open it in wmp i get a message that reads "class not registered ".. when searching about i couldnt find much relative informatoin except that maybe the file is incomplete, anyways, does anyone know if there is a way to watch this file?? thanks..

sox.

 

Do you have the latest version of Windows Media Player loaded? Ver 9 clears up all sorts of problems.

 

If it is an incomplete avi file, use DivFix to strip the index (if any), check it for errors (to some degree) and then rebuild the index. The repaired copy should play.

http://download.divfix.maxeline.com/DivFix110.zip

If not, use the GSpot Appliance to see what codec it uses and then search for and install the proper codec.

http://www.headbands.com/gspot/gspot221.exe

 

thanks for the recomendations,, i got wmp9 and i tried both divfix and gspot but neither will open my file, its a mpeg and they dont work i guess.. this is unfortunate,, i searched for a while for this movie,, if anyone has any other recomemdations id love to hear em, if not thanks anyways,,

sox.

 

What did GSpot say about required codecs? It tells you if the proper codecs are available and installed on your computer.

You could try re-encoding it with TMPGEnc.

http://www.tmpgenc.net/e_main.html

Or you could try a player that accepts errors more graciously than WMP.

BS Player
Zoom Player

Of course, it's always possible that the file is not a movie at all.