Missing Codec on home premium/IE8

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kev37

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Hi all,
I am using home premium and IE8.
I have for nearly 2 years now had no problems with watching vids on win media player.
I have downloaded a "webinar" from a trading site...a vidoe file ending with .wmv
and when I click play the message box apears saying I have not got the correct codec to play this file!!!:mad:
I have downloaded freeware codecs such as FFDShow and AVI 6 but even after restarting it doesn't work.
Also after these were both installed the info at the bottom of the media player was all blurred as if done deliberately to stop reading of it.The "codec aquired" came up briefly in bottom left corner but when clicking play the same error box came up about a missing codec.
Any advice will be great on how I can find the right codec to play this file please.

Cheers,
Kevin
 

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kev37 said:
Hi all,
I am using home premium and IE8.
I have for nearly 2 years now had no problems with watching vids on win media player.
I have downloaded a "webinar" from a trading site...a vidoe file ending with .wmv
and when I click play the message box apears saying I have not got the correct codec to play this file!!!:mad:
I have downloaded freeware codecs such as FFDShow and AVI 6 but even after restarting it doesn't work.
Also after these were both installed the info at the bottom of the media player was all blurred as if done deliberately to stop reading of it.The "codec aquired" came up briefly in bottom left corner but when clicking play the same error box came up about a missing codec.
Any advice will be great on how I can find the right codec to play this file please.

Cheers,
Kevin
Click to expand...

Did Uninstall anything? or Change anything? Because .WMV is a Windows File and the Codec should be there

You may want to check the File associations

see http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/233243-default-file-type-associations-restore.html?filter Settings For more Information

Hope This Helps,
Josh
 

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Your welcome I am happy that you got it sorted :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Built
    CPU
    Intel Core i5 2400 @ 3.10GHz
    Motherboard
    Foxconn H67MP-S/-V/H67MP
    Memory
    8.0GB DDR3 @ 665MHz (2GBx4)
    Graphics card(s)
    AMD HD Radeon 6870
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    SMB1930NW (1440x900@60Hz)
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
    Hard Drives
    977GB Seagate ST31000524AS ATA Device (SATA) + 250GB WD iSCSI attached Drive
    Case
    Novatech Night
    Mouse
    Dell HID-compliant mouse
    Keyboard
    Standard PS/2 Keyboard
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