I can't play AVI videos?

[enkeli-kitten]

I want to watch videos that are .AVI files. But Windows Media Player won't play them! THis message comes: "Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The file is either corrupt or the Player does not support the format you are trying to play."
I also tried Real Player and Quick Time. None of my media players will work. Does anyone know how I can make the AVI videos work?
Thank you so much!!

(is this in the right forum?)

[Xikisx]

you probabily dont have the right codec, try downloading the Divx codec, www.divx.com (http://www.divx.com) i had that problem untill i got them

[Sarrkazztic]

download a tool called g-spot (yes it exists) lmao....run it on the file you are trying to play it will tell you what codec you need to install.

[enkeli-kitten]

I downloaded DivX, but it didn't make any difference. :( Where can I get the g-spot (!!) thing? And when I do have a codec, what is it and how do I make it work?

[Xikisx]

just go to google and do a search for g-spot

[enkeli-kitten]

ok, thank you for your help!