[mantrabooks]

thanks for the replies - I have tried various different codecs packs (and they didn't really do much so I uninstalled them) and still with certain video the picture obviously needs some help. The operating system is legitimate but the windows media player does not offer any help, it just plays the file like its out of tune.

I remember having a similar problem after installing a fresh operating system and then eventually finding a codec pack that will play all files. I even had the same problem trying to play a video file from the Lancashire Evening Telegraph archive, so obviously there must be a codec or file needed to install to play different files.


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