Changing Codecs? Where? Game video help.

[Mike_Fu]

I'm having some issues getting my game videos to play in GameEx. I have a bunch of videos in a directory that GameEx is pointing to. Some are in .mng format and the rest are .avi.

The .mng ones play fine when I browse through my game collection. The .avi ones just give a blank black screen.

After reading the forums some have suggested it is a codec problem or a 32 bit color problem. I changed to 16 bit color to no avail. I uninstalled Divx and installed ffdshow but that didn't do the trick. Someone mentioned changing the actual codec in GameEx but I can't see anywhere to do that.

Is there a way to point to a specific codec in GameEx or am I having other problems? I should also note that I can't play the .avi files in WMP either so that may also be one of my problems.

[Michael]

I'm having some issues getting my game videos to play in GameEx. I have a bunch of videos in a directory that GameEx is pointing to. Some are in .mng format and the rest are .avi.

The .mng ones play fine when I browse through my game collection. The .avi ones just give a blank black screen.

After reading the forums some have suggested it is a codec problem or a 32 bit color problem. I changed to 16 bit color to no avail. I uninstalled Divx and installed ffdshow but that didn't do the trick. Someone mentioned changing the actual codec in GameEx but I can't see anywhere to do that.

Is there a way to point to a specific codec in GameEx or am I having other problems? I should also note that I can't play the .avi files in WMP either so that may also be one of my problems.

if they dont play in wmp the avi's may be corrupt , get g-spot and open a avi this will tell you what codec you need avi

http://www.headbands.com/gspot/download.html < link for the download G-spot

i recommend SLD codec pack i use this and have no problems playing any video file i have ever needed to

http://www.free-codecs.com/SLD_Codec_Pack_download.htm < link for download of SLD codecs

before you install any codecs make sure you uninstall all other codec packs and reboot before you install new ones

[eXo]

if they dont play in wmp the avi's may be corrupt , get g-spot and open a avi this will tell you what codec you need avi

http://www.headbands.com/gspot/download.html < link for the download G-spot

i recommend SLD codec pack i use this and have no problems playing any video file i have ever needed to

http://www.free-codecs.com/SLD_Codec_Pack_download.htm < link for download of SLD codecs

before you install any codecs make sure you uninstall all other codec packs and reboot before you install new ones

just because you can't play the files in WMP doesnt mean they are corrupt, it can simply mean you don't have the proper codec (most likely divx) installed.

The best solution (thanks to headkaze for pointing it ou to me) is to install ffdshow daily build

http://ffdshow.sourceforge.net/tikiwiki/ti...Getting+ffdshow

Uninstall any other codecs you have and let ffdshow handle everything.

If your movies STILL don't play, THEN you can start wondering if they are corrupt.

[Michael]

just because you can't play the files in WMP doesnt mean they are corrupt, it can simply mean you don't have the proper codec (most likely divx) installed.

The best solution (thanks to headkaze for pointing it ou to me) is to install ffdshow daily build

http://ffdshow.sourceforge.net/tikiwiki/ti...Getting+ffdshow

Uninstall any other codecs you have and let ffdshow handle everything.

If your movies STILL don't play, THEN you can start wondering if they are corrupt.

just trying to help that post, id say has 99% chance of sorting the problem