(OT) Windows Media Player torrent problem - should be easy solution

[yoyo]

I download torrent TV shows and movies and they work fine on my laptop on Windows Media Player, but they don't work on my desktop Windows Media Player. I use XP on both computers, and believe I have the same version of WMP on both computers. Anyone know what could be causing this simple problem?I get audio on my desktop from the torrent file, but I can't get video, it just gives me that swirling psychadelic thing from when you play music files.

[yoyo]

I should add that my WMP on desktop plays DVD's perfectly fine. It's only movies and shows I download from torrents that won't play visuals, some kind of decoder problem?

[jimmie]

You should give Windows Media Player a miss. VLC media player can play any media file type without needing to download codecs. It's the only player you'll ever need.www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html

[LAG]

Sounds like you don't have the right video codec.Try one of the packs here:http://www.free-codecs.com/Codec_Packs.htm

[yoyo]

Thanks guys - Jimmie, just downloaded VLC works beautifully cheers.

[WannaPlayPoker]

No offense yoyo but if some1 asks a stupid Question to urself you would just say google it.. I mean honestly u have to come n ask a poker forum on y u cant play a file..If u just googled" cant play movie files with media player" Im sure you would of got ur answer str8 away.I thought you were god and no 1 is better than you..but im sure 10 yr old randies @ school would know the answer to ur ghey question..Oh wells its good to c that uve finally come to the torrent side..so muhc better than limewire etcEnjoy

[yoyo]

I spent one hour googling and downloading various codec programs and whatnot.The WMP is still not fixed. Do some Google searches yourself before you embarass yourself by opening your mouth. No offense.

[Malys]

Most likely if its a tvshow or movie. Could be the divx codec. http://www.xvidmovies.com/codec/Think thats usually the problem with mine anyway.