How to Play AVI files in Windows Media Player

Help! I have audio but no video while playing an AVI file in Windows Media Player. In the following tutorial, I'll show you how to playback AVI files with Windows Media Player that were created using the XVID, DX50 or mp4v video compression format. By default, Windows Media Player will playback the audio of these AVI files, but will not render the video. To fix this problem, we simply need to install the proper XVID codec and we will be on our way to watching those XVID encoded AVI movies on our PC.

How to play .AVI movies in Windows Media Player:

1. First download the XVID codec Xvid-1.1.3-27042008.exe
2. Next, click and run Xvid-1.1.3-27042008.exe to install the Xvid codec
3. Now, open up your AVI movie with Windows Media Player and Media Player should now render both audio and video:

Hancock AVI Trailer in Windows Media

Enjoy!

                            

This entry was posted on Sunday, August 10th, 2008 at 8:25 pm and is filed under Windows Tips and Tricks. Tagged under: AVI, DX50, mp4v, play AVI in Media Player, play AVI with Windows Media Player, windows media player, XVID