Viewing in-game movies: Just sound but no picture? Why?

[Konovalov]

Sometimes when I download an in-game movie such as for LOMAC all I get is the sound being the game effects along with whatever background music the maker of the movie has chosen. My problem is that at times I get no picture at all. I try viewing the movies either via Winamp or MS Media Player. Can anyone help me out with a solution to this problem? At the moment it is just hit and miss in the sense I have to download them and then play them to see if I get the actual visuals in addition to the sound. Appreciate any advise as to how to resolve this problem. :yep:

[kiwi_2005]

You probably need the codec pack http://www.codecpack.com/

I have these installed and and can anything
AC3 codecs
Xvid codecs

[kiwi_2005]

I have these installed and and can anything
AC3 codecs
Xvid codecs

and can play anything!


I just woke up... :rotfl: AND i came straight to subsim :rotfl: :rotfl:

[CCIP]

I assume that by in-game you actually mean movies in formats like .avi or .wmv.

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I would actually suggest avoiding too many codecs and codec packs - and instead going for a much nicer solution that is ffdshow:

http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/codecs_and_filters/ffdshow.cfm

[Konovalov]

I assume that by in-game you actually mean movies in formats like .avi or .wmv.

Yep that's exactly what I mean. Thanks guys for the info. I'm looking at these possible solutions now. :up:

[Konovalov]

Thank you gentleman. All working now. Thanks again. :)

[Jesper]

all you really need is as kiwi said, the AC3 and Xvid codecs and you should be all fine.