Decoder

[jimjames]

I took A cdram dvd from A old pc. that the hard drive was bad and installed it in my good pc.It works just find.But it wont play back any video.I receive A message that can't play back cause I have no decoder installed.Where can I down load one or am I going to have to buy one.
-jimjames

[Gecko]

You can download most of the codecs for decoding that you will need from

[jimjames]

Gecko I went to the download site,but I don't know what decoder to down load.Their is so meney to pick from.maybe you can tell me the one to pick.I am running INTERACTUAL PLAYER SOFTWARE.When I down load the decoder where do I down load to?
jimjames---Thanks

[Restek]

To answer your question we'll need to know what sort of file you are trying to play back - ie is it an avi, a wma, an mp4 or what?

Have you tried using windows media player to play the file?