Can't view avi

[Jola]

Hi
Please bear with me on this as I am not familiar with video formats.
I have an avi movie on file and tried to open it in Windows XP media player. It reported codec errors (??) but played the soundtrack.
I searched the forum for an answer and decided to download divfix. I then stripped and rebuilt the index (at this stage I hadn't a clue what I was doing and still don't!).
Now when I try to play in media player it says "class not registered" and wont even play the soundtrack.
Should the avi have played in the first place or should I have burned it CD?
Thanks

 

[fffclub]

You need to install the divx and xvid codecs, you can get them from here

http://www.divx.com
http://roeder.goe.net/~koepi/xvid.shtml

Hopefully you still have an original version of the .avi file, it's never wise to mess with things unless you have a back up copy

 

[The-poacher]

Check the avi with Gspot to see what codecs U need it also tells U what codecs U have installed U can get it

Here

 

[Jola]

Thx to all - I'll do what you say.
Should have made a backup first - doh
Cheers

 

[Jola]

Thanks again - your advice paid off.
I d/ld the divx5 codec and a once unplayable file now plays - great!
Please may I ask more of you:
1) My file which I stripped and rebuilt (and didn't copy first) is rendered unplayable. Can it be repaired?
2) If I had copied this file to a CD before messing with it, would it have played on a normal DVD player?
Thx in advance