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So long as I stick to WMP 7.1, I have no problems. It has been seamless on all my Win2k systems. It is only when I try other players like WinAmp that my files do not play right (or at all), even with installing the exact same suites of 3rd party codecs like XVid, AC3/Dolby, etc. Or when the file does not download correctly- something I didn't take into consideration with our former problem... (Had it been a dial-up connection, that would have been my second or third idea, however after using broadband for years, this is the first occurrence- perhaps to uTorrent's crashing?) Thankfully re-downloading the files fixed the problem- indicating that WMP, and our codecs were not at fault. And yes, I am one of the people who start watching closely any company who would cave to the RIAA in any way, or have any dealings with them. As a graphic artist, I feel the current copyright laws are insanely unjust. To think my boyfriend's mother is in violation because she gave me a copy of the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King soundtrack she burned is simply outrageous. To think I am in violation for making audio cd's for our car out of tracks from store-bought cd's, even more so... Microsoft's current EULA for Vista is an excellent example of a company who started out making agreements for certain things and ended up caving wholly. And no, I have not accused uTorrent of monitoring or even reporting to the RIAA- I do not believe they have done so.... yet. However, I believe it should always be mentioned for the protection of consumers everywhere that a company does business with the sharks at the RIAA- regardless of legitimacy. The RIAA show no compassion to anyone, including the parents of minors they sue for copyright infringement. And yes, I have had my work stolen...

Sweet! Thank you so very much! I had a copy of Area 51, but it wasn't the arcade version and blew chunks...

Hi, I was wondering if there is an emu of the arcade game Area 51 for pc? And does anyone know if the XBox version was ripped to a pc-friendly emu? Thanks for your help!

LOL! First I want to post two codec finders. Both will show you a full list of what you have and what you need.... The first is Video Inspector by KC Softwares, the other is afreecodecVT. Both can be found through a Google search. (I do not want to run the risk of not being able to post URL's and having to copy or re-type this....) These should prove invaluable for your viewers. We use uTorrent. I know there's a lot of fuss over their deal with the RIAA, but we have a separate computer to download material that cannot be found anywhere else- and we do actually try to support the authors of software and other media... Sometimes, however, it simply isn't feasible... To bolster that, we now use FrostWire since WinMX is sadly defunct... We have not had any problems (yet), other than the program's constant crashing. However this may infact be due to our having installed Windows 2k on a pc that should be running 98SE... (We'll be F-Disking it soon to see if this solves the issue...) Also, Jetico firewall will not work with uTorrent- it seems the program crashes it, something we are working on with the authors. Also, I wanted to note that the makers of the AC3 Dolby codec have now deemed it necessary to charge people for using the codec (no idea what they want if you transcode files...). The updated versions now require a serial #.... (Not saying what I think of the authors.) And just in case someone thinking about running Vista surfs to this page, I will reiterate what other users have posted on a four page fourm. If you download copyrighted material and run Vista, you stand a high chance of being reported to Microsoft, who will report you to the RIAA, and allowing Microsoft to delete your files without asking permission. (Stated in the Vista EULA, article #5; Validation.) Once again Sir or Ma'am, I sincerely thank you for attempting to help us! We definately appreciate the info and will keep it in mind if we come across good files and lack the codec to play them!!!! Seriously trippy to hear Porky Pig quote Stargate SG-1!!! LOL! Wow.... serious type-OOOHHHH!!! LOL! Sorry about that, It's 2am and I am tired...

Thank you Agozer for the help, we found out that the *^*^YT^%^&% things moofied (way old chat speak for fubar'ed- LOL!) during download. There wasn't a codecs problem. The files were not completed by the torrent- though it had transferred into the finished folder.... Which is why no program was able to play them or tell me what codec was missing... I actually had a different media player send a portion of a file to their team so they could make a codec to play it. (Won't they be surprised!!!) Sorry to take so long to get back to you about the final fix- we had to re-download the whole torrent to make sure that's what it was. (It was the only set of videos that had problems.) And I don't like telling someone their advice didn't work- even if it should- unless I can verify what actually fixed it. Even without the download time to replace the files, it took days of working on it. But thank you again for your help. It is most appreciated!

Hi, I have Windows Media Player 7.1 and am having serious codec problems (or lack of codecs to be precise) that are interferring with other programs such as Nero. (WMP 9+ will auto-freeze any non approved media file, even those ripped from store bought discs if converted.) It seems to affect .avi's the most, as some will not play, others will not display the video. And even others will play audio that does not belong to that file. (Major trip to hear Porky Pig quoting Stargate SG-1!!!!) I have even tried programs like Video Inspector to see if they can detect the missing codec- to no avail. I need help! (Microsoft.com will not help me because this isn't a 'current' version of Media Player.) My current codecs are: DivX 6.5, Cole2k Media- V6.0.8. Advanced, GSpot Audio (current), Codecs6030 All In 1, Gordian Knot (current), mp3, mpeg 2, mpeg layer 3, Ogg Direct Show 0995, SMR Patch, WMP 9 codec pack, XVid (current). I do not know what to do now, I have been trying to fix the problem for days, and all WMP tells me is the generic error code: Error ID = 0x80040265, Remedy ID = 0x00000000 which is the same stupid error for any type of media file that generates this error... Thank you so very much for your time and consideration of my plight! Happy V-Day!