On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 14:19:15 -0800, Y-Not:: wrote
(in message <180120041715129133%Y-Not@host.com>):
> In article <%GzOb.5988426$Of.947483@news.easynews.com>, cosmos
> <cosmos@6thplanetfromthesun.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi group
>> I thought I would post some links that may be of interest .
>> AVI movies seem to cause much problems with many people, which is a shame
>> as their potential quality is far higher
>> for a given file size . the following link was posted recent in another
>> group for a avi player of wonderful simplicity
>> Its only 150k but it works a treat does not write to the registry, simply
>> unzip to a folder and create a link to desktop
>> I still cannot understand how such a small programme can work so well.
>> www.avipreview.com
>> it will happy play partial download without fuss of Divex player without
>> all the crap spyware that Divex is loaded with
>> if you aren't running the latest media player you may also need to
>> download the latest codex for mp3/4
>> To play most of the ZZ vids, you need to install the Indeo Video codec
>> 5.x. This codec was developed by Intel, but later sold to ligos who now
>> charges for it's use:
>>
>> someone did however find a site where you can download this codec for
>> free:
>>
>> http://www.soft-ware.net/multimedia/video/kompression/p00660.asp
>>
>> This is a German site, but just click on the big Download button under
>> "Indeo Download" on the lower right of the page. Then select the
>>
>> "Download-1" link. Save the file to disk, then double-click it to install
>> the codec.
>>
>> hope this is of use to some of you
>>
>> Cosmos
>
>
> An extra note:
> The Intel Indeo codecs have been part of Windows installations for some
> time. That situation stopped after the first version of WinXP.
> Here is what Ligos says about it:
>
> With the September 2002 update to Windows XP (known as Service Pack 1),
> Microsoft suspended distribution of the Indeo codecs as a base part of
> its operating system. This only affects users with new PCs that are
> shipping with Windows XP Service Pack 1, or clean installs of Windows
> XP SP1 on an older system. Unfortunately, a number of game and
> multimedia titles require Indeo to be installed on the OS in order to
> function.
>
>
> Y Not
>
>
> "Don't computerize people.
> They would have to analyze that."
And what about Mac people?
Who don't have the right stuff? like me.
--
Willy's Ghost
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