# Help with windows media player

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-windows-media-player/103928>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 16, 2002, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-windows-media-player/103928 "2002-04-16T13:06:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Fizzgog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a4c791/32.png) [@Fizzgog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fizzgog)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-windows-media-player/103928/1 "2002-04-16T13:06:14Z")

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Some mpegs and avis i download only play the sound with no picture.Ive got v7.1 and got the codecs too.Are there any other codecs i have to download?Where can i get them?

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**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-windows-media-player/103928/2 "2002-04-16T17:20:49Z")

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well, you need whatever codec the clip needs and that can be any number of them. Do you have the latest DivX codec? It seems MS will not help you find it but you can get it at [www.divx.com](http://www.divx.com)