# Which video codec do I need to play these?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-video-codec-do-i-need-to-play-these/544766>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 28, 2010, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-video-codec-do-i-need-to-play-these/544766 "2010-06-28T09:07:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-video-codec-do-i-need-to-play-these/544766/1 "2010-06-28T09:07:53Z")

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This is driving me up the wall. I thought I had the latest/most comprehensive/etc. video codecs already installed on my machine. Apparently not. What do I need to play the videos on [this MSN site](http://tv.msn.com/retired-cartoons/story/feature/?GT1=28103&news=507285&mpc=2)? It’s also a problem I’m having on other sites.

Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-video-codec-do-i-need-to-play-these/544766/2 "2010-06-28T09:28:35Z")

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They look like just embedded youtube links to me, ie flash. Have you encountered other embedded youtube that you can play? I assume youtube itself works for you.

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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-video-codec-do-i-need-to-play-these/544766/3 "2010-06-28T09:33:51Z")

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No problems at all playing youtube.

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**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-video-codec-do-i-need-to-play-these/544766/4 "2010-06-28T10:52:02Z")

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Do you have the latest version of Flash? They come out with a new version every 10 seconds now 🙂

Is your browser blocking it somehow? Can you get it in another browser. I tried in Mozilla, IE8 and have no issues.

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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-video-codec-do-i-need-to-play-these/544766/5 "2010-06-28T12:02:31Z")

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THANKS! Yep, that was it. I needed to download the latest version of Flash. No doubt, I’ll have to do that again tomorrow. I already hate Adobe for that pure evil they call PDF, now I can despise them more for Flash.