On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 09:40:52 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 12:21:39 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Ok, friend of mine sent me an .avi this morning of a monster striper
he caught off of Martha's yesterday.

Since I upgraded Quicktime to Quicktime Pro and installed iTunes, I
can't open .avi files. The QT player will open, but it doesn't play
the video. I took another .avi with my cellphone camera and it won't
open or play that either - just a blank screen.

It also won't play in Windows Media. It will open, but the video
won't play. However I do get sound.

WTH? This all started with the upgrade and the new version of iTunes
- avi's used to play just fine and dandy in Windows. QT won't play
mov either.

The other issue is that all .jpgs now open in QT. I can't switch it
back to the Wiindows display.

Any ideas on why that happened?

And how to fix it?

Final comment - Microsoft isn't the Devil, it's Apple.

And before anybody says it, I tried the Set Programs and Access
control and that's not changing squat. I change it, it sets itself
right back to what it was.

For one, the avi codec sounds like it's hosed. You can either use the
System File Checker utility in Windows Start run cmd, enter,
sfc/scannow, enter. That will make sure all the Windows files are correct.

Or and Google "avi codecs" and you see any number of places to get an avi
codec.

John H suggested probably the easiest way to re-associate avi files with
Windows Media Player. Like a lot of things in Windows there are several ways
to reach the same end result.

Thanks.

I figured it out - had to do it from the Control Panel - it's in
Folder options.

Still can't get them to play automatically, but I'll figure that out
later.