someawfulbridge Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Surely this is a stupid question, but what am I missing? About 2/3 of the posted animations--if not more--won't play properly on my computer using Quicktime, RealPlayer, or Windows Media Player. They'll play sound, but the picture is nonexistent--just a white field. I've even tried downloading the linked files and playing them off my desktop, to no avail. What obvious step am I skipping? Thanks for your patience! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Forwood Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Well, I guess the first question would be do you have the latest versions of QT and Media Player? Most likely though it is your firewall settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someawfulbridge Posted April 28, 2006 Author Share Posted April 28, 2006 Yeah, when the problem first arose I made sure everything was up to date. Also, this problem really only occurs with the files posted to these forums. And since I can download them, and often the sound will play, wouldn't that rule out firewall settings? I'm guessing there's some codec I need to get, but I know not which or where, if that is the case. Well, I guess the first question would be do you have the latest versions of QT and Media Player? Most likely though it is your firewall settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agep Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 I'm guessing there's some codec I need to get, but I know not which or where, if that is the case. Sometimes having to many codecs might cause the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someawfulbridge Posted April 28, 2006 Author Share Posted April 28, 2006 Actually--and this may be the problem, since so many of the animations posted appear to be DivX--I have nothing installed except for what comes "out of the box." No additional codecs atall. I'm guessing there's some codec I need to get, but I know not which or where, if that is the case. Sometimes having to many codecs might cause the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted April 28, 2006 Hash Fellow Share Posted April 28, 2006 But what version of Quicktime do you actually have? I could "update" my old QT6 and it still wouldn't play material made with codecs unique to QT7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someawfulbridge Posted April 28, 2006 Author Share Posted April 28, 2006 7.0.4 Also, just to make sure, I didn't do an update but a new install of the latest version. But what version of Quicktime do you actually have? I could "update" my old QT6 and it still wouldn't play material made with codecs unique to QT7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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