Hi all. I hope you can help with what I think is something easy. I can't view a downloaded tv show in my Winamp player. I've upgraded it and fiddled with the settings but I can only hear the audio with no visuals. I'm only new to downloading tv and movies but have watched about 10 episodes all without a problem through windows media player but this file says the code is incompatible or corrupt. So I tried it in winamp and like I said, got the audio but no visual. Is there some basic step I'm missing. Not really knowledgeable about codex either if this is something to consider.

Thanks in advance

Perhaps Winamp is only for music videos??? Anyone, anyone?? For some reason can't find any info on the net specifically dealing with this!

You don't have a proper video codec for this file. WMP gives a message and winamp does not in this case.

You don't have a proper video codec for this file. WMP gives a message and winamp does not in this case.

You might have some luck with VLC Player:

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/.

You might have some luck with VLC Player:

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/.

Seconded- great player. Fast to load and plays everything.

You don't have a proper video codec for this file. WMP gives a message and winamp does not in this case.

You might have some luck with VLC Player:

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/.

Beat me to it.

What is the file extension? Example: Lost_S04E04.avi, .avi is the file extension. Could be FLV, MPG, MP4, AVI, RMVB.

Agree VLC Player or BS Player Pro are the best, for FLV get the FLV Player, RMVB: Real Media.

Note that there are a ton of fake TV shows out there; you download them (which are not real, in most cases the episode has not even aired yet) and they force you to a proprietary player/website, even VLC won't help with these. It is best to download from a trusted or vetted source.