gadget help...Tattoobradley?

[cloves]

Hey Bradley...do you know anything about the Archos line of media players? I had one and recently picked up another..this new one has a small camcorder built in. Apparently it records video in the mp4 format.
What I'm wondering is if I can transfer the video to my pc?
I can get the audio portion of the file to play with the windows media player, but instead of the video, it just shows a screensaver type visual.

Any ideas??

[The Supreme Canuck]

Just a shot in the dark here... do you have the proper codecs?

[Mike1]

I don't believe the Windoze Media Player supports the playback of the mp4 format, until you've installed the DirectShow-compatible MPEG-4 decoder packs.

Somebody kick me aside if I am wrong.

[cloves]

i think you guys are right.....hrmmm....so i need to install new codecs....er...are these codec free to download?

[McMurdo]

You could try doing a search for the VLC player, I think it would work for you and I am almost sure that you can find it for free.

[cloves]

aha....i think that's the better option Mcmurdo, rather than install a bunch of codecs I may not otherwise need...a new player that supports mp4 is prolly best.

[Arlen]

If VLC doesn't work for you I'd suggest Winamp. Free, easy to use and plays almost anything.

[cloves]

well balls!! ok..vlc downloaded and installed in seconds...i can see video just fine..but no sound now.....

ok..i'll try winamp *grumble*

[McMurdo]

you might need to play with the sound settings for te VLC player.

[cloves]

winamp plays sound but not video.....

i'm begining to think i'm on a fools errand.