A few days ago I (legally) torrented a movie. When I tried to play it, I received a codec error. I torrented it again to be sure I hadn't corrupted it, and the same error came up. I'm pretty sure it wasn't bogus, because it had 12k seeds and 22k peers at the time.

 

 

 

[hide]Media Type 0:

 

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Unknown

 

 

 

AM_MEDIA_TYPE:

 

majortype: MEDIATYPE_Stream {E436EB83-524F-11CE-9F53-0020AF0BA770}

 

subtype: MEDIASUBTYPE_Avi {E436EB88-524F-11CE-9F53-0020AF0BA770}

 

formattype: TIME_FORMAT_NONE {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}

 

bFixedSizeSamples: 1

 

bTemporalCompression: 0

 

lSampleSize: 1

 

cbFormat: 0[/hide]

 

 

 

I thought this was a one-time problem, but recently I torrented a collection of old TV shows. They all have the same errors. I ran them through a codec checker, and it tells me "Open error The specified module could not be found", and then a link to the movie I'm trying to check.

 

 

 

What... is going on?

 

 

 

Note: I have VLC, WMClassic, WMPlayer, Real Player, CCCP, and a bunch of other coded packs. None of them will play my file. Google has not helped me. If you suggest any of these things, I will kill you without hesitation.

What was the torrent? Post a link to the page.

Why does everyone ask this? My history clears after a day, I don't have the links anymore.

Why does everyone ask this? My history clears after a day, I don't have the links anymore.

 

 

 

Well because it kinda would be helpful to see exactly what the video was.

 

 

 

If people have asked you this question before, and now I did, don't you think you should find the link?

 

 

 

Anyway if it's a codec error, try re-installing them all. Google K-lite media codec pack. Download the normal/full version.

I uninstalled all my codecs; didn't help. however, that codec pack did. Thanks a lot.

 

 

 

Problem solved.