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More than half the avi items I try to download turn out to be non playable because they are not supported by my system.

What is the easiest way to get the majority of these to play. Do I need to download the proper codecs? and how do I do this.

Is there a video player that I could download for free that would come with the right codecs.

thanks

Yeah, some people say something about conflicting codecs in that pack.
Try videolan's VLC player. Should play most (if not all) of your avis and it's multi-platform software (and free).