mike b needs some help
 

hi i`m Mike from the netherlands
i have a question
i don`t have a legal version of microsoft windows and when i try to play a video file a pop up tells me that i need to validate my windows media player
how can i play a video file without using windows media player?
or how can i use another player?
I already know that i can use the LW player for mp3 files so now my question is can i also do that with video files like per example avi or mpeg/?
hope to hear from you people soon

greetings from holland mike b

First of all, that's here the Phex client forum, not the LimeWire client forum.

You could try to use a different media player such as the free VLC player with built-in codecs which can play almost all media files without problems. You can download it from here:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
As a side note, to preview files with it you'll have to open the files directly from the Incomplete folder and not via the LW preview function.
:Smilywais:

If you enjoy the Windows version you are using, buy it! ...otherwise deinstall it.

mike b
 

thank you all for helping me out
i`m going to try the vlc player now

The new VLC version allows you to "Fix" a video when it is in incomplete state. DON'T allow it to do this. Otherwise it will affect LW's continuation of downlding the file. ;)
And in future, please keep your LimeWire questions to this section: Limewire Forum sections
Phex is a different gnutella program. If you're using Phex which is a great program, then you can post here.