try this link to download then ace mega codec pack, solves a multitude of problems. http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...oDecS_Pack.htm
also try out quicktime and realplayer alternatives, les invasive

Thanks a lot, skembear.
Being a total newbie and stranger to all this, i had almost given up on finding this.
I knew that i had seen a posting here related to codecs,
but i couldn't find anything useful even with the search engine.
(Massive amount of treads/postings vagely mentioning.....).
Currently being a moderator of a different kind of forum,
i fully understand the "agressive" attitude towards newbies posting in wrong treads/folders,
and why ask when you could only read the... and so on,
but G*d knows it aint easy to find your way around here.
Thanks again, m8,- I have dl'd it now, and hopefully, this will solve my problems with WMP and certain videoformats.