How to play avi files?

I use to be able to play avi, but after reformatting the computer, I can't seem to get the files to work.

Any ideas on what I can use to play avi files?

Well it is a video/audio file so you can Pick anything really Like Windows media player,Real one player,quicktime,winamp If you can't get them to work you might need the right codec which i am pretty sure you can get Here

Theres a few AVI Codex out there...most widely used are DivX and XviD.

To be safe, get the latest Kazaa Lite MegaCodec Pack, itll install just about every codec youll need.

Read Here

Or perhaps this

Sorry to be so brief, I am a little tired.

Some people reccomend Divx. I do not. Divx is bundled with Gain/Gator, a tracking software. Not what I want on my pc.

[edit on 2-1-2005 by makeitso]

Originally posted by makeitso

Some people reccomend Divx. I do not. Divx is bundled with Gain/Gator, a tracking software. Not what I want on my pc.

Not the codec, the DivX player is bundled with Gator.

What's your operating system?

Thanks for the replies, I'll try these suggestions out tonight when I get home.

On the old Kazaa, there was a tab called theater. For some reason that played all sorts of avi's. Then there was RIAA and Kazzalite was lost forever.

*ps Operating system in use: WinXP