Transfering video files, XP to Vista problem.

[magpienja]

Hi all I am trying to transfer some video files from a desktop top with XP to a laptop with Vista, type of file is a movie clip,

The 1st one worked fine with the full video and the misic backing track I have added to it, but subsequent attempts do not not have the music backing track,

My 1st thought it may be a compatibility prob between the 2 systems,

I am using an SD card into a card reader to upload/download,

Any ideas.

Nick.

[spannersatcx]

assuming you are trying to watch them in windows media player, it will be a codec problem, is it divx, xvid, mpeg? Codecs are available out there.

[magpienja]

Its an MPEG they play fine on the XP pc with media player.

Nick.

[Keef]

Yes, but are the codecs on the Vista machine to play them?

[green granite]

Or is Vista's DRM stopping it?

[magpienja]

I should have mentioned in my 1st post that the video clips are all from my camcorder, would I still need codecs for those.

Nick.

[spannersatcx]

try another player, vlc media player plays most things, and it's free.

[Sprogget]

The very best codec bar none is ffdshow tryouts - google it. It plays anything & everything except .flv files & obviates the need for another media player. Us media centre fans won't boot without it

[magpienja]

But would I need a codec for a camcorder video I filmed myself???

Nick.

[Keef]

You need a codec for anything digital that you want to display (pretty much).