help - zipped files

[thicko]

on various sites i have tried to download movies and i cant open them once they r saved. most r windows media player. what am i doing wrong. what is the right way to get the clips to play.

[joe king]

dear thicko, .mpg files may need a specific codec (you should get an error message and a request to download the codec to play the mpg file.)
try www.divx.com

[Ned]

Get winzip, double click the file and save the file to disk. It's all automatic and even I can do it.

[MR T]

Not all PCs have winzip included. Mine didn't anyway. If this is the case and you are trying to play a media file which has been zipped up to make it smaller hence easier/quicker to download you need to unzip it at your end. Only then will you be able to play it.

Try www.winzip.com and download their free version. I have used this on many occasions to zip and unzip very successfully.

[thicko]

went on winzip.com and downloaded there free winzip file so now have icon on desktop and in mycomputer. movies still do not open. do i have to save movies and clips when downloaded from net to a special file. thanks for your help ned mr t joe king.

[Enzo]

thicko, check out http://www.btinternet.com/~blackops999/zip/

[MR T]

Save the file to wherever you want - for example create the following new directory (see "help" when you press "start")

c:/zipfiles

Then start the winzip program and it will ask you various questions such as which files do you want to unzip - then browse for your "zipfiles" directory and unzip. Easy really.

[thicko]

downloaded movie 2MB using winzip. took 12 minutes. opened using winzip and error cums up saying file name wrong or install driver to support this type of file.
what do I do now
Thanx