Descent Download Problems

DescentMan04 · Post by **DescentMan04** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 2:12 pm

The other day I tried to download those videos of the intro/end movies from the PSX version of descent onto my computer but I couldnt because I beleive they were in a streamed format and ive got a firewall up and I was just wondering how I could go about downloading these, hopefully without having to turn the firewall off to do so. Ive had some nasty viruses/worms get in before I had the firewall so it would be prefereable if I could keep it on and still have a way to download those videos because I really wanted to see them again.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 3:02 pm

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DescentMan04 · Post by **DescentMan04** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 7:30 pm

I knew where the thread was, that wasnt my problem. The problem was when I tried to download those files in the thread I couldnt view them because I beleive they were only in a streamed format and not just a straight download format and I dont think my firewall I have on my computer will let me stream those files.

DescentMan04 · Post by **DescentMan04** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 7:32 pm

I figured it out, I tried the "save target as" option in the menu when I left clicked the hyperlink so I was able to directly download it. Thanks anyways.

DescentMan04 · Post by **DescentMan04** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 12:19 am

I actually got the PSX descent videos downloaded, problem is that when I play them I only hear the sounds and the music and dont see the actual video. Im playing it on the Windows Media Player. Anybody know whats going on?

Aus-RED-5 · Post by **Aus-RED-5** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 1:55 am

Yes.. your prob is this...

Jeff250 wrote:Encoded in DivX video and MP3 audio...

Sounds like you don't have the DivX codec.

Sligar · Post by **Sligar** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:26 am

Try VLC player. Its free, it works on most videos, and there are few headaches with all the codecs out there.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

WarAdvocat · Post by **WarAdvocat** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 9:16 am

definately a codec issue, IMO.

Check HERE, you should find all the information you ever need to resolve codec errors past or present, and probably future too

Good luck!

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 1:53 pm

DescentMan04 wrote:I actually got the PSX descent videos downloaded, problem is that when I play them I only hear the sounds and the music and dont see the actual video. Im playing it on the Windows Media Player. Anybody know whats going on?

You need DivX.

btw, AVI by default isn't a streaming file.

You probably have a plugin installed that allows it to be played through the browser. When someone posts a link to a video, always try to right-click and select "Save Target As".

You'll also want to check out Media Player Classic. Plays damn near any video/audio format. You can get tons of plugins for it at that site as well.

DescentMan04 · Post by **DescentMan04** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 7:44 pm

I donwloaded DivX and Media Player Classic like you suggested and they both play the PSX movies. I was able to get a few screenshots from them.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 7:59 pm

DivX sucks! Use ffdshow.
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