Media Player Problem

[Presti_is_god]

Hey,

I downloaded a movie that goes for over an hour. And theres one extremely annoying problem it wont let me fast forward or start watching at any point of the movie it forces me to sit through it all.
Ive tried using Medi Player,WinAmp and DivX and i have had no luck.

Does anyone know a way to overcome this problem?

 

[nonchalance]

Format?

 

[Mog]

I've had this problem with some .avi files. Not nearly as long as an hour, but I haven't found a way to get around it.

 

[Presti_is_god]

Originally posted by nonchalance
Format?

Windows Media Audio/Video file

 

[jim boy]

and 30 seconds later on google;

Why can't I fast forward, rewind, or seek in a Windows Media Video file?
You probably can't fast forward, rewind, or seek in the video because the file isn't indexed.

If you have access to the file and it isn't protected, you can index the file by using Windows Media File Editor, a utility that is available with Windows Media Encoder 9 Series. You can download the encoder from the Download Center page.

To index a Windows Media Video (WMV) file by using Windows Media File Editor, do the following:
Open Windows Media File Editor.
On the File menu, click Open, and then select the file you want to index.
On the File menu, click Save and Index.

from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/knowledgecenter/mediaadvice/0011.aspx

 

[Presti_is_god]

Thanks Mate.