Codec changes?

has there been a change in the codecs used recently? i've downloaded
supernatural, smallville and stargate atlantis over the past couple of days and
they won't play but the episodes i downloaded last week are fine. i've tried
playing them with windows media player and vlc but no joy. has there been any
changes or updates i need to keep up with?

i haven't made any changes yet last weeks will play and this weeks won't. any
suggestions?

tried this, all it says is file type unknown



checked this too, my vlc is up to date.



i\'ve been doing it the same way for ages, same pc, same version of bitlord, same
isp, even downloading it to the same folder. what would cause a botch in a
download?

hey my bad, didn't know bitjunk was so highly thought of 🙂
i've now got utorrent and am downloading the files again. i'll let you know the
outcome

well i got utorrent and downloaded the files again and guess what? still don't
work! i really need to sort this cos i've only got crap channels in the uk, i
need my stargate fix!!!

not recognising them as media files even though when i right click on them the
properties say they're avi files

i get the message 'rendering failed following is the error reported by
directshow 0x80040218: [unknown]' guess it doesn't like it!

all the people out there losing sleep over my little problem can now rest easy!
my totally gorgeous wife pointed out i had done something different with the
affected files. i usually download them on the desktop and then transfer them to
my laptop over my wireless network. the files that wouldn't play i had
transfered using a usb memory stick. i still had the downloaded files on the
desktop so i tried transferring them over the network and guess what? the little
buggers work now! the upside to the whole debacle is i've discovered the joy of
utorrent and i'm gonna sort out automating my downloads. cheers for all your
suggestions peeps 🙂

the hard drives on both the desktop and laptop are ntfs but the usb stick is
fat32 could that have anything to do with it?

to be honest i ain't watched it yet, been working 12 hour shifts and haven't had
time! just glad it's working 🙂