If you can send the file you can send the codecs with it moron.

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"Test Man" <testman@test.org> wrote in message news:u0KDp3yzFHA.820@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Try Uncompressed AVI, filesize will be large but at least he'll be able to
> read it whatever media player he has.
>
> Don't bother with David Candy's URL, he obviously didn't read your question
> properly.
>
>
> "Sine Nomine" <invalid@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:diiqr5$8nt$1@jura.cc.ic.ac.uk...
>>I want to give a video file to someone who has Win XP, but I can't rely on
>>him having any additional codecs, the latest version of WMP, etc.
>>
>> What codecs can I use that can definitely be read in all Win XP versions
>> of WMP? Can I give him a VCD?
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