i have done my mate a disc with a few avi s on it when he has got home and tried it they play as a sound clip as he has vista is there anyway around this?

Try klite codec pack:

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Codec_Pack.htm

comes with media player classic, plays virtually anthing.

yup its missing the correct codecs if you only get sound

klite above is excellent ---^

nice one people thanks alot

just check the codecs work on vista first by the way :D

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Vista_Codec_Package.htm
http://www.headbands.com/gspot/download.html