Occasionally, Windows Media Player (WMP) may be unable to play an audio file because it will say that it does not have the correct Codec. These warnings are not particularly helpful because not only can you not play the file but WMP doesn't tell you what Codec you need.
The sound files you are likely to have will have the file extension of mp3, .wav, .dss etc and the most simple way to find out what Codec you need is to do the following :
1. Go to the audio file.
2. Right click the file to display the menu and go to 'Properties'.
3. Go to the 'Summary' tab
4. Click the advanced button (If the only button there says '<< Simple' then the Advanced button has already been clicked.
5. You should now be able to see Bit Rate, Audio Sample, Channels, Audio sample rate, Audio format.
6. It's the Audio format that will show the name of the Codec and it is this name that you would search for on Google or Yahoo to find the correct Codec.
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