“Hi everyone, hope somebody can help me out with this issue. Yesterday I have copied few AVI files to my computer. All files were successfully copied but when I tried to play them on GPM player, it refused to display the video and showed an error message that AVI file cannot be played. Does anyone have clue what is wrong? If yes then, how do I resolve this problem? Thanks”
GOM is a video player application that supports to play many video file formats on your Windows computer. The specialty of GOM player is you need not install a new audio codec as it already contains many of the popular audio codec formats. So if any media player fails to play AVI file due to codec issues, then you can try to play that AVI file in GOM player because GOM player automatically finds codec for that particular video file and plays it without any disturbance. However, if you try to play corrupted AVI file in GOM player as in above case then it will refuse to play.
Possible instances when GOM player refuses to play AVI file are:
- Improper Exit: GOM has an option called “Exit”. If you click on this option at the time of closing, then you will be able to watch AVI file next time. In case, you close it directly by clicking on “X” mark then AVI file might get corrupted without any information
- Virus Intrusion: When you download any AVI file from external source which contains viruses, then there may be possibility of AVI header corruption
- Bad Sectors: AVI files present on your computer will play smoothly without any issue on GOM player. However, aging of computer leads to form bad sectors on its hard disk which will results in corruption of AVI file present in it
- Transfer Error: IF AVI file transfer is interrupted due to power failure or technical errors, then moved AVI file may get transferred partially and will not play in GOM player; such AVI video files may display error messages when tried to play
Software for fixing AVI file that fails to play in GOM:
As Windows computer has no option to repair AVI file manually, you should rely on third party AVI file repair software to fix AVI video file that cannot be played on GOM player. Among thousands of applications available on internet, Yodot AVI Repair software is considered as the best and effective AVI video repair tool to resolve errors in AVI file. It will scan AVI file for certain information and then repairs it without altering original AVI file content. If you are not able to play XVID and DIVX video file on GOM player, then this application will even fix it up without taking more time. Best feature of this software is that it can show you exact copy of repaired AVI file so that you can check its quality prior to saving. In addition, one can use this AVI repair software to repair AVI video files from various storage drives on all major Windows (Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and 2008) and Mac (Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks, Ventura, Monterey, Big Sur and Catalina) OS based computers.
Steps to get access to GOM AVI file:
- Download Yodot Video Repair software and install it to your Windows computer
- Run the application to begin AVI file repair process
- Choose AVI file that refuse to open in GOM player
- Click upon “Repair” option to start scanning your damaged AVI file
- Wait till the application finishes repairing AVI file
- As soon as the repair process gets completed, you will be presented with a message indicating successful AVI video repair
- Preview AVI file for confirmation and at last save it on location you prefer on your computer
Handy Tips:
- Always click on proper option while closing GOM player
- Try to avoid downloading AVI files from website which you are not aware of
