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Posted on Apr 27, 2009

ARCHOS 5 - Video will not load (frozen)

I am hoping someone can help. I have the Archos 5 and the video will not load. Everything else on the system works except video. When I click on the video icon to watch a movie it won't even open up the list of movies I have on there. The hour glass comes up and it just sits there.

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Hi,
please check the file format and try again. you can read the user guide for more info..


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