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XVID codec dosnīt work
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tomping
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Post Posted: Oct 28, 2003 04:33 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I have Divxplayer 2.1 and have downloaded the divx codec 5.0.5 and xvid codec but when im going to watch on a file that is xvid compressed nothing works. The only thing that happens is:

the file contains the following type of data:
Video data:FOURCC code "XVID"

The strange thing is that Gspot says that i have all the codecs so i can watch the file but no!

What is wrong?

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Post Posted: Oct 28, 2003 04:56 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Try this thread first: http://www.dvdrhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=185184&highlight=

Lots of other threads on xvid problems.
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Post Posted: Oct 28, 2003 05:05 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
what am I suppose to do really?

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Post Posted: Oct 28, 2003 05:10 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Did you read through the link I posted? Just follow that advice about no codec packs and the last post explains the FourCC problem.

If you need further info before someone else steps in, do a search right on this page.
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Post Posted: Oct 28, 2003 05:15 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Xvid codec - xvid.org

The above will be bundled with a fourcc changer. Load it select your avi change to divx. Voila

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tomping
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Post Posted: Oct 28, 2003 05:25 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
the fourcc changer dosnīt work either what the hell is wrong with my computer

It all worked before I reformated the damn thing, but now nothing works

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Post Posted: Oct 28, 2003 05:27 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
What do you mean by it doesn't work ?, do you still get the same error ?, and gspot reports that you have all codecs.
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Post Posted: Oct 28, 2003 05:30 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Yes that is correct

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Post Posted: Oct 28, 2003 05:36 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I would then uninstall all codecs especially things like nimo and then install only the ones that gspot reports.
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Post Posted: Oct 28, 2003 05:39 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
BTW - that was exactly what was in the thread I provided. :c*

Jus so you know.
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Post Posted: Oct 28, 2003 05:42 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Gees wrote:
BTW - that was exactly what was in the thread I provided. :c*

Jus so you know.


Sorry did not read your link as I said in the other thread - Great Minds
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Post Posted: Oct 28, 2003 05:44 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
ok i have now unistalled all video codecs and I am trying one file here:

It says:
Codec:
4CC: XVID/DIVX Name: XVID


So am I know going too only install XVID??

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Post Posted: Oct 28, 2003 05:52 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Yes
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Post Posted: Oct 28, 2003 05:52 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Can I lay the codecs file anywhere on the computer or must the be is some specific folder to work??

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Post Posted: Oct 28, 2003 05:57 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
hardcoreruss wrote:

Sorry did not read your link as I said in the other thread - Great Minds


Too true. :c)

Good luck, Tomping
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Post Posted: Oct 28, 2003 06:03 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
tomping wrote:
Can I lay the codecs file anywhere on the computer or must the be is some specific folder to work??


I do not think this will affect it. Mine is located in progam files - xvid
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tomping
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Post Posted: Oct 28, 2003 06:10 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Thanks for your help.

But nothing is working on this piece of shit computer!!!!!

I will have to find some other Divx players that will work. Do you have any suggestions?

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Post Posted: Oct 28, 2003 06:16 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Why are you trying to play an xVid with a DivX player?

The DivX player will play... (wait for it)... DivX.

xVid is not DivX. They're similar, but they're not the same.

Once you've installed the xVid codec, you should be able to watch your xVid video with something like Windows Media Player (WMP), or Media Player Classic.

There's nothing all that special about the DivX player anyway, as far as I'm aware.

cheers,
mcdruid.

tomping
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Post Posted: Oct 28, 2003 06:21 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
But the problem is I canīt play anything on Divx player

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Post Posted: Oct 28, 2003 06:24 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Divx Player plays Xvid fine if the Fourcc code is 'DX50'

tomping
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Post Posted: Oct 28, 2003 06:26 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Now another problem occured when i tryed to install some codecs.

now it canīt write to c:\windows\system32\DivXdec.ax and
c:\windows\system32\L3CODECP.acm

what is that all about?

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Post Posted: Oct 28, 2003 06:28 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Your topic is called XVID Codec doesn't work, and you've been complaining about not being able to play an xVid file on your POS computer.

So, are you now saying that you cannot play DivX files on the DivX player?

Is the xVid you were originally having a problem with now playing on WMP or whatever?

Keep using gSpot - if a file uses the older DivX codecs (e.g. Div3), you may need to intall the old codec as well as the new one (5.1 or whatever it is now).

What problem exactly are you having now?

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Post Posted: Oct 28, 2003 06:33 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
we posted the last message at the same time.

If you get those problems on installing the codecs, try restarting your PC - make sure that nothing is running (no programs open), including don't have an explorer window open with your video files displayed.

Then use Add/Remove programs to remove all the codecs you've installed - the DivX and xVid ones. Do this one at a time, restarting the PC between removing each codec.

Then install them one-by-one, restarting between each install.

I'd suggest using gSpot, and only installing the codecs you really need.

If you must install them all in one go, I'd do Div3, then DivX5, then xVid.

If you just get frustrated and try installing things on top of one another, you'll make a mess of the codecs, and you'll have problems.

tomping
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Post Posted: Oct 28, 2003 06:35 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Basically my problem is that i cannot play any files on Divxplayer

But Gspot says that i have all the codecs needed but still Divxplayer refuses to acknowledge it. That is my problem.

I can play the files in Windows Media Player and Realplayer but i want it to work on Divx Player aswell

Laddydaddy
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Post Posted: Oct 28, 2003 08:59 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Did you try reinstalling the DivXplayer?

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