XVid and TMPGEnc problems with newer computers only.

[Ballinbuck]

I got Xvid and DVL .avi's to work on my computer that has Windows XP and an Intel Celeron processor. [I use the Nimo pack but with a more up to date FFDshow codec and an XVid codec. In TMPGEnc I tweak the Direct Show Multimedia File Reader (via Environmental Settings) priority up and down depending on if i'm incoding Xvid or Divx (-1=Divx, 1=Xvid)].

However, when I try to do this using newer computers that have a Pentium 4, it won't work. When I try converting an Xvid/DVL movie with TMPGEnc with the Direct Show priority at -1 the video file comes up but no audio file. When I try it with Direct Show priority of 1 the program has a fatal error and has to shutdown. I tried using Virtual Dub to rip the audio to a .wav file, but when I try to do that it sais there is no audio stream there.

I can't even watch the Xvid/DVL movies on the newer Pentium computers. Windows Media Player gets the same fatal error as with TMPGEnc and crashes (the error message where you can send a report of the error).

I tried a varity of combinations of Codecs including the ones I use on my Celeron computer that works fine. Why can't I get it to work on these newer computers and how do I make it work on them?

[mysticgohan17]

...I can't even watch the Xvid/DVL movies on the newer Pentium computers. Windows Media Player gets the same fatal error as with TMPGEnc and crashes (the error message where you can send a report of the error)

Windows Media Player 9 Series or 6.4?

[Ballinbuck]

I am not sure which series of WMP the newer computers have. I'll have to check on that next time I'm on one. I do know that the version that I have on my computer with the Celeron which does play the Xvid movies is version 8.00.00.4477.

[Ballinbuck]

Do you think that this problem has to do with the AC3 thing and the HeadAC3he software? If so, why would I need to use that stuff on the newer computers but not have to mess with it on my older Celeron computer? Should I give the AC3 conversion a try using HeadAC3he?