XVid and Single Core XP Pro

[Chull]

Ok - I have tried ther newest and the oldest available CODEC of XVID.
Both shutdown the program using it whwen you select a file.
Both will often times freeze Windows Explorer.
Windows 'report This Porblem' actualy worked for once and reported that removing the XVID Codec will resolve the problem with Single Core CPUs - It does!!
But - I (think) I need XVID.
Any fixes for it out there? (Other than buying a dule+core cpu! )
Any alternative?
Thnaks

[redwudz]

Both shutdown the program using it whwen you select a file.

Shutdown what program? If you are having this issue with playback, then it's likely not the Xvid codec. Have you installed any codec packs lately? Or are you trying to encode with the codec?

I'm guessing you have a codec conflict. The Xvid codec doesn't care how many cores you have. It may run faster when encoding with a dual core machine, though.

Usually when explorer freezes up when opening a Xvid file, it means the file is corrupted or you have one too many codecs interfering with each other. If this is a playback issue, try installing VLC media player. It uses it own codecs, so the installed system codecs aren't used. If it works for playback, then you likely do have a codec problem.

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