Playing Divx causes restart

[JamesB69]

I have one Divx file that causes my friends computer running Windows XP to restart ever time it is played at a certain frame. The same computer plays many other Divx perfectly.

Then i went to reencode the divx with TMPGenc and it restarts the PC at a certain percentage, which is the same place it restarts when i try to play back the original divx.

What is wrong and how can i fix it.

[Prospero424]

I've had similar problem lately, but not exactly the same.

One problem I've has is with OGM files encoded in DivX or XviD. Sometimes, just by highlighting or clicking on them, my system will just reset itself all of a sudden. No blue screen, no log off, nothing, just resets.
This problem will also manifest itself when burning a CD image containing a DivX OGM. When Nero opens the image to burn it, the machine resets.

Also, certain distributions of the Xvid codec are causing the same thing, although not necessarily tied to OGM files, but AVIs as well. I was able to fix this by either using a different Xvid distribution or by forcing ffdshow to handle them rather than the Xvid decoder. This may help you out JamesB69, also you might try the "Video Fixer" available as a free trial here:

http://www.siskinsoft.com/

If you can't repair it using Virtualdub.


I've had these problems since around the time that I applied the "unable to delete AVI" fixes located here:

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/100406.php

and here:

http://www.tweakxp.com/tweakxp/display.asp?id=1467

Although I have tried restoring the respective registry keys deleted during both of these fixes and the roblem remains. The only solution I have found to the OGM problem is to delete every .OGM key in the registry (thereby removing all associations created by Windows).

But since nobody else has complained of these problems as side-effects of the "unable to delete avi" fix, this may not be the cause.


IF ANYONE ELSE HAS SEEN ANYTHING SIMILAR, PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS. I need more info to figure this out.


Thanks guys,

Prospero

[JamesB69]

this is just one file and it does it only on this one computer. very odd.