problem playing xvid movie file

[goingape]

hi

i have a problem playing a xvid movie file,i tried installing all sorts of xvid
codecs, g-spot says if have the codec needed installed.

i tried all sorts of thing but still it won't play,i don't know what to do anymore
could someone please help me

i have sound but the picture is mostly black with in the top color squares
what probebly is the movie scrabbled.

it seems to be a normal common problem,wich normally should be fix
with the right codec

but i haven't had any success.

goingape

[redwudz]

Have you tried the freeware VLC media player? It has it's own codecs, so it's a good way to see if you have a codec problem. Also, will it open in VirtualDub? If neither of them will play it, may be a corrupted file.

You could post a screenshot from Gspot, (You can black out the title if you like.) and someone here might be able to give you more info.

[goingape]

hi

the file plays fine in VLC media player and VirtualDub
i own an xbox and the file even plays in the xbox media centre

but not with the normal pc media players

goingape

[redwudz]

Then you do likely have a codec problem. Installing more without uninstalling the old ones won't help. You can use a program like Codec Sniper to remove old or corrupted ones.

[goingape]

hi

i already tried uninstall and reinstall but without success

i did try codec sniper to see if there maybe where corrupt codecs
but all codecs where ok.

are there no programs that find codecs for single movie files
so that you can check them.

because i think i still haven't the right codec,but i have no idea how to find
them.

goingape

[ZippyP.]

are there no programs that find codecs for single movie files so that you can check them.

Gspot, as previously suggested.

[goingape]

hi

i already tried g-spot it says that i have 3 codecs installed that should
work,but don't.

but g-spot can't be sure that the codecs will work.

are there programs that can,where you can test the codec with the
movie file

goingape