Codec is available, but the movie doesn't play.

[Fwiffo]

I'm having problems playing some AVI files with winamp and with WMP. I get no error messege, just a refusal to play.

gspot reports that I have 2 compatible codecs, and a few players (including bsplayer, MPC, virtualDUB and divX player) manage to play these AVIs just fine.

On another machine I can play these AVIs in winamp and WMP as well.

Also note that winamp and WMP play other AVI files just fine, and that I tried uninstalling and reinstalling them.

Can anyone please tell me what may be wrong, and how I can fix it?

(I'm using winXP sp2)

[kschang]

So what codecs are reported as usable?

[Krispy Kritter]

Just because the codecs are available, doesn't mean you have winamp or WMP configured to use them. Your best bet is to remove all of the extra / corrupt / unused codecs. You can use a program such as codec sniper or do it manually. Then reinstall the latest versions of only the codecs that you need.

[Fwiffo]

The codecs GSpot finds are ffdshow and divx. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling ffdshow and winamp, and nothing changed.

Any advice as to how I can configure winamp/WMP to use the codec correctly, or how I can get a cleaner uninstall so that it can be reinstalled correctly?

[Fwiffo]

I also uninstalled the divx codecs.

[Krispy Kritter]

You should be able to now reinstall divx. That should correct your avi playback problems.

You may also need to uninstall/reinstall winamp.