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| 193882 | 2003-11-22 15:23:00 | hi I've been having a bit of trouble lately with divX. I had divX player 2.1 installed on my computer to play some avi files, no problem. I recently installed a divx codec bundle 5.1 (including player 2.5) off a computer mag disc. I can now play avi file using widows media player 9.0b no problem now. now the problem is that SOMETIMES when I try play a file using the divX player the clip distorts, picture disappears and is replaced with a blue/green screen. sound still plays but clip won't close so have to ctrl-alt-del to bring up process manager. cpu usage reads 100% so I close the program. At that point trying to play another clip may or may not work properly. I tried uninstalling the codec and player, deleted all trace from registry and reinstalled. Same problem occured. Uninstalled and reinstalled divX player 2.1 (not the codec bundle). Now can't play avi with WMP9. Installed codec bundle and WMP9 worked but divX player still had same problem. Even downloaded latest codec and player from net (codec bundle 5.1.1) and same problem occurs tho less frequently. Does anyone know if there is a conflict or compatability issue with winxp home or WMP9. Never seemed to have this probleblem before updating the codec but now even reinstalling the earlier codec doesn't seem to correct the problem. Please excuse the rambling but it is late thanks ravage |
ravage13 (4361) | ||
| 193883 | 2003-11-22 20:32:00 | Try using system restore to undo the changes you made Cheers Steve |
Steve Askew (119) | ||
| 193884 | 2003-11-22 21:10:00 | Have you tried using Zoom Player at all? It can be downloaded from here. (www.majorgeeks.com) | tommy (2826) | ||
| 193885 | 2003-11-22 22:48:00 | Ive found WinAmp 5 to be a good player for DivX. You could always try running the files through Virtual Dub and re-encoding them, make sure there's no corruptions within the file! |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 193886 | 2003-11-22 23:24:00 | You are merely suffering codec problems, and codec conflicts. Delete all codec packs you have installed so far, they just cause problems, nothing else. Then delete all the random codecs you have installed so far, best to leave the existing windows ones still in. You can delete them from the sounds and audio devices (in control panel) if you have a good look around. Then all you need is two simple programs to run every movie from now on. AC3 Filter (http://ac3filter.sourceforge.net/) FFDShow (sourceforge.net) Ok I don't want to hear of you installing any more codecs. Also get a decent video player :) |
aroc (3256) | ||
| 193887 | 2003-11-23 01:03:00 | have a look here (www.inmatrix.com) i'm not a fan of ffdshow due to it crashing out several systems. also what video card and video drivers are you useing. some drivers are known to be a little buggy and can cause a few werid problems. |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 193888 | 2003-11-23 12:35:00 | it is a xabre 400 video card with the drivers downloaded from www.xabre.com these are the same drivers i've had for maybe 8 months problem only started occuring recently when i updated to a slightly newer codec (that will teach me- if it aint broke don't fix it!) |
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