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No matter what i've tried i can't play them. Installed every codec there is rebooted uninstalled installed deleted blah blah blah and they won't fucking play a divx file. I getall of the sound but the pic hangs on the first frame and that is all i see. I normally played divx with WMP 8 and updated to 9 on my last install off XP Pro. Anyone having probs with WMP 9 and divx files? I can't even play them on a DivX only player either they do the same thing. Really startin' to flame my ass too...

All I have installed is the original 3.1 Alpha and the 5.01 Pro version, and I have no problem playing anything.

You sure it's Divx? There's another similar format out now that requires a different codec (and WMP will not automatically download it). I forget the name of it now.

The problem may be your Media Player. WMP 8 & 9 include a heck of a lot of copy protection.

Try using a Divx player (I use the one that came with the Divx 5.01 Pro pack) or use WMP 6.4 (which comes with WinXP - it's just hidden). I use nothing but WMP 6.4: no code bloat, no lockups, no copy protection:

How to find WMP 6.4 in WinXP:
http://tweakxp.com/tweakxp/display.asp?id=435

Search for Xvid and see if that codec won't help.

Another item you might need is ffdshow, I ran into some probs with divx/xvid and that fixed them, get the ffdshow-alpha from http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow . Some newer divx also require the latest Divx 5.0.3 , they won't play with older versions.

i too use 6.4. for the same reasons + this one:

THE SPACE BAR IS PLAY/PAUSE unlike in the newer versions. and ALT+ENTER is full screen.

That the player i used fp was the one that 5.03 installed. Tried wmp 6.4 still does the same thing... and XviD is also installed gonna dump everything and install 5.03 by itself see if it does anything. ight just get pissed and reload this whole thing later on after i deliver a computer.

I've been using this freebie - seem to work ok

http://www.divx.com/software/

Try this baby out..
it installs virtually every codec you'll ever need

http://www.divx-digest.com/software/nimo_pack.html

I am also having a problem with DIVX movies. I have every codec that I know of installed, including the ones that are mentioned above, but I am still having problems loading a few movies. I was wondering, how can you tell which codec was used to encode a file that you did not encode yourself? Is there a program that will find that out?

Thanks,

Matt

how can you tell which codec was used to encode a file that you did not encode yourself?

Right click on the media file, left click on properties, then select "summary".

Or use Virtual Dub and select Properties. The Windows Properties only shows installed codecs me thinks (it didn't show DivX for a DivX file on my computer and no DivX installed)