Unknown File Format In BSPlayer

[SoupyC]

Hey, I recently tried to view a movie I was told was encoded using XviD. As I have the latest XviD installed, I assumed it would work fine. When I attempted playback in BSPlayer and WMP 8, both failed...and BSPlayer gave me:

"An Unknown Format (DX50)"

I then proceeded to place the file in GSpot which told me I had all compatible codecs installed, (which I thought I did) but then also told me it was actually encoded in DivX 5! I thought then it was a problem with ffdshow, so I uninstalled it, still same error, still same results in GSpot. I then downloaded a newer version of ffdshow, installed it, and exact same results in BSPlayer and GSpot. I can't understand why GSpot tells me I have the correct codecs installed, yet playback fails. As a last resort, I tried it in AVIPreview...I had sound but no video...:confused:

Any help is greatly appreciated, and thanks in advance to those who reply :D

Regards, SoupyC

[Enchanter]

Have you tried installing the DivX 5 codec instead?

[SoupyC]

Thanks a lot for replying...and once I downloaded DivX 5...it worked in the DivX player with no problem, however, BSPlayer still gives me the same error message :( I don't mind that much watching it in the DivX player, but I still prefer BSPlayer...any ideas to why this problem only occurs in it??

Thanks again, and thanks to anyone kind enough to reply to this :D

Regards, SoupyC

p.s. Sorry if these questions sound a bit noob-ish....but I'm quite new to all of this:confuzed:

[Enchanter]

You might want to try other players instead and see whether they will work to your liking. I will vouch for WMP 6.4 and MV2Player (would have elected BSPlayer as well, if not for your problem with it).

Cheers.