Problems With Playing A Xvid File

[ez$]

can u plz help me with playing back xvid files?
i have installed all the required codecs using gspot and the video still doesnt
you can't see anything except for a green screen in the beginning
i tried playing this with divx player, bs player, and windows media player
doesnt work

[UncasMS]

when you play your file, take a look at the filter properties watch out for the playback filter.

is it xvid or ffdshow?

in case it is xvid, you might be using an older version. xvid is worked on and improved very much and you might find a new release every fortnight.

http://roeder.goe.net/~koepi/xvid.shtml

if ffdshow is used for playback here goes the same: try the latest alpha version released early this year or disable xvid playback in ffdshow completely by running the setup and removing xvdi from the CODEC list.

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ffdshow/ffdshow-20030103.exe?download

[sakiless]

I think it's something in the Nemo Codec Pack, Try uninstalling that and getting the XVID codec by itself and installing. That worked for me.

[UncasMS]

@sakiless
interesting name you got - any reference to the author?

[ez$]

how do i look at the properties?

[Enchanter]

OT

Originally posted by UncasMS
@sakiless
interesting name you got - any reference to the author?

What is that name (or the said author) supposed to mean?

[Enchanter]

Originally posted by ez$
how do i look at the properties?

Simply uninstall what version of XviD that you are currently using and install the latest build from Koepi (as referenced by UncasMS).

[UncasMS]

What is that name

i was wondering if by chance this had anything to to with the author hectur hugo munro - known as SAKI

how do i look at the properties?

rightclicking will help you in many cases.
then look for filter/properties.

[ez$]

fixed the problem, stupid nimo ****ed it up

[GreenScreen]

Easy fix for Xvid Green Screen w/Blocks or Playing Well w/ no audio

Many people seem to be having this same problem as I once did:

Green screen in Windows Media Player with scattered weird blocks.

Often if you fix this problem you get no audio. Here is an easy way to have both high quality Xvid video and audio (wow! what a concept)

If you have Nimo codec pack installed, uninstall it completely, as well as any other divx/xvid codecs listed in Add/Remove programs. I am not saying Nimo is crap, but it screwed up my computer. I am sure there are very good codecs included in the pack, but it seems unstable.

Download and install the 3ivx codec from http://www.3ivx.com/download/index.html . I have found that their website is down sometimes, so if you get an error, just try them again a little while later.

Now you should have video.

If you still don't have audio go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/ac3filter/ , click on Download and download the exe version of the latest build (should be the top one). When you install this AC3 audio decoder, your audio should work.

Some files, however use Ogg Vorbis encoding for the audio, in that case install the Ogg decoder from http://www.divx-ac3.com/ .

At least all of this fixed it on my WinXP machine.

Also, if this message helps you fix the problem, please cut and paste this fix to every message board you know of where people are having this problem. Maybe we can put an end to it once and for all.

-----
Robby