Sound free viewing...

[pushbiker]

Hello there... Just installed DivX player and rewarded with great video but no audio. The audio must be in the clip because Windows Media Player plays it ok. I can't find any options that might cure it so would be real pleased to get any suggestions.....
Cheers...Ken

[Mac Sidewinder]

You can get a utility called gspot that will tell you the properties of an avi clip, OR you can load the avi into virtualdub and go to file - properties. Look at the audio properties and see what codec is being used. If it says something like tag2000 then it is AC3. You will need to d/l the tsunami or nimo codec pack and install the ac3 codec.

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[pushbiker]

Mac...Thanks for the quick reply. I just tried gspot on the clip and got these results....

Video DivX 5.0
Audio Encoding mp3

There's more that I can bring to you if needed.

Could this mean that my Winamp is grabbing the audio somehow??

Off to bed now...will look here again tomorrow night.

Cheers...Ken

[Mac Sidewinder]

I believe windows meadia player has its own mp3 codec. If you get tsuname or nimo and install only the mp3 codec you should be alright.

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[pushbiker]

Mac...I have been searching around for a fix for my non sound problem and struggling with the ocean of stuff that goes with DivX, with no results but a headache. I found a codec (a lite version) that included an mp3 player at nimo, but on the download page I'm durned if I could find a download link. Anyway, I got lucky in the end when going through one of the FAQ lists and saw a brief suggestion to update Direct-X. That reminded me that I re-installed windows recently and the DirectX that came on the Windows CD was quite old and I hadn't updated it. So now there is good sound on my player, but I've got a lot to learn about DivX yet.
Thought I'd let you know how it worked out. Thanks again....Ken