Problem in Virtual Dub (divx)

[Nadav]

Never Seen This Problem before:
When I open an avi movie in Virtual I got a message that says:
Error:
Could'nt find "dx50" codec.. bla bla bla bla ....
I have the newest Divx (5.02 and 3.11) and Xvid, Do I need another Codec ?

Thanks.

[khp]

I'am not sure if this is related, but maybe this will help

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=24305

[Nadav]

First, Sorry for Crossposter. Second

This article\guide in your attached site didn't work for me (I have all codecs with values).
Any Other Suggestion?

[khp]

Does divx5.02 show up in the list of video codecs ?
Did you have administrative priviliges when you installed divx5 ? (assuming that you are using win2k/xp)
As a workaround you might install the 3ivx codec, which in my experience, will take over divx5 decoding in virtualdub by default.

http://www.3ivx.com/

[demise]

I've had this problem before, so lets see if this works for you. I think VirtualDub may be case sensitive with the FourCC Used Code. Try opening the movie with AviC (comes with Xvid, other codec packs, and available at divx-digest.com) and change the FourCC used code from 'dx50' to 'DX50' (capital letters is the key). I hope this works for you. If not also make sure the FourCC description code says 'divx'.

Last resort, maybe recode the file using TMPEGEnc or something similar?