DivX 5 black screen w/VirtualDub

[phineasbg]

After installing the new DivX 5 codec, I decided to test it by playing an AVI that had been encoded with DivX 4.12 using Windows Media Player. The AVI played fine.

Then I decided to test the new codec by importing the same AVI into VirtualDub and saving it with the DivX 5 codec.

Unfortunately, when I loaded the AVI (that was encoded with the DivX 4.12 codec) into VirtualDub, all I am getting is a black screen.

I decided to try to encode the AVI anyway. After encoding the AVI with DivX 5, I tried to play it back with Media Player.
Unfortunately, all I see is a black screen, with the audio.

What went wrong? Why is VirtualDub showing DivX 4.12 AVIs as black, when Media Player plays them fine? And why is VirtualDub encoding them as black? I never had this problem before I installed the DivX 5 codec.

[dragnfist]

I have exactly the same problem (black screen in VirtualDub after installing DivX 5). I tried the ads-version first and then tried the free version and they both did the same thing. I uninstalled 5.0 and put trusty 4.12 back on and Virtual Dub worked just fine! I did let ZoneAlarm block the gain-trickler (adware) access to the internet, but that's nasty if they actually do something if you don't let it spy on you...

PS: I'm using WinXP and VirtualDub v1.4.9 but 1.4.8 experiences the same symptoms...

Anyone have any ideas? I'd like to use 5.0 and see how much the quality has improved but it's hard to compare a picture to a black screen...