Some xvid movies plays choppy in almost all players but VLC

[ziphnor]

Hi,

I have some Xvid movies that are giving me trouble. Playback using BSPlayer, Core MP, WMP etc. is slightly choppy, just enough to be annoying.
When i play the same file in VLC there are no problems at all, playback is smooth. I would however like to play the files in the other players as VLC doesnt work with VobSub subtitles.
I have tried uinstalling Xvid(RC4 btw) and letting DivX handle it, but still the same trouble. VLC doesnt seem to use either the DivX or XVid codec i have installed, as playback there doesnt show the DivX icon, and i have tried flipping the video in Xvid to be able to see when it was used for playback, and it wasnt flipped when i played the file in VLC(but it was in for example WMP).

Any ideas about what could be wrong? All my DivX movies plays normally in all players, its only a problem with XVid and only with about half the movies(there doesnt seem to be any correlation to the sound codec used either).

Gspot has this to say about my installed codecs:

DMO MP4S Mpeg4s Decoder DMO Microsoft Corporation qasf.dll --> mp4sdmod.dll
DMO WMV Screen decoder DMO Microsoft Corporation qasf.dll --> wmsdmod.dll
DMO WMVideo Decoder DMO Microsoft Corporation qasf.dll --> wmvdmod.dll
DMO MP43 Mpeg43 Decoder DMO Microsoft Corporation qasf.dll --> mp43dmod.dll
DMO MPG4 Mpeg4 Decoder DMO Microsoft Corporation qasf.dll --> mpg4dmod.dll
DSH 3ivx D4 Video Encoder 3ivx.com 3ivxDSEncoder.ax
DSH DV Video Encoder qdv.dll
DSH Indeo® video 5.10 Compression Filter Intel Corporation ir50_32.dll
DSH InterVideo Video Encoder InterVideo Inc. IVIVENC.ax
DSH MJPEG Compressor quartz.dll
DSH MPEG1 MPEG Video Decoder quartz.dll
DSH DirectVobSub (auto-loading version) Gabest DVobSub.ax
DSH WMV1 Windows Media Video Decoder Microsoft Corporation wmvds32.ax
DSH WMV2 Windows Media Video Decoder Microsoft Corporation wmv8ds32.ax
DSH XVID XviD MPEG-4 Video Decoder xvid.ax
DSH DIVX DivX Decoder Filter DivXNetworks, Inc. divxdec.ax
DSH MP43 Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Decompressor Microsoft Corporation mpg4ds32.ax
DSH DVSD DV Video Decoder qdv.dll
DSH DIVX DivX Decoder Filter DivXNetworks, Inc. divxdec.ax
DSH MP43 3ivx D4 Video Decoder 3ivx.com 3ivxDSDecoder.ax
DSH BLZ0 DivX for Blizzard Decoder Filter ** File Missing: e:\war3\blizzard.ax
DSH MSS1 Microsoft Screen Video Decompressor Microsoft Corporation msscds32.ax
DSH MPEG2 InterVideo Video Decoder InterVideo Inc. IVIVIDEO.ax
DSH IV41 Indeo® video 4.4 Decompression Filter Intel Corporation ir41_32.ax
DSH IV50 Indeo® video 5.10 Decompression Filter Intel Corporation ir50_32.dll
DSH MJPG AVI Draw quartz.dll
DSH Video Port Manager quartz.dll
DSH AVI Decompressor quartz.dll
DSH QTRpza QT Decompressor quartz.dll
DSH MJPG MJPEG Decompressor quartz.dll
DSH MPEG1 CyberLink Video/SP Decoder CyberLink Corp. clvsd.ax
VFW 3IV2 3ivx D4 4.5.1 Video Codec 3ivx.com qcap.dll --> 3ivxVfWCodec.dll
VFW CVID Cinepak Codec by Radius Radius Inc. qcap.dll --> iccvid.dll
VFW DIVX DivX® 5.1.1 Codec DivXNetworks, Inc. qcap.dll --> DivX.dll
VFW I420 Intel 4:2:0 Video V2.50 Microsoft Corporation qcap.dll --> msh263.drv
VFW IV32 Intel Indeo(R) Video R3.2 qcap.dll --> ir32_32.dll
VFW IV41 Intel Indeo® Video 4.5 Intel Corporation qcap.dll --> ir41_32.ax
VFW IV50 Indeo® video 5.10 Intel Corporation qcap.dll --> ir50_32.dll
VFW IYUV Intel IYUV codec Microsoft Corporation qcap.dll --> iyuv_32.dll
VFW M261 Microsoft H.261 Video Codec Microsoft Corporation qcap.dll --> msh261.drv
VFW M263 Microsoft H.263 Video Codec Microsoft Corporation qcap.dll --> msh263.drv
VFW MRLE Microsoft RLE Microsoft Corporation qcap.dll --> msrle32.dll
VFW MSVC Microsoft Video 1 Microsoft Corporation qcap.dll --> msvidc32.dll
VFW WMV3 Microsoft Windows Media Video 9 Microsoft Corporation qcap.dll --> wmv9vcm.dll
VFW XVID XviD MPEG-4 Codec qcap.dll --> xvidvfw.dll

[tigerman8u]

I know VLC uses it's own codecs so it would seem like a codec problem with the other players. I would uninstall the problem codec and try a re-install. I use xvid RC3.

[ziphnor]

I have already tried installing/reinstalling codecs, it doesnt help. I just tried XVid RC3, which didnt improve anything either.

Thanks for the suggestion though. Any other ideas? Is there an easy way to remove all codecs/preferences etc, and start from scratch( except for reinstalling windows)?

[tigerman8u]

You can go to device manager and disable the codecs 1 by 1 and see if you fing the problem codec.

[ziphnor]

I think ill just try removing them all, and then just adding the XVid codec alone to see if it helps.

Anyway i think ill reinstall windows/linux again soon, so ill hope to clear it up by the. Should i avoid installing codec packs after i reinstall btw?

[tigerman8u]

I would stay away from codec packs. Some/alot of ppl seem to have conficts with codec packs. I install only xvid and divx unless I absolutely need a specific codec. You can d/l the divx playback only codec from the tools section here www.dvdrhelp.com It doesn't have all the extra junk. This is the one I use with no problems.
P.S. Some ppl have had to format and do a clean install after installing a codec pack. Can't remember the name of the codec pack that caused the problems, but if you do a search for codec packs at dvdrhelp you should find it. Video Sniper was an excellent tool for finding all codecs and allowing you to remove them from your system but I haven't seen it for quite awhile.
Divx Light Codec is the one I use.

[ziphnor]

Thanks alot for the help, i really appreciate it.

[chidoone]

here is the link for codec sniper

Hey guys, I just found this thread with the files, it works...cheers.

http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22984

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