Black screen with audio on all divx

[mrt1981]

Hi, I've recently come across a problem playing my divx (and xvid) files - they are loading with just audio and a black screen.

I use VLC to play them and these files were all playing fine a few days ago, but suddenly I'm just not getting video. I tried using other players (winamp, wmp, nero showtime etc) but I get the same problem with them too. Gspot reports that I have the correct codecs and the files are rendering successfully with no errors. I've tried reinstalling codecs, but that hasn't helped either, and I can't think of anything I've installed in the last few days that could have an effect.

The only time I see any sort of error is if I open the files with virtualdub. If I open a file with AC3 audio, it tells me it can't find an audio decompressor (but its always done that), and if i load any of the other videos it tells me that it has detected an improper vbr audio encoding in the source avi, but I *can* play the video from within virtualdub.

Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks in advance...

[jmet]

If you OS is Windows XP, simply do a "system restore" back to a time you know it was working.

[ormonde]

"I've tried reinstalling codecs, but that hasn't helped either"

Have you simply tried just "Uninstalling" then "Reinstalling" your software player?

[mrt1981]

Thanks for the suggestions, system restore is not an option as I have it disabled. I just tried reinstalling vlc, but that doesn't seem to have made any difference

[ormonde]

"I just tried reinstalling vlc, but that doesn't seem to have made any difference"

But did you "Uninstall" it (from "Add Remove Programs") first before reinstalling it?

[mrt1981]

Yep, sorry forgot to say that