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Bloodrage256 · 2004-11-10, 19:41

Okay every time I get a video file from the net, it opens in Windows Media Player, It buffers and then it gets to "Downloading Codec" and it finishes and says " Error downloading codec" And it only shows ambience and sound, No videos.
I have DIVX, And no other codecs.
Players: Windows Media Player, DivX pro, Real Player.

And the videos I was trying to play was: Just some game trailers.
But Anime works fine on it so far.

So can anyone help me out?

AnimeOni · 2004-11-11, 00:09

Check this link for codec info.
http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=17669

Most likely you have a file that is encoded with xvid.

Racheal · 2004-11-11, 05:22

I would like to recommend this good player http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Its the only media player in my pc except Foobar2000 and WM9 and it works very well.

Bloodrage256 · 2004-11-11, 15:04

Nah didn't work, Only played Audio of an AMV I downloaded, and other vid files.
And AnimeOni, that thread makes it sound like if I install that program it gets rid of all my Media files? o.o;

Ledgem · 2004-11-11, 20:13

In my experience, even if a file is encoded in XviD, DivX will try to play it regardless. If the version of XviD that the video was encoded with is beyond the support of DivX, you'd just see horrible macro blocks and discoloration during many video segments.

The codec advice is good, however, since that definitely sounds like a codec problem. I recommend uninstalling DivX completely (unless you encode with it), and then installing XviD. I say to uninstall DivX because it doesn't sound like the DivX people have made it any easier to have DivX NOT try to play every single thing. In other words, even if you install XviD, the system will attempt to use the DivX codec regardless, which didn't used to cause problems in the past, but lately DivX hasn't been able to handle the latest XviD encodes. By contrast, XviD can handle all DivX encodes that I know of, perfectly. This may change in the future, of course.

If you really want to keep the DivX codec, it's possible to force codecs using a program called FFDShow. I can't help you there, though; I tried doing that, and DivX overrode it regardless (I probably didn't have it set up properly). The easiest fix is as I said, just uninstall DivX and only have XviD. You're not losing anything at this point by not having DivX on your system.

2004-11-10, 19:41	Link #1
Bloodrage256 Naruto Otaku Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Vancouver Canada Age: 33	Trouble with video files. Okay every time I get a video file from the net, it opens in Windows Media Player, It buffers and then it gets to "Downloading Codec" and it finishes and says " Error downloading codec" And it only shows ambience and sound, No videos. I have DIVX, And no other codecs. Players: Windows Media Player, DivX pro, Real Player. And the videos I was trying to play was: Just some game trailers. But Anime works fine on it so far. So can anyone help me out?

2004-11-11, 20:13	Link #5
Ledgem Love Yourself Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Northeast USA Age: 38	In my experience, even if a file is encoded in XviD, DivX will try to play it regardless. If the version of XviD that the video was encoded with is beyond the support of DivX, you'd just see horrible macro blocks and discoloration during many video segments. The codec advice is good, however, since that definitely sounds like a codec problem. I recommend uninstalling DivX completely (unless you encode with it), and then installing XviD. I say to uninstall DivX because it doesn't sound like the DivX people have made it any easier to have DivX NOT try to play every single thing. In other words, even if you install XviD, the system will attempt to use the DivX codec regardless, which didn't used to cause problems in the past, but lately DivX hasn't been able to handle the latest XviD encodes. By contrast, XviD can handle all DivX encodes that I know of, perfectly. This may change in the future, of course. If you really want to keep the DivX codec, it's possible to force codecs using a program called FFDShow. I can't help you there, though; I tried doing that, and DivX overrode it regardless (I probably didn't have it set up properly). The easiest fix is as I said, just uninstall DivX and only have XviD. You're not losing anything at this point by not having DivX on your system. __________________

2004-11-11, 00:09	Link #2
AnimeOni Raid-the-mods Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Sol System	Check this link for codec info. http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=17669 Most likely you have a file that is encoded with xvid.

2004-11-11, 05:22	Link #3
Racheal Super Robot War Player Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Singapore	I would like to recommend this good player http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ Its the only media player in my pc except Foobar2000 and WM9 and it works very well.

2004-11-11, 15:04	Link #4
Bloodrage256 Naruto Otaku Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Vancouver Canada Age: 33	Nah didn't work, Only played Audio of an AMV I downloaded, and other vid files. And AnimeOni, that thread makes it sound like if I install that program it gets rid of all my Media files? o.o;