WMP ignoring XviD codec

[Guest]

I'm running WinXP Pro SP2.

When I try to play an .AVI file, Windows Media Player, v10.00.00.3646 reports:

'Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support
the file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the
file.' Error ID = 0xC00D1199, Condition ID = 0x00000000

GSpot, v2.21 reports the file needs '4CC: xvid, Name: XviD' and '2
compatible codecs installed'. (They are XviD MPEG-4 Codec and XviD MPEG-4
Video Decoder). Yet when I try to have GSpot render the file, it reports:

'Rendering failed. DirectShow was unable to render the file. Following is
the error it reported:

0x80040265: VFW_E_UNSUPPORTED_STREAM - Cannot play back the file. The
format is unsupported.'

Koepi's XviD, v1.0.3 binary has been installed and there are no other
competing codecs that I can determine.

What can I do to correct this problem and play .AVI files in Windows Media
Player?

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Did you try the easiest answer.... reinstalling the latest xVid codecs?

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the reply, Cari. According to www.xvid.org, vers 1.0.3 is the
latest stable version and, yes, I have tried installing it several times.
Additionally, I have another viewer (DivX Player, v2.6) which plays the file
correctly. However, I cannot determine what codec it is using to render the
file nor where its codecs are located. I would assume they are in the
standard C:\WINDOWS\System32 folder.

Any other ideas or suggestions?

Chuck

 

[Guest]

Hello! Is anybody out there? Can anybody answer my question?

Chuck

 

[anthony]

I am having a similar problem, I installed the latest xvid codecs and
ffdshow on two boxes, one is a 32bit WinXP the other is 64bit WinXP
Pro.

All my xvid files play fine on the 32bit machine, but the 64 bit box
will not play xvid files. I cant figure this out.

AJS

 

[Guest]

Problem solved! After reading several other messages related to this
problem, I installed the 'XP Codec Pack' from www.xpcodecpack.com and that
solved the problem. WMP 10 can now play my .AVI files again.

Chuck

 

[Trevor L.]

So, after one downlaods this pack, what does one do with it?

I found 3 .exe files in the folders created by it.

Which one does one use?
How does it enable WMP 10 to play .avi files?
Does it also play DivX files?
Does it work with any other players?