XVID codec?

[scottie255]

i downloaded a movie file and tried to play it in WMP9 and they said
Cannot allocate memory because no size has been set.
When I went to my DivX player they said it is encoded with an XVID codec, and I may need to install that to play the movie...........does anyone know what I need to do.......i will search around and delete my post if I find what i need........

[lion7718]

Download this.........

[scottie255]

when i downlaod it a browser comes up asking me to open it with an application....i chose winZIP and it gives me something else to do.....when i say ok it doesn't open.........what do i do now.........

[lion7718]

Ok, this should fix that problem..it was the ' in the title that messed it up..try it again.

[scottie255]

i installed it.........tried to play it on both players again.........a bit different this time........WMP 9 was the same thig....but DivX told me that only the audio was unknown (sry i forgot to mention that in my first post that both audio and video were unknown).......it says the audio data is "Tag 85"..........any help there?

[CCSDUDE]

Originally posted by scottie255
i installed it.........tried to play it on both players again.........a bit different this time........WMP 9 was the same thig....but DivX told me that only the audio was unknown (sry i forgot to mention that in my first post that both audio and video were unknown).......it says the audio data is "Tag 85"..........any help there?

.... http://ac3filter.sourceforge.net/

[scottie255]

tried that link.........same results............this may be just a junk file.........if so ill just find another, but if i can use this i would like to since it took me a couple of days to download this one..........when i wnet to DivX.........they asked if i wanted to jsut play the movie.........i said yes and got huge scribbles on my DivX player, and it froze my computer.........so as you can guess, I dont wish to try this again...........i have used a program in the past that tells you what the codec that you need is........will this help me, and if so does anyone have a link?.........

[scottie255]

found it.....i found the codec information appliance i was looking for......its called GSpot...........now.......this tells me that both my audio and video codecs are downloaded...........this helps me 0........i am going to just delete the file and look for another one that works.....

[lion7718]

You can not play XviDs in DivX Player..only WMP...for now anyway.

[phalkon30]

Yeah, I actually agree with dealie this time, just download a codec pack like the K-lite one, then you'll be able to play almost any future movies to

[scottie255]

the codec pack worked great.........both audio and video are fine..........just one more little problem..........when i watch the video.....in at least two places, the video stops, and the audio continues.......i dont want to have to advance the video every time i watch it........so is there any way to make the video flow together in these places?

[CCSDUDE]

Originally posted by scottie255
the codec pack worked great.........both audio and video are fine..........just one more little problem..........when i watch the video.....in at least two places, the video stops, and the audio continues.......i dont want to have to advance the video every time i watch it........so is there any way to make the video flow together in these places?

Yes...but just skip the bad spots...if you do try cutting the crap out with Vdub...you'll usually end up fucking up sync...it'll drive ya nuts so just ignore it..

OR redownload the video...and try keeping your sources to like 2-6.....sure it's slower...but you have a better chance of not nailing someone with a failing HD or someone who downloaded that section of data off someone who did...

I've had it happen before...it does blow to see a perfect DVD rip and have spots where the video cuts out and blurs up like your watching an Xvid encoded video with FF Dshow set to decode Xvid while the real codec is installed...lol (thats the best example I could come up with...if you never had it happen..just know it sucks)

[scottie255]

yeah it does suck.....ill try another download, but otherwise ill just live with it, b/c i have been down the virtualdub road (with trying to cut .avi files, which i have recently figured out that i dont need to stupid, stupid, stupid)......lol.....anyways virtualdub sucks too, so i will just advance past the bad part, it is like 3 parts in a 5 or 6 min span, so i wont miss much..........thanx anyway though

[CCSDUDE]

Originally posted by scottie255
yeah it does suck.....ill try another download, but otherwise ill just live with it, b/c i have been down the virtualdub road (with trying to cut .avi files, which i have recently figured out that i dont need to stupid, stupid, stupid)......lol.....anyways virtualdub sucks too, so i will just advance past the bad part, it is like 3 parts in a 5 or 6 min span, so i wont miss much..........thanx anyway though

Dude...thou shall NOT badmouth Vdub....Vdub 0wnz j00!

It's free and it does what it says....plus it's not bloated....thats enough for me.

It doesn't suck...it's meant for people who truly know what their doing....

You're, for the most part, a newbie....once you learn loads about how AVI and other video formats work...you'll understand what I mean. : )

[phalkon30]

Originally posted by CCSDUDE
I've had it happen before...it does blow to see a perfect DVD rip and have spots where the video cuts out and blurs up like your watching an Xvid encoded video with FF Dshow set to decode Xvid while the real codec is installed...lol (thats the best example I could come up with...if you never had it happen..just know it sucks)
You have no idea how long it took me to figure out that was my problem, I had a perfect copy of a movie, and it chopped on my computer, there is no way a movie should chop on a 32meg TNT2 with an Athalon processor and 512meg of ram...no matter the quality (dvds were smoother)

Anyway, I read later that there was a conflict with xvid and ffd, fixed, now its awesome quality

[Krell]

there is no way a movie should chop on a 32meg TNT2 with an Athalon processor and 512meg of ram...no matter the quality


What in THE hell are you talking about?

What do you think I was ripping and editting with 5 years ago?



And scottie255, you are NOT qualified to make any statements about VirtualDub.

[phalkon30]

Originally posted by Krell
What in THE hell are you talking about?

What do you think I was ripping and editting with 5 years ago?
Uh, you lost me dude

[BlueLieu]

I think Krell means to say he started ripping with much less than you have right now and that his equip 5 years ago worked fine.

I have found "random" problems trying to play movies including vid/audio sync problems that appear on one machine but not another. Can't tell if I have a bottleneck in the equip or an old codec.

XviD's a nice idea, sounds like DivX was to be free until it got hijacked. But EVERYONE uses DivX and few use XviD (I suppose it depends on your circle but I don't see it used much). My only hope is that people paying for DivX will create better versions of the codec or a better opensource codec that leaves DivX in the dust.

Do I digress? :fire