Divx CODECS

[evilseed]

Ok I downloaded a ton of DIVX files off of "Morpheus" the file sharing util for windows..

When I goto play any of these files.. its completely black all the way through.. no sound.. no video.. but it counts like its playing..
I know i have all these files completely downloaded..
I installed divx4 codec and players.. and same result..

I also installed the divx3.11 codec after that... and still the same..

What is going on?
IS there other codecs?

[Rewandythal]

**** knows... I had a load of info about DivX a while ago... now where did it go...

Have you tried www.divx.com, downloaded some of the codecs from there?

[Matty_Cross]

hey evilseed...

What are you using to play the files?
I knw that when I try to play Divx's using Windows media player, I get a lot of them not working properly, either by horrible sound, no sound, or its too dark to see or the movie just stops moving, but the counter continues...

However, when I use Tha Playa to watch them, there is no problem whatsoever.....
Give Tha Playa a go, unless your already using it, and then I just have no idea.. I'm not a media person....

[bAgZ]

You can try using Creative Lava player. It plays all the videos without any problems... Dont use Media Player its crap...

[evilseed]

Originally posted by Matty Cross
hey evilseed...

What are you using to play the files?
I knw that when I try to play Divx's using Windows media player, I get a lot of them not working properly, either by horrible sound, no sound, or its too dark to see or the movie just stops moving, but the counter continues...

However, when I use Tha Playa to watch them, there is no problem whatsoever.....
Give Tha Playa a go, unless your already using it, and then I just have no idea.. I'm not a media person....

I tried that.. it comes with divx4

[Matty_Cross]

When I installed The Playa, I'm pretty certain I got an option to use the 3x codec to play one 3x files, and the 4x codec for 4x files...
I chose to do this, as I read on their site a while back that they were having a bit of trouble getting the compatibility working properly...

Try uninstalling and reinstalling the codec...

unless I misunderstood your reply, which is highly likely...

[uraloony]

Everyone is dumping on Windows Media Player. I don't know why. I use windows media player 6.4 with the DivX 4.02 codec and everything is smooth.

(CAUTION: Don't get any version above 6.4 cause it runs real slow.) If you have already installed a higher version, there is a trick I learned to help with the bad speed of WMP 7 and higher. If there is any interest, reply to this post and I will tell you.

As for The Playa, I used it and it sucked. It kept stopping the movies, caused my hard drive to go into endless grinds, and kept locking up the entire system.

[Matty_Cross]

I've never had one problem with Tha Playa...

Could you tell me the trick, as one of my friends insists on installing the latest version on my computers when I lend them to him, even though I specifically say no...