Re: wmplayer and xvid: not working after install

I am not suggest you to use WMP but I think there are lots of
solutions on the internet,
you may search search in google or something else.

And you've said that you can still play xvid video well after
uninstalled XviD Codec,
I think is that you've installed DivX or something else that can
decode XviD Video??

On 20/09/05, Daniel Donnelly <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
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> For some reason xvid.org forums are not accepting joiners, so maybe xvid-=
users
> know my symptoms....
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> I've recently built and installed the xvid codec on WinXP and Window Medi=
a
> Player 10 is not using the codec (usual "can't find right codec" error di=
alog)
> to play an xvid video.  Previously I had a divx codec installed and WMP d=
id
> use that to play video I encoded with REVEL, which uses xvid.  What needs=
 to
> be done, or what other info do you need?
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> Also, I plan to insert these videos into a PPT presentation and I've had =
some
> problems with random codecs not being supported through PowerPoint.  How =
can
> this be if PPT uses the same list of codecs everything else does.  Of cou=
rse,
> WMP isn't recognizing some codecs either.  I could be imagining that, but=
 some
> videos that would play under WMP would crash PPT - I though PPT uses a WM=
P
> plugin (?)  There's not a lot of information on how PPT works at that lev=
el
> that I can find.  This is a whole other problem though from the first, bu=
t
> just in case anyone would recognize it.
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> On xvid installation: everything went as it should AFAICT.  xvidcore.dll =
and
> xvidvfw.dll are in system32, instructions that were packaged with the sou=
rce
> code were followed.  I've also checked that the problem still occurs with=
 the
> dll's in the video file's directory.
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> I did have a binary distribution of xvid installed that also did not work=
 with
> WMP, in the same manner.  Before attempting to install xvid and test, I
> removed all other related codecs (all divx, that xvid, etc.) with the win=
dows
> device manager in addition to their uninstall utilities if they came with=
 one.
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> More Details:
> The video file is an AVI made by REVEL by examples/reveltest.cpp.  Here i=
s the
> interesting part: I have videos made by someone else that windows say are
> encoded with xvid (properties), and that also say they're xvid.  WMP play=
s one
> this file perfectly.  To ensure it was *the* xvid codec that I installed =
I
> tried removing xvid through the device manager (and that didn't quite wor=
k
> either...), so instead I just deleted xvidcore/xvidvfw.dll from the syste=
m32
> folder and made sure they're not reappearing.  The xvid video still plays=
!
> That convinces me that it's not a problem with REVEL or the avi it output=
s.
> What's up with that?  I haven't yet tried removing MS MPEG-4 codec (maybe
> there's a conflict?), so I'll try that next.
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> Thanks!
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Casper