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How to play files encoded with DivX?

Postby Sarah123 » 06 Dec 2010 00:55

Hi all,

I just did a clean install of Windows XP Home and I've installed VLC 1.1.5. On the homepage it says VLC can play files encoded with DIvX, so I don't know why this one won't work. It plays but it looks like the colours are misaligned. Do I need to adjust a setting somewhere?

Here's the MediaInfo (sorry for the poor formatting):

Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 701 MiB
Duration : 2h 4mn
Overall bit rate : 787 Kbps
Writing application : VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.1 (build 2366/release)
Writing library : VirtualDubMod build 2366/release

Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Advanced Simple@L5
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Codec ID : DX50
Codec ID/Hint : DivX 5
Duration : 2h 4mn
Bit rate : 682 Kbps
Width : 632 pixels
Height : 258 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.450
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.174
Stream size : 608 MiB (87%)
Writing library : XviD 1.0.3 (UTC 2004-12-20)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Codec ID : 55
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 2h 4mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 96.0 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 85.5 MiB (12%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 42 ms (1.00 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration : 504 ms

Thanks a lot if you can offer any advice! :D

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Re: How to play files encoded with DivX?

Postby VLC_help » 06 Dec 2010 20:37


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Re: How to play files encoded with DivX?

Postby Sarah123 » 07 Dec 2010 02:50

Thank you!! OpenGL output worked for the DivX. And switching off Accelerated video output/Overlay video output made mp4 files work correctly. :D Thanks for not making me have to download a load of trashy codecs. :lol:

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Re: How to play files encoded with DivX?

Postby Jenal » 07 Dec 2010 08:04

Thank you very much, with DivX it works excellent!


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