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Joe - 11 Jan 2007 18:07 GMT

I have RTM version of Vista - whenever I try to import an Divx/AVI file - it crashes and kicks me out. RC2 did as well and I have tried 2 machines at home and a high end Dell at work - all three fail on different Divx files.

Is my problem because of Divx - does it only support the other type .AVI files?

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Tim Mackey - 12 Jan 2007 10:56 GMT

are you using windows media player? did you install the divx codec?
AVI videos should have no problem playing in WMP 11 (vista RTM) and Media
Center if you install the codec.

tim

I have RTM version of Vista - whenever I try to import an Divx/AVI file - it
crashes and kicks me out. RC2 did as well and I have tried 2 machines at
home and a high end Dell at work - all three fail on different Divx files.

Is my problem because of Divx - does it only support the other type .AVI
files?

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Joe - 16 Jan 2007 17:13 GMT

My bad - I missed sharing one important thing - I don't have problem viewing
them - it's in Windows Movie Maker that it bombs...

> are you using windows media player? did you install the divx codec?
> AVI videos should have no problem playing in WMP 11 (vista RTM) and Media
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> Is my problem because of Divx - does it only support the other type .AVI
> files?

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Richard Urban - 15 Jan 2007 05:40 GMT

You must install the Divx codecs onto your computer. I watch Divx
frequently. No problem at all.

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I have RTM version of Vista - whenever I try to import an Divx/AVI file - it
crashes and kicks me out. RC2 did as well and I have tried 2 machines at
home and a high end Dell at work - all three fail on different Divx files.

Is my problem because of Divx - does it only support the other type .AVI
files?

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Eck - 17 Jan 2007 19:24 GMT

I suggest that when you do install the latest DivX codec from divx.com, you
uncheck everything except the DivX codec. That has worked fine for me in
Windows Media Player, and when giving it permission to check for updates the
first time it asks it will run a DivX icon in the system tray where you can
select other options.

I don't install the rest of it at this point because the last time I tried
the Player installation caused Vista to not be able to boot without choosing
Last Known Good Configuration. So I don't think the Player or the other
stuff like the web player are compatible with Vista as of yet.

But DivX, AVI play fine in Windows Media Player with just the codec
installed. When DivX is updated for Vista we can then install the whole
package.

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> You must install the Divx codecs onto your computer. I watch Divx
> frequently. No problem at all.
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> Is my problem because of Divx - does it only support the other type .AVI
> files?

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Jules - 27 Feb 2007 13:33 GMT

i used divx on my old dell with XP fine, now i have vista running on a new
vaio, downloading Divx has cause media center to crash all the time......it
appears from other forums to be when the tile searches for the image to
present for the file. Media Player will work fine.....as a perfectionist i
need all the programmes to work properly and i have found after many lost
hours that Xvid does the trick.

My only problem now is that i used to burn CD-Rs with a movie in AVI. format
and watch on my DivX compatible home DVD player, now the player wont accept
the content on the disc?!?!?!? it will if i convert the AVI to DVD
format....one more process!!!! hope this helps....

> I suggest that when you do install the latest DivX codec from divx.com, you
> uncheck everything except the DivX codec. That has worked fine for me in
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> > Is my problem because of Divx - does it only support the other type .AVI
> > files?

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Dana Cline - MVP - 27 Feb 2007 14:01 GMT

Try the FFDSHOW codec - it seems to have the most stable DivX...and I think
the latest version does Vista.

Dana Cline - MCE MVP

>i used divx on my old dell with XP fine, now i have vista running on a new
> vaio, downloading Divx has cause media center to crash all the
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>> > .AVI
>> > files?

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