[MEncoder-users] Re: XviD compress avi doesn't play on windows

[phil.oleynik]

Florian Schulze wrote:

> On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 16:42:14 +0300, Phil Oleynik 
> <Phil.Oleynik at mail.ioffe.ru> wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> First, try to look into that file with usual viewer, to see header. 
>> If there is a "xvid" or "XVID" line.
>> If it IS there - look if some weird thing are in header - huge zero 
>> fields or so.
>> If nothing helps - try to use XviD w/o custom matrices and see if it 
>> solves the problem. Maybe, quality
>> will satisfy you.
>> Also you may try to encode video w/o sound. If it works - merge sound 
>> and video in Windows using VirtualDub!
>>
>> Phil
>
>
> Nothing of this helped :( The header looks ok and using different 
> encoding options change nothing.
>
Hi, I am not a good Windows-helper, but I may recomment to remove
DivX and XviD BOTH, if you have ffdshow, remove it also.
Then reboot and try to play video.
Nothing should happen, an error message should popup.
Then install ffdshow and REBOOT. Then try to play again.
I strongly not recommend WMP. Light Alloy, BSplayer, Crystal Player - 
they all are much better.

Good Luck!
Phil