Did you try the easiest answer.... reinstalling the latest xVid codecs?
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging



"ChuckyCheez" <ChuckyCheez@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I'm running WinXP Pro SP2.
>
> When I try to play an .AVI file, Windows Media Player, v10.00.00.3646
> reports:
>
> 'Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support
> the file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the
> file.' Error ID = 0xC00D1199, Condition ID = 0x00000000
>
> GSpot, v2.21 reports the file needs '4CC: xvid, Name: XviD' and '2
> compatible codecs installed'. (They are XviD MPEG-4 Codec and XviD MPEG-4
> Video Decoder). Yet when I try to have GSpot render the file, it reports:
>
> 'Rendering failed. DirectShow was unable to render the file. Following
> is
> the error it reported:
>
> 0x80040265: VFW_E_UNSUPPORTED_STREAM - Cannot play back the file. The
> format is unsupported.'
>
> Koepi's XviD, v1.0.3 binary has been installed and there are no other
> competing codecs that I can determine.
>
> What can I do to correct this problem and play .AVI files in Windows Media
> Player?