Thanks for the reply, Cari. According to www.xvid.org, vers 1.0.3 is the
latest stable version and, yes, I have tried installing it several times.
Additionally, I have another viewer (DivX Player, v2.6) which plays the file
correctly. However, I cannot determine what codec it is using to render the
file nor where its codecs are located. I would assume they are in the
standard C:\WINDOWS\System32 folder.

Any other ideas or suggestions?

Chuck

"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> Did you try the easiest answer.... reinstalling the latest xVid codecs?
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> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Printing & Imaging
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>
> "ChuckyCheez" <ChuckyCheez@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A53E85DB-9A67-4177-8A37-6BB5F5211AF8@microsoft.com...
> > 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?
>
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