WMP ignoring XviD codec

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?

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



"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?

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?
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Printing & Imaging
>
>
>
> "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?
>
>
>

Hello! Is anybody out there? Can anybody answer my question?

Chuck

"ChuckyCheez" wrote:

> 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?
> > --
> > Cari (MS-MVP)
> > Printing & Imaging
> >
> >
> >
> > "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?
> >
> >
> >

I am having a similar problem, I installed the latest xvid codecs and
ffdshow on two boxes, one is a 32bit WinXP the other is 64bit WinXP
Pro.

All my xvid files play fine on the 32bit machine, but the 64 bit box
will not play xvid files. I cant figure this out.

AJS

Problem solved! After reading several other messages related to this
problem, I installed the 'XP Codec Pack' from www.xpcodecpack.com and that
solved the problem. WMP 10 can now play my .AVI files again.

Chuck

"ChuckyCheez" wrote:

> Hello! Is anybody out there? Can anybody answer my question?
>
> Chuck
>
> "ChuckyCheez" wrote:
>
> > 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?
> > > --
> > > Cari (MS-MVP)
> > > Printing & Imaging
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "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?
> > >
> > >
> > >

So, after one downlaods this pack, what does one do with it?

I found 3 .exe files in the folders created by it.

Which one does one use?
How does it enable WMP 10 to play .avi files?
Does it also play DivX files?
Does it work with any other players?

--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au

ChuckyCheez wrote:
> Problem solved! After reading several other messages related to this
> problem, I installed the 'XP Codec Pack' from www.xpcodecpack.com and
> that solved the problem. WMP 10 can now play my .AVI files again.
>
> Chuck
>
> "ChuckyCheez" wrote:
>
>> Hello! Is anybody out there? Can anybody answer my question?
>>
>> Chuck
>>
>> "ChuckyCheez" wrote:
>>
>>> 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? --
>>>> Cari (MS-MVP)
>>>> Printing & Imaging
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "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?