hi, I have a movie that is supposed to be xvid and ac3. It came with some programs as well: ac3 filter, ffdshow, vobsub, and the xvid codec. additionally there was a readme that said this: 1.recommend the files play with WMP9 2.install ac3filter decoder Dolby Digital(AC3) 3.install DirectVobSub for plugin subtitles in WMP9 I followed the instructions and tried playing it with media player 9, but the movie would only show 1 picture with the name of the movie and then crash. I then installed ffdshow, after which the movie played, but the video had problems (sound was fine, so i assume the ac3 was not the problem). My guess is that some of my codecs are ruining the movie, so here is a list of the video codecs i have: Cinepak Codec by Radius Indeo codec by Intel Indeo(R) video 5.10 ir41_32.ax iyuv_32.dll Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec Microsoft RLE Codec Microsoft Video 1 Microsoft Windows Media Video 9 VCM msh261.drv msh263.drv msyuv.dll tsbyuv.dll XviD MPEG-4 Video Codec Also, I checked the movie with GSpot just in case. The 4CC was XVID; 4 codecs were said to be capable of processing the format - XviD Codec, XviD decoder, ffdshow decoder, and InterVideo decoder Video Path: (S) --> AVI Splitter --> ffdshow MPEG-4 Video Decoder --> (R) thx for your time
yes!!!!! turns out, the ffdshow that came w/ the movie was outdated.... i uninstalled it and installed the one on your site (much newer version) i just need to get the subtitles to work, but that shouldnt be too hard...
ok everything works now. out of curiosity, are any of my video codecs useless and/or able to interfere with each other? I really do not know much about them...
