Shoutbox

I have some AVIs compressed with XVID. The sound plays fine, but the picture just freezes on whatever frame the seeker bar selects. I've Googled this problem and downloaded a tool that supposedly fixes the problem, but it didn't work.

Any ideas?

Edit: This problem also occurs on my housemate's laptop, who I got the vids off.

Edit 2: Changed title to reflect actual problem.

have you tried the VLC player?
do you have the necessary codecs? it seems like a codec issue to me.

I can play other XVID movies, no problem: I have the latest XVID codecs. I haven't tried VLC, but I have tried WinAmp, and I get the same thing.

xvid and divx codecs are different.
download it here
divx.com....

Get XviD here:
http://www.koepi.org/xvid.shtml

(grab the DirectShow filter)

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Originally posted by bto
xvid and divx codecs are different.
download it here
divx.com....

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I know: the problem's with XviD. Thread title changed to reflect that

I think the key to the problem is buffering, I tend to when in opens up in WMP, press stop, wait abit. Then play.

Whats your laptop's spec? Running a lot of programs at the same time? plz include some more info...

Thanks,
Rishi

It's not a laptop, it's a desktop. And it's specced enough to run XviD compressed files, as I have other XviDs that don't suffer from the same problem.
I'll see if it's the buffering thing.
Edit: I'll then try Reaper's idea if I need to.

i had a similar problem. i found out that by totally removing the codec, then resinstalling a fresh copy, whether it be from a codec pack or not made it work.