Xvid playback crash (MSDOS windows popup)

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I can play anything except Xvids - it’s weird. I install the codec, and when I run a movie (Media Player, Divx player, any player) it tries to open - then a small black box pops up (looks like an MSDOS window with no text) then the player and the little black box closes and that’s it. XP doesn' crash but I can’t run the file for anything. I tried several different Xvid clips - all the same thing.

A side question: I was looking at the different Xvid codec packs that are linked on these forums and installed a couple on a test system and I noticed that they install a program folder and you can run it from start\programs - but they don’t show up in the device manager>Video Codecs. Is that right? Are they TSR’s?

Thanks a bunch!

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Oh, I forgot. The codec packs that don’t show up in Device manager once installed are:
Codecs6022_allin1.zip
Matroska_Pack_Full_v1.1.1.exe

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labish

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6022 is old get a new one from here:http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Codec_Pack_All_in_1.htm and if no luck after update try the wizard from here:http://www.afreecodec.com/codecwizard/

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You were right!!!! I installed the newer version, and selected the FFshow instead of the Xvid/Divx dlls. It’s perfect!

Thanks a bunch!