avi's won't play in new Win Media?

I followed what telj1r and justinrlee said and installed the divx player and it works awesome! Thanks for the advice, it’s much appreciated.

I installed DivX and then installed the windows critical updates for WMP 6.4 and 10 and then all .avi’s were shown with strips of green and red - obviously this was not a fix for the problem. I had to restore my computer to a previous restore point (removing the updates) and then avi’s are fine.

Justinrlee wrote: This is a super simple fix. I just went through the same problem. all you have to do is download the divx codec. go to divx.com and download the divx codec. its free and will allow you to work. good luck guys

oh my god.. it actually worked! I’ve been online for hours looking for a solution. Absolute brilliance, dude. Thanks!

Okay i’ve done all that was suggested and still no fix. I’m pretty sure it’s one of the windows update but don’t know which one... help a brother out.

Thanks for the fix. DIVX Solved the problem.

n2szeRo, the security update for WMP 10 for Windows XP KB917734 is the one you need to uninstall. Make sure you choose to hide that update so you don’t reinstall it in the future. It causes a problem with bad colour - stips of red and green. If you can’t play avi’s at all then you probably have a codec problem.

I downloaded the Xvid codec pack and the problem got solved. You can get the latest version here;
http://www.xvidmovies.com/codec/

this has happened twice to me, its definately a windows critical update. When i rollback drivers with restore, no issues again.

Like i said, this is a pattern that repeats and i hate it... i’m not sure which update it is, although i will say its less than 2 months old when it first appeared

I had the same problem.“It was my bad” not Microsoft.
This is what i did to fixe the Media Player won’t Play avi’s
I uninstalled the (Xvid codecs (Divx Backwards)) Now everything works perfect.

where is ad or remove software?

The freeware VLC Player plays everything. Just right click your file - click open with VLC player. Done!

Thanks- the divx.com codec download worked for me. Now i see video in addition to sound.

If you use VLC (a free media player that plays many formats and used by schools as well) then you can view your videos.
Unfortunately, this effects me especially as I need to put together a movie for my school project in two days, and I need Windows Movie Maker to recognise visual as well as audio.

If anyone has any suggestions, please reply!

Download this:

http://www.divx.com/divx/windows/download/index.php

It’s the DivX codec that allows Windows Media Player 10 and higher to play .avi files.

chuck V had it right! why aren’t ya’ll listening...“if a file is identified as the src attribute in an element and the .avi file is in the same directory or subdirectory, everything is OK. But when the .avi is in a sibling directory or the parent directory, and the path in the src attribute is changed accordingly, the WMP window only displays the controls, no video." Soooooo.... just move the file to a different folder. Problem solved EVERY time.

Yup that DivX Codec worked!!!

Cant see the movie tried to with new codecs.
same massage everytime

Cannot render the file.
DVDRip.Xvi D-aXXo AVI-File.

does the divX work on vista?

thanks telj1r that domnload worked chears mate http://www.divx.com/divx/windows/download/index.php

Hey guys, are you still having problems? Go to this site and download the codecs:

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/AVI_Codec_Pack.htm

AFter you install, it should work