DIV3 files don't play in hardware DivX player, but XVID does

nupur

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hi i have this videocon dvd77s4 divx dvd player that plays movies with xvid codec fine, but it doesnt play div3... i tried changing the fourcc code to xvid but that didnt work ..any other suggestions?

- nupur.

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That’s really odd. In theory DivX-certified players should be able to play DivX 3-encoded material. (See http://www.divx.com/certification)
Check your player is listed on the official list of certified products: http://www.divx.com/hardware/certified/products.php

Can the file play fine on your PC though? Is the file truncated? (The easy way to check is to feed it into gspot http://www.headbands.com/gspot and click on stat)

How about changing the fourcc to DX50/DIVX?

If all else fails, just re-encode the file in DivX (5 or 6) using VirtualDub.