(Please do read the
article if you are unfamiliar with codec's and the "FourCC" codes
that are displayed when WMP can not read a file.)
One such codec that you may need installed on your PC is the
divx codec for windows media player.
As high speed Internet access becomes ever more available to the
masses, so does the ability to share large files with friends and
relatives.
The DivX codec is relatively new codec and is based
on the MPEG-4 compression standard for video.
The DivX codec is one of the best compression technologies for
high-resolution movies. The DivX codec is becoming the standard
for high quality video over IP networks because it hits the sweet spot
between superior visual quality and small file size. With a broadband
connection, you can download a full-length feature film in the time it
takes to have a pizza delivered!
If you have come to this page looking for the DivX codec for
windows media player it is probably because windows media player has given you
a message like:
Unable to render video:
DIVX decompressor not found
The solution is to to install the DivX codec and make sure you also
have the latest versions of DirectX and Windows Media Player
installed.
The DivX download is actually a bundle of the DivX Player 2.1 and the
actual DivX codec you will need to install if you want to
watch movies that have been encoded in DivX.
If you are just going to use windows media player to view the movie
then you probably will not want to install the DivX player.
I personally just installed the codec and now watch DivX movies in
windows media player 9 and 10 - depending on which laptop I am using!
It is also worth pointing out:
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That the codec
version 5.0.5 (and above) will also allow you to watch ALL DivX
movies. e.g. DivX, v3.x, DivX v4.x, DivX v5.x
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Also, if you do not already have DirectX installed on your PC you
will need too!
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You will not be able to watch partial movies, ONLY
completely downloaded DivX movies.
You can get the plain DivX codec for windows media
player
here.
- Currently DivX codec v6.8.0 or higher...