playing xvid files

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mrutterson

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I just downloaded an xvid file and it won't play on anything - VLC, quicktime, wmp, etc.
I have the xvid codecs and tried a few others but nothing seems to work. Can anyone help?
 
Maybe you ought to tell us exactly which of the "xvid codecs" you have. Also, it would not hurt to give us the version of QuickTime you are running. Here, I am assuming that you are running MacOS X because you certainly didn't even make it clear that you are using a Mac.
 
If even VLC can't play it, I imagine it is either not really using Xvid (maybe it has WMV3), is compressed (maybe in a rar), or is corrupt.

But it's hard to say without more details. What is the type of the file? (avi, wmv, mkv, ogm, mp4...?) And what is the exact response you get from QuickTime Player and VLC? (Lack of audio, lack of video, crash, error dialog...?) Please be specific.
 
thanks for replying, i figured out why it wasn't working. I had downloaded two files because one wasn't working, but did it to 2 separate locations. I was trying to play a dead file... how's that for a frustrating novice mistake, ha ha. Oh well, that's how we learn.
 
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