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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Stealth on March 09, 2004, 05:00:40 pm

Title: DivX Problems - Video and sound sync off
Post by: Stealth on March 09, 2004, 05:00:40 pm

I'm using DivX Player 2.5.2... about halfway through many movies and clips i watch, sound starts moving out of sync from the video.  it starts out just a split second ahead of the video, but after a few minutes, it's 10-20 seconds advanced :D lol ;).  i thought at first it was just bad DivX encoded files, but some of the movies i watched weeks ago and were fine are now having the same problems.  any suggestions?

Title: DivX Problems - Video and sound sync off
Post by: ChronoReverse on March 09, 2004, 05:05:35 pm

Hmm, before you try anything else, have you tried using another player and seeing if the same occurs?

If you don't feel like downloading one, then just goto start->run and type mplayer2 and try that.

We can continue troubleshooting once you're tried that.

Title: DivX Problems - Video and sound sync off
Post by: Stealth on March 09, 2004, 05:08:55 pm

i can't play divx formats in mplayer

Title: DivX Problems - Video and sound sync off
Post by: Gank on March 09, 2004, 05:23:25 pm

I get the same sort of thing if I have a lot of stuff running in the background,  closing everything except the player down usually sorts it out.

Title: DivX Problems - Video and sound sync off
Post by: ChronoReverse on March 09, 2004, 06:03:50 pm

Wait, let me get this straight.  So you have the DivX 5 codec installed, but when you run mplayer2, it _isn't_ able play divx?

Title: DivX Problems - Video and sound sync off
Post by: Stealth on March 09, 2004, 06:37:25 pm

i only have the DivX 5 PLAYER installed.  if you can find me a codec without all the popup and spyware ****, then yeah i'll install that

Title: DivX Problems - Video and sound sync off
Post by: Xelion on March 10, 2004, 04:32:28 am

DivX511+Player (http://www.divx.com) minus all spyware and popup

Title: DivX Problems - Video and sound sync off
Post by: Fury on March 10, 2004, 04:35:36 am

Configuring your system for Media Playback (http://www.inmatrix.com/articles/mediasetup.shtml)

Title: DivX Problems - Video and sound sync off
Post by: Stealth on March 10, 2004, 07:02:22 am

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Originally posted by Xelion
DivX511+Player (http://www.divx.com) minus all spyware and popup

i don't see that.

Mr Fury: thanks

Title: DivX Problems - Video and sound sync off
Post by: Martinus on March 10, 2004, 10:05:23 am

[color=66ff00]Stealth why don't you get one of the codec packs? Try tsunami or the kazaa lite codec packs. You'll be able to watch DivX in Win media player, winamp video or any other decent player you've got.
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Title: DivX Problems - Video and sound sync off
Post by: Fury on March 10, 2004, 10:47:27 am

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Originally posted by Maeglamor
[color=66ff00]Stealth why don't you get one of the codec packs? Try tsunami or the kazaa lite codec packs. You'll be able to watch DivX in Win media player, winamp video or any other decent player you've got.
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Ugh. I strongly advise against it. Codec packs are little devils. Better get only the codecs you need and know they do their job well.

Easier way is not always a good way.

Title: DivX Problems - Video and sound sync off
Post by: ZylonBane on March 10, 2004, 11:04:22 am

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Originally posted by Stealth
i don't see that.

Then you didn't look very hard. Click on the "DIVX" tab at the top, then click on "Standard DivX Codec (FREE)".

Reading comprehension is A-1 SUPAR!

Title: DivX Problems - Video and sound sync off
Post by: ChronoReverse on March 10, 2004, 11:38:58 am

You do realize that the normal version of Divx5 (basic) plays back all divx content and doesn't have the spyware right?  Since you've just installed the player, I'm assuming you don't need the encoding extras that the spyware version brings.

Title: DivX Problems - Video and sound sync off
Post by: Stealth on March 10, 2004, 04:04:18 pm

oh, thanks Zylon, didn't see that.

let me install this and see if the same problem occurs.