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XVID CODEC NEEDED To Play Videos

Anonymous
2014-10-29T12:15:16+00:00

I have a few movies on my computer that all of a sudden require installing the xvid codec---however, the xvid codec is Already installed---and, my movies won't play in ANY media player (wmp, vlc)...

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-10-29T13:29:23+00:00

    To be clear: I said System Restore, not reset or refresh.  System Restore would just roll back system changes to a date when you said things were working, if such a restore point is available.  Unless you have made a lot of major changes to your system (your personal files should remain as they are right now) then this would be hardly noticeable (other than, perhaps, restoring the ability you said you once had to play these files on this particular computer.)

    However, because of the way System Restore and restore points work, you have limited time to try this easy and non-invasive solution - as the restore point you need (yesterday?  Day before that?) will disappear soon and that option will be gone.

    i have hundreds of different types of video files and have had no trouble playing them on Windows XP, 7, 8.1 or 10 TP as well as OS X of various versions and Linux of varying distributions... If this ONE system was working and suddenly stopped, if the amount of time between working and now is short enough, a system restore is non-destructive and could undo whatever change happened that made the playback stop working without much effort.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-11-14T04:24:05+00:00

    Factual.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-11-14T03:27:28+00:00

    not helpful

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-10-29T13:13:20+00:00

    Yes- the videos work on other computers. 

    No- I have Not tried a system restore, yet.

    I am waiting, and hoping that Microsoft will come up with a fix in the tech preview, OR, I will wait until the actual Windows 10 comes out and see if these videos play on that OS.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-10-29T13:00:55+00:00

    Being a 'sudden' occurrence - two things come to my mind:

    1. do the videos in question work on other computers?
    2. have you tried a system restore to a date when everything was working?

    If they are not working in VLC, I'd question the video integrity before the system.  :-)

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