DivX is the world's most popular video compression technology (Video compression codec), DivX is a high performance video plug-in which lets you create and watch high-quality movies and video using your Windows Media Player or a number of other media players available on the internet. We have some free media players as well as the divx codec available for free download on our Software Page.
What are the minimum Hardware Requirements for playing DivX Movies?
DivX movies can these days be played back on any modern machine, we recommend a minimum Pentium 350MHz running Windows 9X/NT/2000/XP, but slow machines such as this are likely to encounter problems with skipping and delays in the video stream. For AMD K6/K6-2 computers we recommend that the minimum is higher and at least an AMD K6-2 400MHz for proper playback.
Lately however there have been additional codecs used for encoding DivX Movies, such as SMR, XVid, etc... When additional codecs and compression technologies are used to compress and enhance the visual quality of DivX Movies, faster machines are required in order to keep up with decompression of such video streams.
DivX movies won't play and I don't know why.
This can happen for many reasons, the most common reason that downloaded movies don't work is because the download is incomplete. One way of solving this is to use a better media player such as the VLC Player we have available on our Software Page, this media player will allow you to play unfinished and even damaged DivX movies.
I hear Audio but do not see any Video when trying to watch a movie.
This problem occurs when you try to watch a movie and the video player you are using is unable to find the needed video codec.
One way of fixing this is to have all current video codecs installed on your system, a codec pack containing all necessary codecs can be downloaded for free from our Software Page, if you still experience problems, please don't hesitate to contact us for prompt free support!
Picture and sound is having problems with skipping
The reason for this is most likely that your computer isn't fast enough to play DivX movies.You can try to use an older version of the DivX codec as this will put less strain on your system. If that doesn't work, try BSPlayer as it uses considerably less CPU and memory than Windows Media Player.
Error messages Windows Media Player may display:
Unable to download an appropriate decompressor
This error occurs when you try to watch a movie and Windows Media Player is unable to find the needed video codec. You might be able to listen to the sound but no video is shown. This either means that you haven't got the required video codec installed or that the installed codec isn't working properly.
Unable to render video: DIV3 decompressor not found
This error occurs when you try to watch a movie and Windows Media Player is unable to find the needed video codec. In order to play the movie you need to install the DivX codec which contains a DIV3 decompressor.
Unable to render video: DIV4 decompressor not found
This error also occurs when you try to watch a movie and Windows Media Player is unable to find the needed video codec. In order to play the movie you need to install the DivX codec which contains a DIV4 decompressor.
Unable to render video: DIVX decompressor not found
This error occurs when you try to watch a movie and Windows Media Player is unable to find the needed video codec. In order to play the movie you need to install the DivX codec which contains a DIVX decompressor.
Unable to render video: DX50 decompressor not found
This error occurs when you try to watch a movie and Windows Media Player is unable to find the needed video codec. In order to play the movie you need to install the DivX codec which contains a DX50 decompressor.
Unable to render video: MP43 decompressor not found
This error occurs when you try to watch a movie and Windows Media Player is unable to find the needed video codec. In order to play the movie you need to install the SMR codec which contains a MP43 decompressor.
Unable to render video: XVID decompressor not found
This error occurs when you try to watch a movie and Windows Media Player is unable to find the needed video codec. In order to play the movie you need to install the XviD codec which contains a XVID decompressor.
No combination of filters could be found to render the stream
This error occurs when you try to watch a movie and Windows Media Player is unable to render the video stream. The DivX movie that you are trying to play is either incomplete or corrupt and the DivX codec doesn't support playback of incomplete DivX movies, so make sure that you have the whole file before you try to watch it.
The file format is invalid
This error occurs when you try to watch a movie and Windows Media Player detects that the file format is invalid. The DivX movie that you are trying to play is either incomplete or corrupt and the DivX codec doesn't support playback of incomplete DivX movies, so make sure that you have the whole file before you try to watch it.