Black images with some movies

trouget · #1 (**permalink**) 21st July 2003

I have experienced some strange behaviour with some divx movies lately: the sound is fine (both sounds for bivx movies) but the image stays black.

I have installed latest build (499) but it makes no difference. I have also tried to switch/disable the overlay mode, RGB YUV stuff but it does not help either.

The movies can be played with the DivX Player 2.0 but then, I cannot switch to the second audio stream nor see the subtitles.

I am still able to play plenty of other movies and there are only a few that exhibit the problem. Some of the movies I can play have been ripped by the same person as those I cannot play so I suppose they are in the same format (divx 5).

Any idea on where to look next?
Thierry.

adicoto · #2 (**permalink**) 21st July 2003

Do you have the latest divx (5.0.5) installed ?

trouget · #3 (**permalink**) 21st July 2003

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Do you have the latest divx (5.0.5) installed ?

Nope, I checked and it is 5.0.2. I will download the new release right away. Is it safe to install the divx codec on top of bsplayer?

trouget · #4 (**permalink**) 21st July 2003

I have installed divx 5.0.5 and it works!!! There must be some nasty bug in 5.0.2.

Many thanks to adicoto for the useful advice.

BSPlayer rules :D

adicoto · #5 (**permalink**) 22nd July 2003

Yes, divx has a nasty problem, supporting new codec movies by an older decoder. So, if you have an older version, if the movie is coded with a newer version that is what is happening.