[amityville]

Hi everyone. I’m having a problem playing an avi file in the DivX Player 6.4. The video plays but there is no sound. A window pops up saying, “The file contains a track in the Dolby AC3 Audio code “8192” format. You may need to install a Directshow decoder for this audio format."

Does anyone know what I’m supposed to do? I don’t understand what I have to do here. What does it mean? Keep in mind that this is my first time using DivX so I’m lost. If someone could explain it to me I would appreciate it very much. I’ve also tried to use that Gspot program and I don’t understand it either. It doesn’t tell me what I need for this problem(which would help). Is it like this for all videos I’ll play?

Also, when I first open DivX and play this file, the video is all purple/pink, but when I click on the “All videos” box(the square with the lines across it) up in the left hand corner, then click on it again to bring me back to the video, the video IS NOT purple/pink. What is going on?! And I can’t seem to see the whole right side of the Divx player, even when I move the window. Part of the right side of the window just stops. And I can’t make it bigger.

Please help. Thanks.

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[chp]

Hi! You definitely need AC3Filter.
Also, there are better players than DivX Player, I don't know if it can handle ac3, I don't use it. So try Windows Media Player, or Media Player Classic. If the file was encoded with an old DivX codec (or XviD), the DivX player may have problems here as well. FFDShow can decode all of these formats perfectly.
If you need further help, post the GSpot report on the file(s) here.

[amityville]

Wow, thank you! That solved the problem! I was thinking about buying a DivX dvd player but am not sure if I burnt avi files like these ones, would the audio still play? Also, is there anyway to increase the volume? It's up to the maximum and it's about average sound. And do you know why the screen may be purple/pink, but later it isn't? And why I can't see the whole right side of the screen? Thanks again!

[chp]

You're welcome:)
To increase the volume of AC3: go to AC3Filter settings, there you can adjust the master/gain levels.
If you want to buy a standalone DVD Player, just be sure there is a DivX and a Dolby Digital logo on it, and of course see the manual first. Then it should play the audio as well.
The green/purple colours can be caused by inproper decoding (amongst other things like wrong settings of the graphics card). Analyze the videofile with GSpot and see what the fourcc code is, and how is it decoded on your computer. XviD for example can be decoded by XviD decoder and by FFDShow as well. If you see it's decoded by the XviD decoder, try FFDShow and so on.

[fgh]

how do i acces the ac3 settings to increase my volume?

[dariomk]

Hi! You definitely need AC3Filter.
Also, there are better players than DivX Player, I don't know if it can handle ac3, I don't use it. So try Windows Media Player, or Media Player Classic. If the file was encoded with an old DivX codec (or XviD), the DivX player may have problems here as well. FFDShow can decode all of these formats perfectly.
If you need further help, post the GSpot report on the file(s) here.

i have done what you suggested but it seems that this ac3 filter has deleted/disabled my original dvd decoder, could you please help me sort this out as i would rather retrieve my previous decoder than buy a new one....PLEASE help admin!!

[Gray]

What about .mkv files? Do any of these work for it? I've downloaded all of them except for FFDshow now, and none work. Any help?

[asdf]

You need a splitter for .mkv

I suggest you install the K-Lite Codec Pack. That contains everything you need.

[beerbelly06]

thanks chp.. very helpful..