FFDShow makes all XVid AVIs green.

[Rooster6975]

Hi,

Any idea how I can fix this problem? I had Nic's March 30th, 2003 XVid codec and DivX 5.02 installed. I decided to give FFDShow a try. I installed it and it came up with two menu options. Configure and Uninstall. Configure did not bring up a dialog box like some people imply it should.

Instead, I installed Zoomplayer which has a Filter Configuration option. In that dialog box, I selected FFDShow and clicked on the Register button. It said FFDShow successfully registered. Then I was able to get to the FFDShow configuration dialog box, but again, only going through Zoomplayer. I made sure all 3 versions of DivX were selected, as well as XVid.

During playback using any player, all XVid AVIs are solid green. All DivX Avis work just fine. I went back into FFDShow config (again through the Zoomplayer menu options) and deselected XVid from the list of Codecs that the FFDShow filter should replace. All Xvids are now normal again.

Any ideas how to enable Xvid playback with FFDShow so that it is not a green screen? I have already tried uninstalling/reinstalling the Xvid codec, FFDShow and Zoomplayer. Same results every time. Xvid is always green as long as it is selected in FFDShow config.

Thanks,
Rooster

[Rober2D2]

The only aid I can give you is that you should check the use xvid.dll for xvid movies. Anyway your problem is really strange. Maybe more data helps (ie: computer description, operating system, ffdshow version, ...)

[JagPanzer]

Install the latest alpha release. It should solve your problem. ;)

[Rooster6975]

Nic's Xvid codec - xvid.ax and xvid.dll both dated March 30,2003
ffdshow.ax dated 19/04/2002 - (I don't see a version number anywhere)

WinXP SP1
Athlon 1.4 Thunderbird
ABIT KG7-Lite motherboard
512 MBs DDR RAM
Leadtek GForce 3 128MB Ti200
IBM Deskstar 100 GB HD ATA 100
Quantum Fireball 40 GB HD ATA 100
Toshiba SD-M1212 6X DVD drive
LG 8120B 12X CD burner
SB Live 1024
RealMagic Hollywood Plus DVD accelerator card
3COM 3C905TX 10/100 Ethernet card
Logitech Cordless Desktop
Texas Instruments 3 port PCI Firewire card
Epson Stylus Photo 895 printer
DOXPort COM21 cable modem
Netgear RT314 Gateway Cable modem Router

[avih]

what's the resolution of the clips you tried to play?

[Rooster6975]

File Information in Vdub reports :

608*256, 25 FPS
122012 frames
Xvid MPEG-4 codec
1125 key frames

Audio is 2-channel mp3 @ 48K

[CruNcher]

@Rooster6975

look @ your overlay controls maybe you set them to high ? especialy brightness

[ARDA]

ffdshow.ax dated 19/04/2002 - (I don't see a version number anywhere)

Isn't that version too old?

[avih]

hehe, that's my bday. am i too old? ;)

[bilu]

Have you tried forcing colorspaces in ffdshow?

@avih
That's my grandma's birthday too ;)

Bilu

[APF_Gandalf]

I think 19/04/2002 is quite old for FFDshow. I'm not sure it can handle properly GMC, Qpel in Xvid (and maybe B-frames).
I'll suggest to upgrade to latest version on FFDshow Alpha (24/04/2003)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow
I personnally never use FFDshow for Xvid, Nic's stand alone decoder or the basic decoder included with Koepi's builds works just fine for me.

[Rooster6975]

You are right, my codec was quite old. In fact, I had installed the latest April 24th alpha build, but only in a programs directory. I have just realized that I had a previous version of ffdshow.ax installed in the winxp/system32 folder which was obviously taking precedence. Although the installation routine did not detect a previous version, I should have checked for one myself. I copied the more current files from the program folder into winxp/system32 and I no longer get the green screen. As well, I can get to the configuration page directly from the Start menu, which I could not do before.

Since I have never previously deliberately installed ffdshow before, I have to assume it was installed when I was playing around with some codec packs a while ago (Nimo and Tsunami). Serves me right, only install what you need!!

Thanks for the suggestions. Live and learn.....

[Blight]

Adding to my assertion that codec packs are EVIL.

[JagPanzer]

Taken form XviD FAQ, question 16.

You installed the Nimo pack? The Nimo Codec Pack is evil[tm]!

:D