WMP10 crashes after KB888656 patch - divxdec.ax

[fl0]

I applied to my XP SP2 the infamous "FIX: Update to enable DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) of Windows Media Video content in Windows Media Player 10" ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888656 ) patch and now after the patch Windows Media Player 10 crashes when I open divx movies. Also before the crash (when use slider to jump in time) there are problems with colors.

AppName: wmplayer.exe AppVer: 10.0.0.3802 ModName: divxdec.ax

I have DivX 6 installed and XviD movies seems unaffected (XviD CODEC installed too).

Is this a known problem and/or is there any fix for the problem ?

Thanks in advance.

Quick Spec:

XP SP2
P4 HT
6600 GT - Forceware 77.72 Official

[xDrJx]

thats why I'm still with SP1 and avoiding wmv ;)

[Sharktooth]

fl0: What decoder you use for XVID movies? divx, xvid, ffdshow... ? also what's your videocard and what's the drivers version? Is divx decoder updated to the latest version? have you installed any EVIL codec pack?

xDrJx: SP1? you should be crazy... there are NO valid reasons to not update to SP2. Paranoia is still not a valid option...

EDIT: sorry didn notice your spec were already there:)

[Taurus]

@fl0
Maybe you should switch back to an older Nvidia Forceware driver pack.
The 77.72 Edition is somehow buggy as reported in different forums.
Last good one 71.**. Dont know the exect timestamp and number.
Just a hint.

Taurus

[xDrJx]

SP1? you should be crazy... there are NO valid reasons to not update to SP2. Paranoia is still not a valid option...

worx fine 4 me, and if it worx, don't fix it :D

[jggimi]

Moved to S/W Players forum -- there may be more general help for WMP here; the replies in the DivX forum had gone OT.

[SeeMoreDigital]

Works fine for me also...

Which version of DivX's divxdec.ax do you have installed? Mine is 6.0.0.1571.

And... are you sure your problems are not DivXMedia.ax related?

Cheers

[Aquila76]

Apparently this is an issue with the MS patch to enable DXVA WMV-HD HW acceleration. I have the same exact problem with WMP10 regardless of what nVidia driver or DivX level I used. I started a thread on AnandTech and the only workaround found is to use ffdShow and 'hardcode' DivX to use Overlay Mode instead of High Quality Mode (VMR) in WMP10.

Link: DivX files not playing back correctly in WMP10 (http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=31&threadid=1656928)

[FFWD]

Sorry for the bump, but you might want to read this :
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=9792