Still problem with Divx

[sailani47]

Hi. I am a new member to the group, having recently bought & installed EMC9. Eversince installing it, I am having problem opening Divx AVI files. I can play Divx files using WMP as well as EMC's Media Experience. But Videowave or MyDVD cannot open the Divx files. I have followed the discussion in this forum on the subject and have tried using the procedure in MTolman's post to locate and register DivXDec.ax in the proper directory.

 

Failing that, I also tried jeanrosenfeld's suggestion of changing the registry key at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components\FFE4C516B47ACD044980517CD9521DD0 to point to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Roxio Shared\9.0\DivX\ folder. Still no luck.

 

Would very much apprecite some help or a tip from any member of the forum.

 

I do not mind using somewhat dated Divx codec in EMC so long as it works. The situation right now is that I have:

 

- DivXDec.ax at Windows\system32 directory

- DivXDec.ax at :\Program Files\Common Files\Roxio Shared\9.0\DivX\ folder

- DivXDec.ax registered for both locations in the registry.

 

The environment is:

Windows XP - SP2

Pent 4, 3.0 GHz, 1 GB RAM

[sailani47]

Hello. Seems we both are afflicted with similar problem. Did you try the tip by MTolman : How to Fix both Dvx and EMC9. It just might work in your case. However, it did not in my case.

[MikeN]

Hi,

 

I understand your pain. I've just installed EMC9 and DivX doesn't work properly. I have, or had, DivX 6.3 installed and created several AVI files with Dr DivX2. EMC9 would display them, but crash when trying to render/encode to DVD. Then I discovered that Dr DivX wouldn't work anymore. EMC9 had replaced my 6.3 codec. So I reinstalled 6.3 and now EMC9 crashes when I try to open the same AVI files. Not too good. I think that we're on to a loser here until Roxio produces some fixes.

 

Not only that, but during installation it insisted on removing my Cyberlink PowerCinema, needed for the built-in TV tuner. EMC9 allows capture from the tuner, but its Media Experience hasn't got a TV viewer. So PowerCinema is re-installed.

 

Also, it seems to take ages to open the EMC9 interface. I'm seriously considering going back to EMC8.

 

Mike