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zaid's avatar

Why won't this divx file play?

Asked by zaid (216points) April 27th, 2008

i just downloaded divx for os x (i’m on leopard). The file still won’t open.

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8 Answers

wildflower's avatar

What application are you trying to open it in and have you tried more than one?

zaid's avatar

DivX for OS X. I have not tried any other app.

wildflower's avatar

Try VLC – it’s a pretty good player for most kinds of media.

zaid's avatar

that worked, thanks. i’d still like to know why divx the app is not working.

iwamoto's avatar

because a .dvix extension is nothing more than a container, so any file can be inside of it

zaid's avatar

ok. but why does it then play in VLC?

iwamoto's avatar

because you’re not reading my anwser…

the file inside the divx. container could be a file that the divX player can’t play, as it is mainly built for .avi’s, let’s say the format inside the divx file is..a Matroska file, an MKV, the divX player doesn’t have the right decoders for that, VLC has…

yes?

zaid's avatar

it plays in VLC because I’m not reading your answer? That’s so weird. How does it know….?

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