DivX / audio codec question
 

tryin to play a file in WMP and didn't get sound so I tried DivX Player 2.5 (all DivX is up date, I think) and it told me:

File contains the following data:

Audio data: Tag 353

and it said I can either not play it or play it without sound, which defeats the bloody point of illegally downloaded media, ya think?

Now I have alot of codecs (xvid, rm, divx, SVCD) on here but I ain't never seen one that said "Tag 353". What codec is that? Is that an error message? I did a google search on Audio data Tag 353 and I got random search engines that were about as useful as toilet paper in a monkey cage.

So yeah, Audio data: Tag 353. Whats up with that, yo?

Download a software called GSpot that tells you exactly what codec you need. In all likelihood, it's the AC3 Filter. Everyone who I've ever helped with this has ended up needing that software.

EDIT: http://www.headbands.com/gspot/

I just downloaded that about two weeks ago. I can't find the link now but try this one in case the first one doesn't work :

http://www.argon-soft.com/Download/...vx_311alpha.zip

Re: DivX / audio codec question
 

That's the DivX Audio codec, you get it with 3.11 I think (as Miss Junebug has linked for you). DivX 5 isn't an upgrade to 3.11 necessarily, so you may need both

Divx 5 supports 3.11 video decoding, and it's an upgrade to it. But on divx sound, it doesn't as it's supported no more.

Well it's not an upgrade, it's a complete rewrite since 3.11 was illegal and all, so it's not 100% compatible. You can go to nimo.titanesk.com and download the lite codec pack if you want, just uncheck everything except the DivX audio when you install.

but 3.11a and 4 never existed ;)

if I throw on an old 3.11 audio codec will that overwrite or otherwise mess up my 5.whatever new codec?

It shouldn't.

Installing 5 actually uninstalls 3.11, probably as some kind of 'whoa dude' measure, but you can install 3.11 after 5 and you'll get both codecs (3.11 is basically still better for decoding 3.11 stuff than 5). But we're talking about audio codecs here, it won't replace anything - it's an additional one