Need 3.11 alpha divx codec (DIV3)
#1
Hi all, I have a raspbmc build Frodo 12.2 i installed via the windows installer onto my Pi. It work fine and I have purchased both keys. My problem is that XBMC wont play older Divx 3.11 alpha (DIV3) movies I suppose because this codec was not MPEG based. This is a problem for me as most of my star trek vids have been encoded with this. It plays the sound but not the picture. I'm hoping that in a perfect universe i can download a codec and all will be well. Can I do this? or am I dreaming.
Thanks Phil.
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#2
RPi should be able to decode a divx file in software - I assume these are SD resolution?

AFAIK there are no other downloadable codecs for RPi at present.

Can you try it in omxplayer (the native rpi video player) and see what happens?
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#3
DivX3 is not MPEG 4 compliant and can't be played on the Pi. Newer versions of DivX will play.
I'm afraid you'll have to convert the files, or play them on a different platform.
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#4
divx 3.11 work now perfectly (raspbmc on B+)
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#5
(2015-01-20, 09:38)thrymartin Wrote: divx 3.11 work now perfectly (raspbmc on B+)

It doesn't work for me with 16.1 ...

09:28:04 4749.728027 T:1778693040 NOTICE: Creating Demuxer
09:28:04 4749.756348 T:1778693040 DEBUG: Open - probing detected format [avi]
09:28:05 4750.207520 T:1952899072 DEBUG: ------ Window Init (DialogBusy.xml) ------
09:28:05 4750.208008 T:1952899072 DEBUG: Window DialogBusy.xml was already loaded
09:28:05 4750.208008 T:1952899072 DEBUG: Alloc resources: 0.08ms
09:28:05 4750.836426 T:1633641392 DEBUG: Thread Timer 1633641392 terminating
09:28:05 4750.836914 T:1792013232 DEBUG: Thread CECAdapterUpdate 1792013232 terminating
09:28:06 4751.670410 T:1778693040 DEBUG: Open - avformat_find_stream_info starting
09:28:06 4751.670898 T:1778693040 DEBUG: ffmpeg[6A04B3B0]: [avi] parser not found for codec msmpeg4v3, packets or times may be invalid.
09:28:06 4751.731934 T:1778693040 DEBUG: Previous line repeats 1 times.
09:28:06 4751.732422 T:1778693040 DEBUG: Open - av_find_stream_info finished
09:28:06 4751.732910 T:1778693040 INFO: ffmpeg[6A04B3B0]: Input #0, avi, smb://192.168.0.99/depot/-=VID=-/_/AMERICAN BEAUTY (1999)/Mendes - 1999 - AMERICAN BEAUTY (Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening).av':
09:28:06 4751.732910 T:1778693040 INFO: ffmpeg[6A04B3B0]: Duration: 02:01:35.91, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 769 kb/s
09:28:06 4751.733398 T:1778693040 INFO: ffmpeg[6A04B3B0]: Stream #0:0: Video: msmpeg4v3 (DIV3 / 0x33564944), yuv420p, 640x304, 636 kb/s, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 23.98 tbn, 23.98 tbc
09:28:06 4751.733887 T:1778693040 INFO: ffmpeg[6A04B3B0]: Stream #0:1: Audio: mp3 (U[0][0][0] / 0x0055), 44100 Hz, stereo, s16p, 127 kb/s
09:28:06 4751.733887 T:1778693040 DEBUG: CDVDDemuxFFmpeg::AddStream(0, ...) -> 0
09:28:06 4751.734375 T:1778693040 DEBUG: CDVDDemuxFFmpeg::AddStream(1, ...) -> 1
09:28:06 4751.739258 T:1778693040 DEBUG: COMXCoreComponent::Initialize OMX.broadcom.clock input port 80 output port 81 m_handle 0x5e647078
09:28:06 4751.740723 T:1778693040 DEBUG: OMXClock::OMXStop
09:28:06 4751.740723 T:1778693040 DEBUG: OMXClock::OMXSetSpeed(0.000) pause_resume:1
09:28:06 4751.741211 T:1778693040 NOTICE: Opening stream: 0 source: 256
09:28:06 4751.741211 T:1778693040 DEBUG: DllBcm: Using omx system library
09:28:06 4751.741699 T:1778693040 ERROR: COMXVideo::Open : Video codec unknown: 11
09:28:06 4751.741699 T:1778693040 ERROR: OMXPlayerVideo : Error open video output
09:28:06 4751.741699 T:1778693040 WARNING: OpenStream - Unsupported stream 0. Stream disabled.
09:28:06 4751.741699 T:1778693040 NOTICE: Opening stream: 1 source: 256
09:28:06 4751.742676 T:1778693040 NOTICE: Creating audio thread
09:28:06 4751.743164 T:1792013232 DEBUG: Thread OMXPlayerAudio start, auto delete: false
09:28:06 4751.743164 T:1792013232 DEBUG: COMXPlayerAudio - CDVDMsg::PLAYER_STARTED 0
09:28:06 4751.743164 T:1792013232 DEBUG: COMXPlayerAudio - CDVDMsg::GENERAL_SYNCHRONIZE
09:28:06 4751.743652 T:1778693040 NOTICE: Opening stream: 0 source: 1024
09:28:06 4751.750000 T:1778693040 DEBUG: CSMBFile::Open - opened smb://192.168.0.99/depot/-=VID=-/_/AMERICAN BEAUTY (1999)/Mendes - 1999 - AMERICAN BEAUTY (Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening).hr.srt, fd=10001
09:28:06 4751.777344 T:1778693040 DEBUG: CSMBFile::Close closing fd 10001

Anything else I should do?
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#6
(2016-12-11, 12:00)mocarela Wrote: Anything else I should do?

What is distribution and version and Kodi you are using?
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#7
latest xbian... kodi 16.1
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#8
(2016-12-11, 17:54)mocarela Wrote: latest xbian... kodi 16.1

It will work if you manually disable omxplayer and mmal in video acceleration settings.

If either omxplayer and MMAL, or just MMAL are enabled then it should switch to software decode automatically.
It does with OSMC or LibreELEC, but I'm not sure if xbian has the required patches.

Make sure you don't have omxplayer and mmal disabled, as omxplayer doesn't support software decode and disabling MMAL stops the automatic switching.
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#9
10x for the help.
In fact the only combination that does not work in my case is the one I had (i.e. OMXPlayer on, MMAL off) - all others do work. I have enabled them both now. I hope there won't be any bad side effects.
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