Audio okay with ".divx" but disappears if renamed to ".AVI"

Submitted by Chris Young on Sat, 11/14/2009 - 15:11

I'm running a brand-new Windows 7 64-bit machine with a brand-new DivX Pro installation does download a couple of days ago. If I create a file using home theater profile and regular MP3 audio using TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress I get a my_video.DivX file that plays just fine under Windows media player on Windows 7 64-bit. If I rename that file so that the extension is ".avi" and try to play it I get no audio. If I play the exact same renamed ".avi" file on my old Windows XP system it plays just fine with audio and video both.

I realize you guys want to protect your brand that I've always been able to use ".AVI" extensions on your files in the past. I don't know if this is a codec problem or a Windows media player problem or what it is. But it's going to be a hassle.

Is this a bug or a "feature"?

Bumping this thread for

Submitted by somnang on Tue, 11/24/2009 - 00:41.

Bumping this thread for updates. I have a very similar issues. But not going to mention and high-jack the thread.

Follow-up to my previous

Submitted by Chris Young on Thu, 11/19/2009 - 10:28.

Follow-up to my previous post...

I tried uninstalling DivX 7 and reinstalling version 6. The problem remains the same. If I create a.DivX file it will play okay with either the DivX player or with Windows media player on Windows 7 64-bit. If I rename the file with a ".AVI" extension when I try to play it with Windows Media Player in Windows 7 64-bit I get no audio.

By the way the same file plays okay on a Windows XP machine using Windows media player.

Tech Preview

Submitted by porfitron on Thu, 11/19/2009 - 10:56.

Did you opt in on installing the DivX Plus Tech Preview: MKV on Windows 7? Windows 7 prioritizes decoders differently than in previous versions of windows, and although Windows 7 includes vanilla MPEG-4 support, our Tech Preview extends support of DivX files so they are decoded properly with the latest media framework (Microsoft Media Foundation vs. DirectShow).

More info is here:
http://www.divx.com/en/windows-7

Please let us know whether or not you're experience this issue with the Tech Preview installed so we know how to better isolate the issue.

Having the exact same issue

Submitted by NoThomas on Thu, 12/03/2009 - 18:50.

and yes experience same issue with the tech preview. I did not want to hijack the thread but I did want to share I have the exact same issue.