Funny video player problem...

[Mirc]

I have absolutely no idea what happened in my computer, but I was watching a movie 2 days ago and I had something to do, so I decided to watch the rest of it the day after.

Then when I opened the same movie with the same player yesterday, it was upside-down. Then I tried with every single player I had (I even downloaded 2 new ones). Same, it was upside down.

Today, when I wanted to try again, it won't play anything at all. Every single video player gives me the message "Error! xvidcore.dll not found" and goes non-responsive, or starts giving me this error over and over again until I forcefully close the program from the Task Manager.

Now I can't watch anything on my computer, and I have absolutely no idea what's wrong with it and what changed since it last worked. I'm perfectly aware what a .dll file is, what is its purpose and why programs can't work with missing .dlls. But what can I do about it? And just for curiosity, how did the file simply disappear (assuming it disappeared)?

It's really annoying, I would appreciate any help. Thanks.

 

[Mulholland]

You could try a system restore to the point before you first started having trouble. If that fails and you have the Windows CD you could try a repair install. That might overwrite the missing or corrupted directory file. You also might want to scan your comp for viruses with an updated virus scan just to be safe.

 

[Rheinmetall]

xvidcore.dll is part of the xvid codec. Try reinstalling the codec and try again.

 

[Mirc]

Thanks!! It works perfectly now!

The interesting thing is that I've never had the XVid installed before though...

 

[Genocidicbunny]

On a similar topic ( well, only somewhat ). If you ever have problems playing movies or videos, try installing the K-Lite codec pack.

 

[Rheinmetall]

Thanks!! It works perfectly now!

The interesting thing is that I've never had the XVid installed before though...

The file may have been in another codec pack you've installed earlier.