Watching DivX movies without installing codecs..

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evil204

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I want to be able to watch some DivX or Xvid movies on the computers at my college, but they don't allow anything to be installed on them. I know VLC Media Player is a standalone player that should work without me having to install any codecs separately, but will I be able to use it without actually installing it, if I copied all of its files from the Program Files folder on my machine over to the college one?
If this won't work, is there another way?

Thanks
 
Typically no, that won't work. You can take a chance on using Media Player Classic; in the past, for whatever reason, I've been able to play DivX or XviD encoded clips with just MPC immediately after a fresh install of Windows XP SP2 and that's without any codecs installed. I don't know why it works - I do know that MPC can decode MPEG1 and MPEG2 natively as long as it's not encrypted - but for some reason it was playing DivX/XviD content as well.

If you're gunning for a codec to play files, the best codec overall is FFDShow - this one codec can play back almost any media format currently floating around save for QuickTime and Real formats. Anything else, including all DivX, XviD, 3vxx, h.264, etc... FFDShow can handle most anything.

That's the one to aim for...
 
Check out http://portableapps.com/

They are a site for running apps off like a jump drive or ipod. They have a portable version of vlc that can be run from a usb disk. There are some other sites like this one but I can't think of them off the top of my head. Had to search around for this as it has been a while since I read about it.
 
Yeah, MPC is just a single .exe file with tons and tons of features, sorta like VLC. I've tried VLC in the past and, well, personal preference is that I just don't like it. MPC is basically WMP 6.4 - but it's not. It's a completely open source "clone" of WMP 6.4 which was probably the most efficient version of WMP that ever existed.

It's not a question of finding a portable player; those are all over the place and easy to use.

The question is getting DivX/XviD/etc codec support because he won't be able to install those codecs on the computers at school.

That's where the real fun begins...
 
VLC Portable (Or even the standalone VLC) will work fine. This is how I play Divx/Xvid at work.
 
Ok, now I feel ignorant since I've never heard of that one before, but I just tried it and I gotta say I'm damned impressed with it. Could be my new media player for videos... thanks for the heads up.
 
rulesplayer and kliper are also based on mplayer and work just as good as mpui
 
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