DivX Web Player will not install in Chrome

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DivX Web Player will not install in Chrome

Hey,

I hope this is the correct forum, if not, if someone would redirect me I would appreciate it.

I can't get gifs to play in chrome. They work fine in Safari and firefox. I keep getting this error message: "DivX Web Player is required to display some elements on this page."

I have downloaded and installed DivX repeatedly, rebooted repeatedly, still get same problem.

Problem started after my latest OS upgrade.

I'm running:

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Model Name: MacBook Pro

Model Identifier: MacBookPro4,1

Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo

Processor Speed: 2.5 GHz

OS X Yosemite

Ver 10.10.1

Chrome

Version 39.0.2171.95 (64-bit)

I apologize for jamming everthing out here in the middle, but when I pasted my info from TextEdit, it inexplicably pushed most of it

off the page to the left and the only way to fix it was by centering the text. Another weird thing this Mac does.

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Model Name: Mac.

Model Name: MacBo

ok Pro

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Chrom Chrome Version 39.0.2171.95 (64-bit)

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8), 2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4 GB 667 MHz DR2 SDRAM

Posted on Dec 30, 2014 5:53 AM

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Answer 1

Allan Jones

Level 9

68,696 points

Dec 30, 2014 11:02 AM in response to melyob

If a site offering a movie or other media free that is otherwise a "pay-for-it" product and they gave you the link to download a player, they likely gave you a non-working version of DIxV along with some malware/adware that will nton make your Mac happy.

The first thing to try is getting DivX directly from their official web site:

http://www.divx.com

If that gets the movie playing, you'll need to check for malware the other download may have injected. The easiest way is with this tool developed by one of our most valued contributors here:

http://www.adwaremedic.com/index.php

It will politely remove most serious adware/malware that is commonly injected from "free" media sites.

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Answer 2

melyob Author

Level 1

8 points

Dec 31, 2014 12:49 PM in response to Allan Jones

Allen,

Thanks for the help. I got the error message from Chrome while trying to view a gif on 9 Gag, and downloaded it from there. They don't sell anything, but I'll try your link first.

Thanks

MIke

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Answer 3

melyob Author

Level 1

8 points

Dec 31, 2014 1:28 PM in response to Allan Jones

Allan,

That was the same download I've already tried. Still no luck.

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Answer 4

Jan 6, 2015 11:58 AM in response to melyob

I had the same issue. I figured out how to fix it though..

Download the DiVXInstaller Package, but don't run it yet.
Go to Chrome > Preferences > Extensions (left side menu)
Navigate till you see the DiVX Extension, and click on the bin icon to delete it completely.
Close Chrome by right clicking on icon and quitting it.
Run the installer as usual.
Open Chrome, and open 9gag again(or any other site that needs DiVX). You should see no more DiVX related errors.
Sit back and enjoy those memes.. 🙂

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