If the updated VLC still failed to play the Xvid files, you can try the methods in the following part. You can either install the latest VLC version from the official VLC website or update your current VLC to the newest version (Open VLC > “ Help” > “ Check for Updates…”) to get the full VLC codec pack. Such error is probably caused by outdated VLC versions.

After you download the installer package, double click on the file to begin the install process. Download the installer package from the VLC download page for Windows. However, you may sometimes encounter VLC not playing Xvid encoded files issue. Step 0: Download and launch the installer. Install the VLC media player using the vlc-3.0.11.1. It will downloads directly to our Downloads folder as an DMG image file named vlc-3.0.11.1.dmg. It’s an orange button on the right side of the page. Click on the Download VLC button to start downloading the VLC media player installation file.

Usually, VLC can play Xvid files without any additional software. Type in your computer’s web browser or click above for direct access. Xvid encoded videos can be decoded with all ASP-compliant decoders and players, such as the libavcodec-based VLC Media Player. Video encoded with Xvid is MPEG-4 ASP video, and it is mainly stored in the AVI container. Xvid (formerly 'XviD') is not a video container format like MP4, but a video compression format (codec) for compressing video to and decompressing video from the MPEG-4 Advanced Simple Profile (ASP) format. VLC Media Player is a swiss army knife for playing video files, audio file, DVDs, network streams and more.

Vlc media player installation steps