>>IV31 IV32 IV41 IV50: Indeo 3, 4, and 5 Page 1 of 3 1 New: VLC Media Player 1.1.0 now plays Indeo 5. It can also handle Indeo 2 and 3. It can’t play Indeo 4 though. I’ll update the rest of this post when I have time. Quick Update: in the December 2009 updates, Microsoft seems to have disabled Indeo playback (all versions) from Windows Media Player.

Download Addzest Max750hd Manual there. Windows users should still be able to play such files with (very compact and similar interface to WMP) if the codec is properly installed. Quick Solution: Windows Users: 1. Type iv5setup.exe or iv5play.exe in your favorite search engine (we have one copy mirrored ); install, and play with 2.

I have a program that uses a decoder to play videos. Vids:iv50 decompressor I have a program that. Download Center; Sales & support; Returns. IV31 IV32 IV41 IV50. The reg keys do not work for windows 7 x64. Instead you can just download the normal indeo video 5.11 distribution. Vids:IV32 decompressor.

Purchase it from ($15); install, and play with 3. Play the file with QuickTime Player prior to version 7.5.5 * (Windows XP, Vista) (Windows 2000) (Windows 98, Me) (Windows 95) * Additional plugins may be needed for Indeo 4 or 5 playback - see at the end of this post.

Mac Users: Use MPlayer OS X may also need the binary codecs package For older versions of Mac OS (9 and below), see next post. More info: INDEO = INtel viDEO The last free version of the Indeo installation package is 5.11. Version 5.2 (the latest) is pay and sold by, and is sometimes called Indeo XP. The various versions of Indeo are not backwards-compatible with each other (like the DivX’s for example) - they are totally different codecs (meaning Indeo 5 can’t decode 3 nor 4, etc.) Fortunately, most installers will bundle the three most relevant versions (3, 4, and 5).

Intel originally reserved the fourcc’s IV30 all the way to IV50 for its Indeo codecs. IV31, IV32, IV41, and IV50 are probably the only ones you’ll ever encounter. (IV probably stands for Indeo Video.) Indeo 5 is commonly chosen as the default codec to capture video by many webcams.

Indeo 4 and 5 (not 2 nor 3) are two of the rare codecs (commonly used at one time or other) that do not have open-source decoders (in the form of libavcodec) - meaning ffdshow-tryouts and VLC media player can’t decode them. (Credits to for pointing that out) Indeo 4 and 5 (and maybe 3 too) are cross-platform (can be in avi or quicktime container).

Provided the codecs are properly installed, both QuickTime Player and Windows Media Player can play Indeo in either container. Microsoft has included various versions of Indeo in its OS since Windows 95. But when Windows XP SP1 was introduced, they removed Indeo 4 and 5 for unknown reasons. Users with clean installs of Windows XP SP1 were stuck with purchasing it from Ligos if they didn’t know of a better way.

It appears Indeo 4 and 5 have been reintroduced in Windows XP Service Packs 2 and 3 (most likely due to a flood of death threats to Microsoft support from disgruntled users - just kidding); streaming of Indeo files has been disabled however (that is, playing the file as it is downloading). Odd feature - who streams AVI’s anyway? -- UPDATE -- It seems Microsoft pulled all versions of Indeo (3, 4 and 5) altogether from Windows in Vista.

QuickTime for Windows (prior to version 7.5) can play Indeo 3 and 4 automatically, but requires an additional plugin for Indeo 5. If you have QuickTime 5 or 6 and you’re connected to the internet the plugin will download automatically.

If not it can be downloaded manually from here (mirrored on our site ) Extract the zip and move the files to your windows/system (windows 95, 98, me), winnt/system32 (windows nt 4, 2000), or windows/system32 (windows xp, vista 32-bit) folder. If you have QuickTime 7 move the files to the winnt/system32/quicktime (windows nt 4, 2000) or windows/system32/quicktime (windows xp, vista 32-bit) folder. The Indeo 5 plugin works with versions 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 (up to 7.5.0) of QuickTime for Windows. It seems as of QuickTime 7.5 for Windows, Apple pulled the plug on Indeo 4. If you need the Indeo 4 plugin for QuickTime for Windows, get it. Just move the file Indeo4.qtx file into your C: Program Files QuickTime QTSystem folder.