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Solution: DivX Web player error 403 after update to 1.4.

December 24, 2007 mrgnome Leave a comment Go to comments

Edit: STAGE6 IS SHUT DOWN. This means that all videos supposed to be streaming from stage6.com are not working. This is not a player error, and unfortunately cannot be fixed in this manner. However the divx-player is used on other sites as well, and is not affected by the stage6 shutdown. More here

If you use DivX Web player you might have noticed that some embedded files from other pages don’t work anymore after the 1.4 upgrade.

I don’t know why this is, but the solution is to download version 1.3 of the Divx Web Player and not update it.

Download Divx Web Player 1.3 HERE (oldversion.com)

…oh and it would be cool if you left me a comment if this works for you so I know,

Thanx, and happy holidays :)

Edit: [Not really currently appropriate greeting but I'm sure there is a holiday somewhere right now...]


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  1. Brian
    December 27, 2007 at 3:37 am | #1
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    DUDE YOU ARE A FUCKNG GOD! I HAVE SEARCHED THE ENTIRE WEB FOR THIS LINK TO GET DIVX 1.3. AFTER I UPGRADED I COULDNT WATCH MOVIES, AND YOU SAVED MY LIFE BRO. SAVED MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  2. jim
    December 28, 2007 at 6:44 am | #2
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    thanks bro

  3. Peter
    December 29, 2007 at 7:10 am | #3
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    Cheers, it seems most people I know have the prob but DivX don’t seem to have a solution yet…
    :)

  4. mrgnome
    December 30, 2007 at 3:01 pm | #4
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    Yeah, at this time it seems that the only solution is to downgrade to 1.3

  5. Jens
    January 5, 2008 at 12:10 am | #5
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    Yes, it works perfectly. Thanks a lot!!!

  6. Haf
    January 16, 2008 at 4:49 am | #6
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    Thanks so much! You are a life saver indeed!!

  7. kp
    January 19, 2008 at 1:06 pm | #7
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    thnx dude….u really done a great job

  8. Gal
    January 30, 2008 at 8:14 pm | #8
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    thnx bro u are MY Hero

  9. jon
    February 2, 2008 at 12:30 pm | #9
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    thanks bro marry me

  10. mrgnome
    February 2, 2008 at 12:32 pm | #10
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    jon,
    sorry.. not in to dudes :)

  11. scott
    February 9, 2008 at 12:54 am | #11
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    i <3 you for saving my job — haha can’t make it w/o watching sidereel and stuff while at work xD

  12. loli
    February 16, 2008 at 4:26 pm | #12
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    Heeeelp!!!

    I’ve download the divx 1.3 but i still get the error 403 message when i want to watch a movie, i use Mac OS X, someone can help me pleeeeaaase i’m desperate!

  13. mrgnome
    February 17, 2008 at 3:44 am | #13
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    loli,

    I’d love to help unfortunately I’m not skilled at Macs. Just make sure that the 1.3 is installed and not the 1.4. If possible, remove the 1.4 before and make sure it’s not there anymore (stage6 not working), then install 1.3. Also, understand that the link i provide here is for the Windows os, not mac OSX. The latest Divx web-player for Mac OSX seems to be 1.3.1 http://www.divx.com/divx/mac/

  14. chowm
    February 18, 2008 at 11:59 pm | #14
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    Does anyone know how to fix this on Mac OS X? I can’t seem to remove 1.4, or I don’t know where its located…. so that i can get 1.3. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks

  15. namos
    March 2, 2008 at 2:56 am | #15
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    Hi,

    On my mac, it doesnt work with 1.3….

  16. olly
    March 7, 2008 at 9:09 pm | #16
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    hey dude, im on a mac and it still dont work

  17. neil
    March 14, 2008 at 8:38 pm | #17
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    i just downgraded to v1.3 from v1.4, wow buffering and loading up at light speed now………thanks

  18. Dreamkittie
    March 22, 2008 at 4:34 am | #18
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    Thanks so much… it was so annoying having to wait for other programs to download!!

  19. FuckDivX
    April 10, 2008 at 2:12 pm | #19
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    Who did such fuckedup work! I got the same problem when I upgraded my divX, but I still had the old installer and so I downgraded it and it worked again. Now I see that I’m not the only one with that problem. What where the guys from divX thinking releasing that crap! First they shut down stage6 and now that!

  20. vikoy
    April 13, 2008 at 12:26 pm | #20
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    I’ve downgraded to divx 1.3 but i still can play it.. It says that “The DivX Web Player can only play DivX (.divx or .avi) files.”

  21. MrGnome
    April 13, 2008 at 12:27 pm | #21
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    What webpage are you trying to access?

  22. vikoy
    April 13, 2008 at 12:37 pm | #22
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    This would be it.. http://acidito.com/?p=500 But iv’e tried on other shows and I cant play a single thing.

  23. vikoy
    April 13, 2008 at 12:43 pm | #23
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    here’s a screenshot by the way. http://img146.imageshack.us/my.php?image=divxfq4.jpg

  24. MrGnome
    April 13, 2008 at 12:47 pm | #24
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    Glad to see you are using the same theme as I am ;)
    That looks wierd, what show is that?

  25. MrGnome
    April 13, 2008 at 12:49 pm | #25
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    sorry, i missed that link. Yes, i get a “cannot download” error…

  26. vikoy
    April 13, 2008 at 12:57 pm | #26
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    why is it like that? can other people play the file.. cause the problem could be server side.. but i highly doubt that.. this is true for all divx files i play..

  27. MrGnome
    April 13, 2008 at 1:02 pm | #27
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    It seems at least the “download file” link tries to access stage6, which is shut down. If the streaming link tries to access stage6 too, which is highly likely, we either get a download error or a wrong file type error. The wrong file type is probably because stage6 redirects to the shutdown message on the main stage6 page. So the application requests a divx file and gets a redirected html-file back, giving you the wrong filetype error. I beleive this IS server-side. What I don’t understand is why acidito still tries to use stage6. File a missing link report.

    This is what i can gather, just guessing, but i think that might be why.

  28. vikoy
    April 13, 2008 at 1:33 pm | #28
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    aahh.. that makes sense.. so with stage6 shutdown, i guess there’s no hope for watching hq divx files.. sigh.. thanks for your help man.. i really appreciate it..

  29. MrGnome
    April 13, 2008 at 1:39 pm | #29
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    Yeah it sucks… :(
    No problem buddy, I’m glad to help! Come visit my blog sometime again :)

  30. stuzz
    May 17, 2008 at 11:00 am | #30
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    hey dude… i downgraded my version of divx web player but my divx player is 1.4.. but the video im actually trying to view still has the same error.. this is the link.. http://www.narutomagic.com/2007/naruto-episode-166-167/.. if it works for you, plz tell me how can it work for me..

  31. mrgnome
    May 17, 2008 at 4:56 pm | #31
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    Stuzz, the link on that page goes to http://video.stage6.com/1431118/.divx

    Stage6 is shut down, so it won’t work. This is not a player error.

  32. Pizzz
    July 12, 2008 at 5:56 pm | #32
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    Hey, when i click on the link in the article shown for DivX 1.3 I can’t find 1.3 in British only 1.4 : S can someone point me in the right direction please.

  33. jon
    October 2, 2008 at 6:06 pm | #33
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    divx 1.3 link unavailable

  34. Milo
    October 15, 2008 at 12:07 am | #34
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    div 1.3 link now points to a version of the 1.4 file. Any advice? Thanks!

  35. dan
    October 27, 2008 at 12:00 pm | #35
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    hey,

    a note: the link doesn’t work but just search on google. there are still a few sites that have it.

    thats what i had to do but i still get the “cannot download … check internet connection” error when i try to stream videos.

    i am running windows xp and vista – same problem in both.
    i am not watching on stage6.

    any help would be great.

    thanks
    i am not

  36. dan
    October 27, 2008 at 12:01 pm | #36
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    browser also doesn’t matter

  37. Mrgnome
    October 27, 2008 at 4:28 pm | #37
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    Dan, please let me know the link and I’ll update the post. If you still remember where you got it. Unfortunately I don’t know why it still gives us problems :(

  38. ssss
    November 11, 2008 at 9:34 pm | #38
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  39. octsky
    December 29, 2008 at 5:23 am | #39
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    guys who want the divx older driver can go to http://www.olderversion.com
    i have install the divx web driver to 1.3, now i dont get the 403 error but the video dont load.
    guys, any help here? appreciates it.

  40. sunny02
    April 29, 2009 at 6:45 am | #40
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  41. wr
    May 10, 2009 at 5:46 pm | #41
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    May i know which one to download?

  42. aegsdg
    May 27, 2009 at 12:35 am | #42
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    help me! :( i cant finde 1,3 :( …the only thing i finde is 3,11 :( help help?? :(

  43. sisi
    July 20, 2009 at 12:28 pm | #43
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    hey i was just wondering. when i dl divx and watch videos on vreel.net it says somethign about i dont have premission in download file. and i can change the option in download file or something like that. what hsould i do to fix this problem!? i heard if i download an older version of it. it will help. but then which older version do i dl?

  44. dodong
    July 25, 2009 at 6:10 am | #44
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    download divx 6.5
    the webplayer 1.3 is bundled in it

  45. Jay
    September 8, 2009 at 11:12 am | #45
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    Hi i tried downloading 1.3 to watch the movie but still it says 403 error, check the downloadable permission…pls help…

  46. Jay
    September 8, 2009 at 11:21 am | #46
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    oh man!!! it says “The video cannot be reached (403 error) it appears the server is denying access to the file.

  47. Mihus
    October 20, 2009 at 7:33 pm | #47
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    [b]A browser crash solution issue with DivX Web Player v 1.5[/b]

    Go to “run”, type in “regedit”. That will open up your windows registry editor. You have to search this:

    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]

    “ProxyEnable”=dword:00000001

    change the value to 0 using regedit .

    so it shows :

    “ProxyEnable”=dword:00000000

    THX FOR SOMRA

  48. xVix
    October 24, 2009 at 5:25 pm | #48
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    Hey,just wanna ask, theres so many versions from 3 to 6 which should we actually download to be able to watch movies online?

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