DivX and media players not working :(?

I have a few movies and shows that I watch on my DivX player. About half of them work on my player, but the other half freeze in the first couple frames. I tried opening the files on my Windows Media Player as well but got an error message that they were unrecognized. It played anyway but without sound. I tried updating and downloading the newest versions of DivX and Windows Media Player, but still no luck. Are the files corrupt? Or is there something else I could do?
I took your advise and tried downloading the Codecs but it didnt help.
The VLC media player on the other hand works beautifully, THANK YOU!!!
 
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