How can I detect which codec is IN-USE during playback, ie. not the required codec reported by GSpot

I am having some problems with codecs and seem to have an enormous
number of codecs and DX codecs installed according to DXMan and
VCSwap.

Presently I am finding that a movie plays back with very bad
audio/video sync. It is an XVID file according to GS pot. I have
removed all the DX and regular XVID codecs and even after a restart
the file still plays! What's happening?

 

Does gspot allow you to render the movie even after you've apparently removed
all XVID codecs? Does gspot tell you where the codecs are?

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Does gspot allow you to render the movie even after you've apparently removed

GSpot says the film video codec is xvid and if I double click the file
it plays in any player I choose; BSPlayer, MediaPlayer etc.

It's weird as I have no removed every trace of an XVID codec that I
can see.

Is XVID also known as some other codec/fourcc ?

 

If you download and run AVI2DVD, when you load your XVid AVI, the
program will list the appropriate codecs available on your system, as
well as identify the particular codec selected (by default) by AVI2DVD.

There are many XVid codecs out there, and obviously will have to have
different names.