MPEG2?

[jasonchiu]

hey guys i recently got a video in MPEG2 format, i downloaded a nvidea thingy and it still wont play.

keeps asking for directshow?

do i just need a mpeg2 codec?

edit

yeah the main problem is i cand find the were to download Mircosoft DirectShow whcih real player keeps asking for. Windows Media Player doesnt even try to play it

 

[jensked]

- install the newest Windows Media Player?
- install a DVD software player (PowerDVD, WinDVD), but most of them you'll have to err...pay.
- install the free http://www.videolan.org

I know PowerDVD will play it. MPEG2 is the DVD-codec.
Videolan is free and plays MPEG2 files.

So, probably one of these solutions would work . Let us know.

 

[TechZ]

either that or get KLite codec pack and remember to check the mpeg2 codec when installing it, and use Media Player Classic with it

http://mirror.edskes.com/


and for heavens sake, get rid of Real Player.

 

[jensked]

KLite codec pack is good, but having a bunch of codecs gave me sometimes a lot of trouble...

Nowadays I use the FFDshow codec, it's only one codec (open source) that does everything. I never have problems with that one. I install it on my friends' pc's. They used to call me every week for another file they could not play, but with the FFDshow codec, I never get calls anymore

 

[TechZ]

I've been using Klite forever now, and have had no issues, i do lots of video encoding and never have problems with that either.