Mpeg 2 ..Unable to play?

baker wrote on 12/28/2001, 6:06 AM

Ok this may sound dumb, but I just formatted my drive and tried to play an mpeg 2 rendered video with windows media 7.1 and it said " An invalid media type was specified" BTW before I formatted I was able to play this file.

Is there a certain codec I need? And where can I possibly get the Mpeg 2 codec so I can play the video through windows media player?

Thank you all for your help!

Baker

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bcbarnes wrote on 12/28/2001, 7:06 AM

I'm sure someone will be able to be more specific, but while we're waiting...

Yes, you do need a codeec that does not come with Windows to play MPEG-2 in WMP. It is usually installed with applications that deal with MPEG-2, like software DVD players and video editing stuff.

pelvis wrote on 12/28/2001, 7:32 AM

You can download free MPEG-2 decoders from VCDhelp.com

baker wrote on 12/28/2001, 11:40 AM

Thank you guys for your help...wow that was dumb! I forgot to install my dvd program. Its fixed!

Thanks again guys!

Baker