mpg crashes explorer

Ivan Lietaert wrote on 9/9/2007, 7:21 AM
Help! As soon as I click on an mpg-file created with Vegas, explorer.exe (XP sp2 with all updates) crashes. Then XP connects to the internet to file an error report. The Microsoft website advises to uninstall Cyberlink's Powerdvd, which I did. Still, this action did not solve the problem. I know this issue is only inderectly linked to Vegas, but maybe some of you know how to deal with this issue?

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Eugenia wrote on 9/9/2007, 11:50 AM
It seems that you have multiple mpeg-related codecs installed on your PC and so when one of them is called to playback the mpeg file, all hell breaks loose. Go to the Audio/Video preference panel, in the last tab, and remove the codec that creates the problem -- although this might break other stuff...
Eugenia wrote on 9/9/2007, 1:59 PM
BTW, I would like to ask for a favor. Could you upload a 480p (progressive) WMV file from your own footage and send the link to me? eloli-AT-hotmail.com
It doesn't have to be more than 10 MBs in size, but it would be nice to be 2 Mbps at that 480p resolution. I want to buy the same Canon camera as you have btw (it's called ZR800 here in the States), because I want to use it as B-Roll/tests and because that specific camera has a mic input. But I can't find any normal DV quality samples of that camera online, only 320x240 on youtube which don't show the quality well... Thanks.
Ivan Lietaert wrote on 9/9/2007, 9:22 PM
I promise I'll do it, but you'll have to be a bit patient, cause right now, I'm off to work... I'll look at it this evening.
Ivan Lietaert wrote on 9/15/2007, 2:00 AM
For the sake of completeness: the problem got solved somehow, I don't know how exactly. I uninstalled PowerProducer, which was obsolete anyhow, and Divx, which is unstable.
Ivan Lietaert wrote on 10/16/2007, 4:13 AM
Again, I have a file causing the same problem. It is a movie in the mpg2 format that I rendered with VMS6.
This is what happens. I have all my movies in a directory. When I open Windows Explorer, I can select (and open) any mpg2 file. But as soon as I select the faulty file, Explorer will crash.
When I open Windows Commander, I can select the that faulty file, and even play the movie.
So my guess is the problem is related to Explorer's preview function.

I know this is more like an XP issue, but I hope somebody can help out here.