Problem viewing MPEG-2 video on Windows 200 Media player - googled like nuts, but NOTHING!

skanji wrote on 3/17/2005, 8:56 AM
When I watch my rendered video in MPEG-2 format on a friend's computer, I get "Sending request for codec" "Error downloading codec" on Windows Media Player.

Anything I can do to change this?

I have googled this like crazy and searched the forums, but NOTHING!!

Guys - SOS...911...

ANYONE?!

Comments

rs170a wrote on 3/17/2005, 9:05 AM
You're getting that message because your friend's computer doesn't have the MPEG-2 codec on it (and it's not free, BTW). If a software DVD player of some sort was installed, this problem would go away.

Mike
ScottW wrote on 3/17/2005, 9:27 AM
Not very hard to find on the microsoft site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/windowsxp/buypacks.aspx

also:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/windowsxp/dvdplay.aspx
BillyBoy wrote on 3/17/2005, 9:51 AM
As an alternative you could render to WMV (Microsoft's file format) and then nobody with a recent version of their media player will have problems seeing your videos. If you have it, Flash without any additional add ons can embed video, which is what I did with my tutorials. Their player is free and installs transparently.
skanji wrote on 3/17/2005, 10:09 AM
ver cool guys...thanks!!!