Viewing M2T on Windows Media Player

2G wrote on 11/5/2008, 9:36 PM
On my main editing computer I can play m2t files using Windows Media Player. I tried doing the same thing on two other computers, and WMP tells me it doesn't recognize the encoding in the file and can't play it.

I'm sure over the course of time, I must have installed some plugin or something on my editing computer that now enables WMP to play the m2t files. But I don't have a clue what I did.

I tried downloading a couple of programs on the other computers to play m2t files. But the quality of the picture is horrible. Quality is excellent on WMP on the one computer that will play it.

What did I do on the first computer that enabled WMP to play m2t that I haven't remembered to do on the other computers?

Alternatively, is there a better high-quality player that will play m2t?

Thx.

Comments

Serena wrote on 11/5/2008, 10:22 PM
Try Nero.
AtomicGreymon wrote on 11/5/2008, 10:41 PM
It also depends what the m2t is carrying. Is it MPEG-2? The m2t container can also be used for H.264/AVC and VC-1 on Blu-Ray.

Nero Showtime has always played any m2t files (except VC-1) that I've thrown at it. Unfortunately the current version of Nero, that being 9, is a bloated mess and not worth anywhere near the price being asked for it.

If you can, try to find Nero 7 (the last decent version) in a bargain bin somewhere. That's the one I'm currently using.
MilesCrew wrote on 11/6/2008, 6:21 AM
Try K-Lite Codec Pack at

http://www.codecguide.com/

I install that on my machines and it plays anything and everything.
nolonemo wrote on 11/6/2008, 8:23 AM
Free VLC media player has small footprint and plays m2t nicely (plus a lot of other formats). You also can install it to a thumb drive as a portable app.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc
jabloomf1230 wrote on 11/6/2008, 6:45 PM
VLC is a much better option than installing a freeware codec pack and finding out you've borked something somewhere else.
MilesCrew wrote on 11/7/2008, 8:43 AM
Possibly. I've never used VLC, but I can however vouch that I've used K-Lite pack for years and have never "borked" anything. I would just try both and see what you like better.
MozartMan wrote on 11/7/2008, 9:49 AM
Media Player Classic is the best to play M2T HDV files. It has built-in MPEG2 decoder, and you don't have to install anything.