Problem viewing MPG file

[bernse]

I was sent an email with a small video as an MPG attachment.. but I don't get any video in windows media player. It just tried to treat it as an audio file. I don't think it uses a funky codec or anything. Any ideas? Running Media Player 9 on XP.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Typically, you don't have the correct codec installed if all you get is audio only. Are you sure that it's a .mpg file?

 

[bernse]

yes, I'm very sure. I am not very familiar with other codecs though... are there some "common" ones a person should insall? Any idea where to get them?

 

[BennyD]

"nemo codec pack" might solve the problem

google it

 

[powerMarkymark]

You have to get Gspot. It is FREE.

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[murphy55d]

http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow/ + http://ac3filter.sourceforge.net/ + http://roeder.goe.net/~koepi/xvid.shtml should be all ya need for almost any video files.

 

[Vickas]

It's not necessarily a video. The Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG) not only created a video format, but also audio to go with it. There were three different audio compression techniques. Layer-1, Layer-2, and Layer-3 (also known as MP3) Layer 1 and 2 are the only ones that are certified for use with mpg videos.
.mpg files are program streams for multiplexing audio and video together, but they don't always have both streams in it. There can be video without audio, and vice-versa.
There are 2 things you can try.
1) Test to see if it is a multiplexed "program stream"- Open in winamp. If it sounds like a bunch of seemingly garbled digital data, it's a multiplexed file. If it sounds like the soundtrack you were hearing before, then check the file info section. That'll give you all the file info you need. (This means there is no video.)

2) If it is multiplexed (see #1 to check), Use Virtual Dub. Once you open it in there, goto File=>File Information..., that should tell you anything you need about the formats and codecs needed. Virtual Dub can be found at www.virtualdub.org. If this is the case, then the other links might help you more.

 

[bernse]

Its a video, for sure. I'll try some of the hints here. Thanks

 

[bernse]

Well, still can't get it to play but according to Gspot it is an ATI VCR1 codec. I downloaded that, still didn't work

 

[igowerf]

Originally posted by: murphy55d
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow/ + http://ac3filter.sourceforge.net/ + http://roeder.goe.net/~koepi/xvid.shtml should be all ya need for almost any video files.

FFDShow covers xvid doesn't it? So you don't need to download an xvid build?

 

[murphy55d]

It does yes but I prefer the xvid codec from Koepi... you can set FFDshow to use the xvid codec if its present.