Determining the codec needed for an mpg?

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i just downloaded a nature documentary film for my personal viewing pleasure :D and it's in mpg format

when i try to play it in wmp9, it says i need to download a codec... okaayyy... it gets an error and won't continue. i try mplayer2 and get the same results.

i run it through GSpot to see what codec it needs, and i get N/A responses.

what's going on here?

[MxxCon]

tried to open it in dvd player?

tried to install "Elecard MPEG Video Decoder - allows you to view MPEG2 video" from http://www.doom9.org/software2.htm#filters ?

[Kontrollverlust]

Also, you can try a little program called "GSpot"

[MxxCon]

  GEKREUZIGT said:

Also, you can try a little program called "GSpot"

  shen said:

i run it through GSpot to see what codec it needs, and i get N/A responses.

pay attention :)

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  GEKREUZIGT said:

Also, you can try a little program called "GSpot"

really? :whistle:

[pHuzi0n]

They already said they tried GSpot... However, GSpot is for AVI's only. I've never tried the Elecard decoder and I'm not really sure why doom9 even has it posted... The "Fraunhofer video and audio codecs" is the file you should really be using. Beware though, the bat included bat file won't move the filters before registering them so if you were to move them, you wouldn't be able to decode anymore. So uh, just edit it and put in the follow code and then run it.

@echo off
echo Registering VOB-AC3 Filters...

copy DVDAudio.ax %SystemRoot%\System32\dvd\
copy DVDVideo.ax %SystemRoot%\System32\dvd\

regsvr32 /s %SystemRoot%\System32\dvd\DVDAudio.ax
regsvr32 /s %SystemRoot%\System32\dvd\DVDVideo.ax

echo Finished Registering Filters...

pause

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  MxxCon said:

tried to open it in dvd player?

tried to install "Elecard MPEG Video Decoder - allows you to view MPEG2 video" from http://www.doom9.org/software2.htm#filters ?

i couldn't find the Elecard decoder, but installing the Fraunhofer codecs worked - the audio is veeeery low, but if i crank my speakers i can hear it, so that's good enough for now.

rock. thanks man.