Unable to play MPG or AVI video files

[0pensource]

Recently, I discovered that I am unable to play/view MPG or AVI files with MS Windows Media Player 9.x or PowerDVD. I AM, however, able to play WMV files with MS Media Player.

I also have QuickTime's Player installed that appears to just about anything.

I have checked the filetype associations and they show Windows Media Player as the default: (EX🙂

"C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe" /prefetch:8 /Open "%L"

Really perplexed about this. I even reinstalled Windows Media Player with no change.

Any ideas?


Thanks in advance,

-Miles

 

[Reg]

You might be missing codecs. Try downloading a CODEC pack to replace the codecs.

 

[0pensource]

You might be missing codecs. Try downloading a CODEC pack to replace the codecs.

Got a link.... a little nervous about DL'ing codecs from just about anywhere.


Thanks,

-Miles

 

[Reg]

I use the ACE Mega Codec Pack. You can find it at http://www.divx-digest.com/software/acemega_codec.html

 

[vern]

Codec packs should solve all your codec problems. They install all the common codecs for you. Nimo codec packs and K-lite codec packs are popular. Both of which you can google.

 

[Grandmaster]

I personally find the K-Lite Codec Pack to be great, you can download it from here: http://doa2.host.sk/codecs/

 

[0pensource]

I use the ACE Mega Codec Pack. You can find it at http://www.divx-digest.com/software/acemega_codec.html

I can't gain access to the download page of this site with either Opera or MSIE:

http://galgonet.freeweb.hu/

-Miles

 

[0pensource]

I personally find the K-Lite Codec Pack to be great, you can download it from here: http://doa2.host.sk/codecs/

I did not know that it would be a good idea to get codecs from k-Lite. Cool!


Will DL,

-Miles (thanks)


"It has become almost a cliché to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics."

-Richard Dawkins

 

[0pensource]

Codec packs should solve all your codec problems. They install all the common codecs for you. Nimo codec packs and K-lite codec packs are popular. Both of which you can google.

Installing all of the codecs (not sure if the option to select is there) can be done without any fear of changing what already works?



-Miles

 

[0pensource]

UPDATE:

After installing codecs from K-Lite at:

http://download.technet.cz/mp3/2003-47/klcodec220f.exe

and rebooting the problem has not changed.



-Miles

 

[SPeedY_B]

Try VideoLAN: http://videolan.org ; see if that will play the files you are having trouble with.

 

[Grandmaster]

UPDATE:

After installing codecs from K-Lite at:

http://download.technet.cz/mp3/2003-47/klcodec220f.exe

and rebooting the problem has not changed.



-Miles

That's very weird. I think there was an update to WMP9 that came out recently, have you tried updating WMP9?

To update, start WMP9, Help > Check For Player Updates

 

[0pensource]

That's very weird. I think there was an update to WMP9 that came out recently, have you tried updating WMP9?

To update, start WMP9, Help > Check For Player Updates

Already checked: updated.


-Miles

 

[Grandmaster]

I can't really think of anything else that might solve this. Maybe do a System Restore to a recent checkpoint?

 

[0pensource]

Try VideoLAN: http://videolan.org ; see if that will play the files you are having trouble with.

I have VideoLan and run it as my only alternative. I have no problem continuing to use it. Just a little bugged about this "bug".


-Miles

 

[Android412]

Try going into the options menu, and making sure that you have MPG checked off in the playback file types.

 

[LeeJend]

Don't know why the MPG aren't playing, but Real and MS are litigating each other right now and I think the AVI hooks have been pulled out of Media Player, possibly on the last update, as part of the dispute. I have to use real to view AVIs. I noticed the problem in the last couple of weeks.

 

[Xie]

you get any errors or just won't play and nothing happens?

 

[napalmnthemorning]

I hope you get the bug fixed. reinstalling might do the trick. I haven't used Media Player 9 for quite awhile. VideoLAN is excellent, and I mostly use Zoom Player professional. Here is a codec package I use that is excellent. 3ivx D4 4.5

Zoom Player standard edition is free.
Plays every media format (DIVX/XVID/VP3-6/MPEG4/VCD/SVCD/RealVideo/QuickTime/Flash/CDAudio) as long as you have the components installed.