MPEG video won't open in Windows Media Player

[David]

I received a MPEG video file via e-mail. It will not work on my Windows Media
Player version 9.00.00.3250. I have Windows XP Home Version 2002.

The video file is only 15 seconds long. When I hit play, nothing happens.
Advancing the video manually gives me nothing, either. I do not get any
sound, either.

I know the video works with sound on a relative's computer.

What else should I try?
--
David

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

If it's an MPEG1 file it should play fine. If it's an MPEG2 file it needs
DVD decoding software to play. Do you have PowerDVD or WinDVD (the two most
common DVD decoding applications) installed?
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging



"David" > wrote in message
...
>I received a MPEG video file via e-mail. It will not work on my Windows
>Media
> Player version 9.00.00.3250. I have Windows XP Home Version 2002.
>
> The video file is only 15 seconds long. When I hit play, nothing happens.
> Advancing the video manually gives me nothing, either. I do not get any
> sound, either.
>
> I know the video works with sound on a relative's computer.
>
> What else should I try?
> --
> David

[David]

Cari,

How do I determine if the file is MPEG1 or MPEG2?

David


"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> If it's an MPEG1 file it should play fine. If it's an MPEG2 file it needs
> DVD decoding software to play. Do you have PowerDVD or WinDVD (the two most
> common DVD decoding applications) installed?
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Printing & Imaging
>
>
>
> "David" > wrote in message
> ...
> >I received a MPEG video file via e-mail. It will not work on my Windows
> >Media
> > Player version 9.00.00.3250. I have Windows XP Home Version 2002.
> >
> > The video file is only 15 seconds long. When I hit play, nothing happens.
> > Advancing the video manually gives me nothing, either. I do not get any
> > sound, either.
> >
> > I know the video works with sound on a relative's computer.
> >
> > What else should I try?
> > --
> > David
>
>
>

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

You can use G-Spot Codec Identifier...

http://www.headbands.com/gspot/
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging



"David" > wrote in message
...
> Cari,
>
> How do I determine if the file is MPEG1 or MPEG2?
>
> David
>
>
> "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>
>> If it's an MPEG1 file it should play fine. If it's an MPEG2 file it
>> needs
>> DVD decoding software to play. Do you have PowerDVD or WinDVD (the two
>> most
>> common DVD decoding applications) installed?
>> --
>> Cari (MS-MVP)
>> Printing & Imaging
>>
>>
>>
>> "David" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >I received a MPEG video file via e-mail. It will not work on my Windows
>> >Media
>> > Player version 9.00.00.3250. I have Windows XP Home Version 2002.
>> >
>> > The video file is only 15 seconds long. When I hit play, nothing
>> > happens.
>> > Advancing the video manually gives me nothing, either. I do not get
>> > any
>> > sound, either.
>> >
>> > I know the video works with sound on a relative's computer.
>> >
>> > What else should I try?
>> > --
>> > David
>>
>>
>>