*.mpg files

What would explain why Windows Media Player 'encounters a problem' when
attempting to play *.mpg files, but Windows Media Center plays those
same files with no problem?

Piper wrote:
What would explain why Windows Media Player 'encounters a problem' when
attempting to play *.mpg files, but Windows Media Center plays those
same files with no problem?

Some ideas here, without copying and pasting them.

http://superuser.com/questions/10028...e-avi-mpeg-mp4

If you want FFMPEG, you can get a copy here. Select 32 bit static
or 64 bit static, as a function of your OS install. If you have
64 bit Windows 7, you could run either version.

http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/

I keep my FFMPEG executables in C:\FFMPEG\bin
but you can likely think of a better place than
that for them (with respect to %path%). I
could probably make the path a bit shorter
if I put my mind to it.

The reason for using the "static" version,
is you can move the ffmpeg.exe to where ever
you want it, and all its dependencies (DLLs)
are inside the main program.

The GSPOT program mentioned in the first link,
I use that a lot too, to determine what kind
of video I've got. But that won't scan the
file in all cases. Only certain formats does
it do frame analysis (i.e. how many frames
between key frames).

So if you want to validate a video, without
a proper validation tool, FFMPEG is better
than nothing.

Paul