I had the problem that I could play mpg files up to a point and then wmp12 would end. The point where the viewing stopped was different for different mpg files. I considered this a codec problem and installed c
Codecs - All in One. My mpeg files now play through. However, I have a problem with the seek slider as if I try to move along the video it jumps to the end and stops. So partial success.
Daniel wrote:
Problem with Windows Media Player 12
30-Oct-09
Hi everybody,
I installed Windows 7 a few days ago. Eveything seems OK except for Windows
Media Player V 12, which does not seem to be able to play mpeg files.
is it "normal" ? Should WMP normally play such files? Should I download some
kind of extra plug-in? If so, is there any free plug-in available?
many thks in advance for your kind help.
with best regards,
Daniel
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Problem with Windows Media Player 12
Hi everybody,
I installed Windows 7 a few days ago. Eveything seems OK except for Windows
Media Player V 12, which does not seem to be able to play mpeg files.
is it "normal" ? Should WMP normally play such files? Should I download some
kind of extra plug-in? If so, is there any free plug-in available?
many thks in advance for your kind help.
with best regards,
Daniel
Mine plays mpegs ok, have you tried several different files?
Mine plays mpegs ok, have you tried several different files?
Hi Dave,Thanks for your message.
Hi Dave,
Thanks for your message. Yes, I tried with a number of mpegs, to no avail.
any clue ?
best,
Daniel
"Dave-UK" <Here@home> a ?crit dans le message de groupe de discussion :
Not really, is there an error message you could Google ?
Not really, is there an error message you could Google ?
Does Media Center play them - right-click the file, open with Media Center.
Daniel;1180268 Wrote:As a test, try to play your files with VLC ( 'Download
Daniel;1180268 Wrote:
As a test, try to play your files with VLC ( 'Download VLC Media Player
1.0.3 RC1 - FileHippo.com' (
http://filehippo.com/download_vlc/) ). Maybe
something is wrong with the files. VLC should play them 100%.
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whs
Hi Whs,many thanks for your message.
Hi Whs,
many thanks for your message.
I installed VLC as you suggested, and indeed, VLC plays all my .mpeg video
files.
Again, my files cannot be read neither with Win Media Player nor Media
Center.
does it mean there is something wrong with Windows Media Player on my PC ?
thks again,
Brds
Daniel
discussion : (e-mail address removed)...
thank you so much for your time and concern, Dave.
thank you so much for your time and concern, Dave.
no, Media Center canot play these mpeg files either.
Do you think it is a problem with my Win Media Player 12 ?
best rgds,
Daniel
"Dave-UK" <Here@home> a ?crit dans le message de groupe de discussion :
Obviously. Do you get an error message when you try to play a file?
Obviously. Do you get an error message when you try to play a file?
If you do what does it say ?
Have you looked under Tools/options/filetypesto see if .mpeg is checked??
Have you looked under Tools/options/filetypes
to see if .mpeg is checked??
peter
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Hi PeterThank you for your message.
Hi Peter
Thank you for your message.
However, in windows Media player 12, I do not have thisTools/options/
filetypes option.
Does it exist in the V12 version?
brgds,
Daniel
"peter" <
[email protected]> a ?crit dans le message de groupe de discussion
Have you looked in the help section ?
Have you looked in the help section ?
Daniel,are you sure you are having problems with .mpeg files or mpeg2 files?
Daniel,
are you sure you are having problems with .mpeg files or mpeg2 files? Both
are normally converted into .vob which is DVD format. None of the Windows
Media Players come with that codec. Did you happen to have PowerDVD
installed on your computer, but forgot to reinstall it when you upgraded?
If you did, then just pop in the disk and install it. You'll have no
further problems. If not, download Media Player Classic. It plays
everything. Your last option is to install an outside codec pack such as
KLite Basic. That will allow WMP to decode mpeg's. This should only be a
last resort, though. Inexperienced users can accidentally change all their
file associations is this is installed incorrectly.
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Thank you so much for your kind and detailed answer.
Thank you so much for your kind and detailed answer.
What you write is most interesting. Indeed, before doing the upgrade to Win
7 (just an upgrade, not a full install) I had some DVD player installed on
my PC (Was it PowerDVD ? I just cannot remember). And, strangely enough, I
cannot find any trace of this player since I upgraded. All the programs I
had are still there, except that one, so it seems. How come, I wonder ?
Now, before the upgrade, I could read any video file. I have the feeling I
could read them all in Win Media Player V11, but now I am not sure of
anything. Could this PowerDVD have installed a codec pack in WMP to allow
the playing of Mpeg files ?
Do I understand from your message that WMP 12 cannot read any mpeg file?
coming back to this PowerDVD or similar utility I had before, I just do not
know how to reinstall it, for I have a Dell DVD with all the utilities and
programs that were delivered with the PC, but I have the feeling that it can
be used only reinstall everything.
Thanks in advanc efor your kins help.
best,
Daniel
"Michael" <
[email protected]> a ?crit dans le message de groupe de
You should have a few Dell disks. Look for the one marked Applications.
You should have a few Dell disks. Look for the one marked Applications.
PowerDVD automatically installs the mpeg codec so you can watch DVD's. Pop
it in and see if PowerDVD is listed. My Dell came with PowerDVD, but when I
formatted it I found out Dell never gave me a disk to reinstall it. I went
with the Klite codec pack.
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If he is too old to fight, he will just kill you."
Thank you so much again for your concern, Michael.
Thank you so much again for your concern, Michael.
No I did not find in the disks provided by Dell anything that looks like
PowerDVD or similar application.
question : although my WMP 12 cannot playMPEG files, how come it can play
DVDs ?
brgds,
Daniel
"Michael" <
[email protected]> a ?crit dans le message de groupe de
What happens when you try to play an mpeg file?Do you get an error message ?
What happens when you try to play an mpeg file?
Do you get an error message ?
Hi Dave,Thank you for your message.Actually I do not get any error message.
Hi Dave,
Thank you for your message.
Actually I do not get any error message. WMP 12 just stalls. Nothing
happens.
Thks again for yr kind help.
Best rgds,
Daniel
"Dave-UK" <Here@home> a ?crit dans le message de groupe de discussion :
Now I am stumped. I am crossposting this message to the mediaplayernewsgroup.
Now I am stumped. I am crossposting this message to the mediaplayer
newsgroup. Sorry I could not be of more help.
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If he is too old to fight, he will just kill you."
Hi Michael,Thank you very much for your time and kindness.
Hi Michael,
Thank you very much for your time and kindness.
you have been really kind and helpful.
Best,
Daniel
"Michael" <
[email protected]> a ?crit dans le message de groupe de
Daniel HiThis link is for a codec pack that supports mpeg and has some
Daniel Hi
This link is for a codec pack that supports mpeg and has some excellent
reading material on the site. 'Windows 7 Codecs'
(
http://www.windows7update.com/Windows7codecs.html) It is by the same
company which makes the vista codec packs. Might be worth a try. If you
do I would suggest to install it with default settings. The download
link is at the bottom of the page.
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Hello Karnyk22,many thanks for your kind help.
Hello Karnyk22,
many thanks for your kind help.
I will install that pack and keep you posted on the results.
tks again,
Brgds,
Daniel
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Hi Daniel:Has your issue been solved?
Hi Daniel:
Has your issue been solved?
I had a little trouble following the thread.
The reason that DVD may play when MPEG2 does not maybe related to underlying
architectures. WMP uses many different runtimes to playback media:
directshow, media foundations to name a couple.
I believe WMP uses DirectShow to playback DVD, and may use Media Foundation
to playback MPEG2 ts and ps streams. So that may be the issue.
Can you restate your problem for me?
Thanks
Kevin Larkin (MS)
:
Here is his original post.
Here is his original post.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hi everybody,
I installed Windows 7 a few days ago. Eveything seems OK except for Windows
Media Player V 12, which does not seem to be able to play mpeg files.
is it "normal" ? Should WMP normally play such files? Should I download some
kind of extra plug-in? If so, is there any free plug-in available?
many thks in advance for your kind help.
with best regards,
Daniel
Hi KevinLa, I just noticed that Michael just reposted my original message.
Hi KevinLa, I just noticed that Michael just reposted my original message.
here it is anyway.
Qte
Hi everybody,
I installed Windows 7 a few days ago. Everything seems OK except for Windows
Media Player V 12, which does not seem to be able to play mpeg files.
is it "normal" ? Should WMP normally play such files? Should I download some
kind of extra plug-in? If so, is there any free plug-in available?
Unqte
so, it seems that WMP 12 can play DVDs (with a very good quality, actually),
but cannot play .mpg, .mpeg, .m1v, mpe files.
Thank you very much for your time and kind help.
With Best regards,
Daniel
de groupe de discussion :
(e-mail address removed)...
Please repost you Windows 7 related inquiry in the Windows 7 AnswersForum:
Please repost you Windows 7 related inquiry in the Windows 7 Answers
Forum:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7music/threads
Daniel wrote:
Beware of some Codec packs that contain malware, and of course WMP maynot play
Beware of some Codec packs that contain malware, and of course WMP may
not play some items that are copyright.
If all else fails for things WMP cannot handle VLC Media Player seems
very good and comes more or less with their own codecs already present.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
For the time being that would be better than getting bad codecs from
somewhere.
Daniel wrote:
Hi Charlie,Thank you so much for your message.
Hi Charlie,
Thank you so much for your message.
As you suggested I downloaded VLC, which can indeed play all these files.
However, when it comes to playing DVD, I find the difference to be huge:
Windows Media Player is much better.
This why I would have liked to "repair" WMP to see what results I get when
playing mpg/mpeg files.
Is it possible to reinstall it?
with brgds,
Daniel
"Charlie Tame" <
[email protected]> a ??crit dans le message de groupe de
Daniel.I was hoping your problem would be fixed by now.
Daniel.
I was hoping your problem would be fixed by now. This link may give you
some information to help. It is for vista though. '@ScottW How-To Geek
Forums' (
http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/scottw-6#post-78449)
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Reinstalling WMP is possible in Windows 7 (I think somewhere in ControlPanel -
Reinstalling WMP is possible in Windows 7 (I think somewhere in Control
Panel - Programs and Features), but it is unlikely that this will fix the
problem. The MPEG codec is not part of WMP, but of the OS itself.
Did you install any codec packs? If so, try removing these. They are no
good and problems like this can occur when installing them.
Regards
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Tim De Baets
http://www.bm-productions.tk
Daniel wrote:
Hello Tim,Many thks for your message.no, I did not install any codec packs.
Hello Tim,
Many thks for your message.
no, I did not install any codec packs.
Your message is interesting. Is there a way to re-install the codecs which
are part of the OS (Windows 7 in my case) ? Or, is there a way to check
whether these codecs are present on my system and, for some reason
"de-activated" ?
thanks again and brgds
Daniel
As far as I know, there is not a way to reinstall the required codec,other
As far as I know, there is not a way to reinstall the required codec,
other than reinstalling Windows. Did you try reposting this to the
Windows 7 Music and sound forum, as suggested a few messages earlier?
What's the exact error message you get when trying to play MPEG files?
Regards
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Tim De Baets
http://www.bm-productions.tk
Daniel wrote:
hello again, Tim,and many thks for your time and concern.
hello again, Tim,
and many thks for your time and concern.
No, did not have a chance yet to visit that forum.
and no, I do not get any error message. WMP indicates that it opens the media
and then stalls. Nothing happens.
I will pop in to that forum and repost my post.
brgds,
Daniel
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