Errormessage after install of VCDEasy! WMP not installed!

Revanito · Member Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Location: Germany

Hi!
First... i am new in here, and wanna say a friendly "HELLO" to ya all!
Now i deeply hope someone can help a sad Girl.....
I have Vista SP1 installed, which includes the Windows Media Player 11.
Now... after i had installed VCDEasy... and wanted to start it, it came up with an Error-Popup that said:
(sorry for my bad english... i am german)...

..."Windows Media Player (Required by VCDEasy) seems not (fully) installed.Please download it at http://www.microsoft.com/mediaplayer"

Upps!?!?
I mean... I HAVE it installed! To try a solution i also installed the "Mediaplayer classic"... that was no help!
Now...if that MIGHT be a factor... i only have ONE Codecpack installed, and that is "K-Lite-Codecpack".
Could it be that VCDEasy don`t "knows" the WMP11?????

I am helpless now... don`t know what to do.
Do YOU????

BIG, BIG Thanx!
Revanito

Ai Haibara · Posted: Nov 26, 2008 02:24

It either wants or is expecting an older version of Media Player, or isn't necessarily Vista-compliant. What happens if you right-click on the VCDEasy shortcut, select Properties, then the Compatibility tab, and check the box beside "Run this program in compatibility mode for:", selecting Windows XP in the dropdown below it?

Probably won't help, really, but there's always a chance.
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Revanito · Member Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Location: Germany

Hey Ai!
"Probably won't help, really, but there's always a chance. "

I did what you told me.... no Chance!
It always asks for the fu****g WMP!!!! =o( (Sorry!

No, really: I use VCDEasy such a looong time (with XP), and now?
Should i stop creating VCDs?

Anyway... Thanx for the Tipp!
Revanito

Ai Haibara · Posted: Nov 26, 2008 12:43

I couldn't tell you - but only because I never really used VCDEasy. It might just not be compatible with Vista. (I checked the VCDEasy site, just now, and it does say "VCDEasy runs under Windows 98/98SE/Me/NT4/2000 and XP." No mention of Vista.)

There's other means of creating VCDs, of course. When I was creating them, years ago, I used to just encode the videos using TMPGEnc and drop them into Nero. Are you sure wouldn't mind creating a video DVD, instead?

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gkma01 · Member Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Location: United Kingdom

I have just set up VCDEasy on Vista and get the WPM error. Did you find the answer ?
Thanks

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tomlee59 · Posted: Jun 15, 2009 21:33

gkma01 · Member Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Location: United Kingdom

thanks for helpful reply. I'll follow up but am beginning to feel I may create dvd's instead of vcd.
Thanks again
Veblen

tomlee59 · Posted: Jun 17, 2009 15:55

Making VCDs these days makes little sense for most people in most countries, so if you have the ability to make DVDs, then that should be your first choice. There remain some parts of the world where VCDs continue to be popular, but the UK is not among them. And if you are ever planning to get a Blu-ray player, you should realize that these don't support VCD playback (at least, I am unaware of any model that does), but they all do support DVD playback.

gkma01 · Member Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Location: United Kingdom

Thanks again.
I'm pretty resigned to giving up on VCD,SVCD etc.
Hopfully getting to grips with DVD will not present too steep a learning curve.If
you know of any good tutorials for beginners which will get me up to speed on all the pros and cons of
DVD -R ,DVD+R etc etc etc I would appreciate a reference.

Thanks again.
Veblen

tomlee59 · Posted: Jun 18, 2009 15:49

A reasonable start would be to familiarize yourself with what a DVD's structure looks like. The summary "What is DVD" in the upper left-hand corner of this page provides a good introduction.

The basic workflow would look something like this:

1) Convert your source vid into DVD-compliant MPEG2 (if not already in that format).
2) Author (this is the act of assembling your video into a DVD-compliant file structure, along with any menus, etc.)
3) Burn (a DVD can't be burned like a normal data disc; it needs special handling to create a disc that will be recognized by a player as a DVD).

There are many options for each of these steps. Your profile doesn't list anything about your computer platform, but for Windows, there are more options than for the Mac, generally speaking. On the free end of things, Quick Media Converter converts from just about anything into DVD-compliant streams with pretty much a single click (although if you are an advanced user, you can activate additional options to control the conversion in detail). Imgburn is a great free tool for then generating a DVD-compliant file structure and subsequently burning a disc that should be playable in standalone DVD players. If you want menus and such, GUIforDVDAuthor is an excellent free tool.

As to the various kinds of media, these days there is not a big difference between DVD-R and DVD+R. Some players/burners favor one over the other, but most newer models pretty much accept anything. The most important factor is actually the manufacturer of the media. Verbatim and Taiyo-Yuden are most often cited here as the good stuff (particularly if you intend to burn dual-layer discs). Other makes are a crapshoot (or just crap, particularly for DL). See nomorecoasters.com for a terrific overview of the situation.

That should get you started. Post back as your reading triggers more questions.

gkma01 · Member Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Location: United Kingdom

many thanks for prompt and comprehensive response.

Vista(Home version) comes with Movie Maker and DVD maker but a quick look at these suggest they are not too flexible. Also found a lot of negative comment on them in various forums .

I envisage using files from my digital camera (jpg,avi),wmp video files and wav files from converting some old vynls to digital form.There may be other file types involved.

So I'll satrt to have a look at some of the software you suugest - I aready have ImgBurn- and see waht looks best.

Thanks for kind offer to offer advice.

Veblen