.mpg files suddenly playing up

[marcopolo1]

I have loads of mpg files that have been playing fine. They are now causing WMP9 to stop responding, saying error downloading codec when played, .avi are fine. The only thing that has been installed is TMPGEnc 3 Express. I've tried installing a few codecs, but this has not helped.

Any ideas,

Thanks

Mark

[redwudz]

I would try another player. Zoom Player or VLC Media Player will surely work better than WMP9. (IMO almost anything would)

Try AVIcodec. It should tell you what codecs you have and what you need.

[marcopolo1]

Cheers, I'll give it a try. One thing I have noticed, the .mpg files were converted from avi, which are ok, maybe that has something to do with it.

On another note, how many codecs do I need installed, I cuurrently have the following. Just wondering if I have a little overkill

AC3 Filter
DivX Pro
XviD
AC-3 ACM decompressor
AVI codec

Cheers

[jimmalenko]

Sounds like your MPEG codec might be screwed up. Do you have/are you able to reinstall PowerDVD or WinDVD ?

[marcopolo1]

Ok, I reinstalled PowerDVD, which made no difference. when I lauch the .mpg, wmp starts to play and i noticed the message 'error downloading codec', it and then locks up after playing the film after a few seconds and you can't forward the film.

I installed zoomplayer, which doesn't lockup, you can forward the movie, but the video seems to pause inetrmittently, but the audio continues. You can then forward the movie and it will continue, with the same pause in video..

Mark

[jimmalenko]

i noticed the message 'error downloading codec'

WMP9 defaults to "automatically download codecs" in its settings.

If it was a TMPGEnc Express install that caused it, have you tried uninstalling it ?