Windows MediaPlayer Broken :( Wont Play MPEG-1's at *all*

[HeadRusch]

I had to rebuild one of my box's, and rebuilt it around Windows 2000 Pro, which is what I have so..there you go. Upgraded to Windows Media 9......installed the DIVX codec, then XVID, then maybe a coded pack or two...trying to get it to play some old music videos.....but then I ran into some trouble, uninstalled some things, and now I'm left with a non-working Mediaplyaer as far as MPEG's are concerned.

I've removed 9 (which defaults back to Media Player 6.4 I think, whatever comes standard with Windows 2000), I've re-iinstalled direct X...I've even deleted and rebuilt the Quartz.DLL.....but mediaplayer just wont play an MPEG1 file....I've re-installed Mediaplayer 9...same thing, no MPEGS.

It'll play AVI files......just wont touch an mpeg...(and these are all mpeg 1's, not 2's).

So I downloaded VideoLan...and it will play all files just fine......AVI, MPEG1, MPEG2, etc.....it works, but I'd prefer to use the simple Windows Media Player interface for watching these music videos.....

Any ideas anyone???
Obviously I've deleted or corrupted something...

Is there a replacement MPEG1 dll or driver or something I can re-install? A registry entry I can delete and have recreated?

[mats.hogberg]

then maybe a coded pack or two...

There's your mistake right there. Often, a clean install of OS is the only way back. Don't fret over losing WMP tho - good riddance, I'd say! PowerDVD or WinDVD or even WinAmp (version 2.something!) are much better alternatives.

/Mats

[Baldrick]

Media Player Classic.

[HeadRusch]

Media Player Classic it is........thanks for the suggestion, its doing everything I need it to

[Gurm]

Codec packs SCREW your system. I can't stress enough how terrible they are.

Right now, one of my machines goons up MPEG1 files. They play, but not well - only WMP10 has this problem, MPC doesn't and of course I have a tendency to just use PowerDVD anyway if I'll be watching a bunch of files, although I hate its playlist interface.