MPEG-1 videos

[venus]

I have a couple of mpeg-1 videos that I have downloaded on my Mac but I can't even view them, it says "The file is not a movie file" can anyone help me and tell me what this means? Does it mean I don't have the right codec for this video?

Thanks for any help

[terryj]

Try to Play it with VLC.
or use MpegStreamclip.

Are the files properly downloaded?
Meaning did they completely finish downloading
or could they have possibly got corrupted when downloaded?

[jpschuck]

I have a couple of mpeg-1 videos that I have downloaded on my Mac but I can't even view them, it says "The file is not a movie file" can anyone help me and tell me what this means? Does it mean I don't have the right codec for this video?

Thanks for any help

Considering that there is no way to be sure that your videos are MPEG-1 if you can't view them, I assume that you're talking about .mpg files. This extension (.mpg) is used for MPEG-2 videos as well, which would require the MPEG-2 component to be viewed with Quicktime. As this component is NOT free, I would suggest using VLC or mplayer instead.

[venus]

I tried all the programs but none of them worked for me I'm beginning to think that theres something wrong with the video itself, but thanks for the help