I want to remove PowerDVD but -keep- the mpeg2 codec.

[haloblack]

I have hardware DVD decoding, so I don't need the PowerDVD software - I only installed it so that I could open mpeg2 in tmpgenc. Anyone know what file(s) I should keep from the install so that I don't break tmpgenc? I've looked through everything it installed (i think) and nothing just screams out "I'm the codec! Keep me! Keep me!"

[spiderman2k1]

you will have to keep it or install another DVD software. If I was you I would keep it it will not hurt your system

[haloblack]

you will have to keep it or install another DVD software. If I was you I would keep it it will not hurt your system

Can't keep the codec without the rest of the program? Grr...

I wasn't really worried about my system getting hurt, it's just that I'm working with a fresh XP install and I'm trying to keep all the extraneous garbage off that I can.

(Flashbacks to the time I installed a codec pack... <shudder>)

[fourthquark]

Have you actually tried uninstalling PowerDVD and then checking whether tmpgenc still has an mpeg2 codec to work with? I seem to remember several threads where it was mentioned that uninstalling PwerDVD does not unistall the mpeg2 codec.

[haloblack]

Have you actually tried uninstalling PowerDVD and then checking whether tmpgenc still has an mpeg2 codec to work with? I seem to remember several threads where it was mentioned that uninstalling PwerDVD does not unistall the mpeg2 codec.

Yes, I did. It asked for confirmation for a bunch of image files, but I never saw anything that looked codec-ish. The moment it finished uninstalling I reopened tmpgenc, tried to open an mpeg2 file, and *poof*... error.

<ten minutes later>

Just for verification's sake, I tried the whole process again and got the same results. I'll try again but let Norton Systemworks do the uninstalling. I think it might give me a better look at each file that gets uninstalled. If I get better results, I'll post...