MPEG1 or MPEG2 WHICH ONE IS IT!!

[f3l0n10us]

ok, i know you guys are busy and all that but i have searched the search engine and cant find it so i am going to ask it.

How do i find out which codec is used w/ a video.

I am not having a problem w/ codecs or movies not playing, I just want to know is there a simple way to find out what a film has been encoded with.

thanks

[jledhead]

usually you can right click the file and goto properties and click summary. it should tell the codec. if you are talking mpeg-1 VS mpeg-2 then you will know when you try and play it. mpeg-1 will play in just about anything. mpeg-2 will not, usually only software DVD players will play them

[Gravity]

lol, with an AVI file right click it and go to properties, then the 'Details' tab and it should be in there after the 'Video Format:' thing

[f3l0n10us]

thanks guys but thats not always the case
they are very few and far between that i find that actually list the encoding of the file

i am looking for a program or something that can read the video file and tell me which codecs were used and the bitrates etc...

thanks

[f3l0n10us]

http://www.divx-digest.com/software/movietype.html

look what i just found!!!!
and it works pretty damn good too!
I am sooooo happy now heheh
it doesnt get the bitrate and such but it does get the codec type, which is all i was asking for

[Gravity]

Try to use 'MPEGProperties' in the Tools section for the bitrate, but with the codecs im not sure maybe there will be a difference in MPG-1 properties than MPG-2?

[Gravity]

lol