NEW COMPUTER HELP with codecs/nero 6.3 ect...

[mediachips]

well somebody must have had this happen... got new computer transferred/redownloaded/installed my favorite programs of course the latest version of nero with the recode was first (ok second behind quicken) it worked fab on my old machine played back my one recode test cd. and it played in windows media player too!. ok now i have the new machine (faster/more memory ar ar ar) and windows wont play it (yes i downloaded the codecs from microsoft) but even wierder is that nero showtime wont play the disc it created (ok it created it on the other machine) but still shouldnt nero play it???

thanks in advance.

faster but no video

[BJ_M]

install powerdvd or windvd -- you need a mpeg2 codec

[mediachips]

windows media player 9 will play dvds so it must have the codec.
in fact i just downloaded

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/format/codecdownload.aspx

which includes the following codecs
Windows Media Audio 9
Windows Media Screen 9
Windows Media Audio 9 Voice
Windows Media Video 7, 8, 9
MS MPEG 4 v3
MS MPEG v1, v3
ISO MPEG 4 v1, v1.1



any other ideas perhaps?
and why wouldnt neroshowtime play its own???

[teegee420]

Exactly what kind of file are you playing? I don't think you specified. Also, in the list of codecs that you mentioned above, none of them are mpeg-2 filters. If WMP is playing DVD's it's probably because you have some other software DVD player, unless it's using Nero's DVD decoder. My point is that WMP doesn't come with a DVD decoder.

[mediachips]

hi
i reinstalled nero latest version and everything worked including the mediaplayer weird.

heres a follow up.. i have the same file i used nero recode and the pocketpc profile put in on an SD chip for playback in my pocket pc (windows 2003) no dice.. do i downloaded and installed pocket divx. both should play mpeg4 yet neither do. any insight as to playing back on pocket pc files recoded using nero recoder???

[teegee420]

Nero Recode mp4 files aren't Divx. They use Nero's proprietary mpeg-4 video compressor. To my knowledge they can't be played on pocket pc's. The only thing I can think of that might play them for you is maybe a pocket pc version of Quicktime, but I don't even know if such a version exists. You'll have to look into that one yourself. A quick google search didn't turn up much for me. Instead of using Nero Recode you should consider converting your DVD's to Divx using the "Portable" or "Handheld" profile.

[mediachips]

Thanks that helps