mpegs won't play anymore

[30sauce]

Hi, all. Not sure if this is the right place for this question but... I recently upgraded to the latest free Real Player and now my old .mpeg vids (which used to play fine on the last RP) won't play correctly -- a file that's 20+ minutes long shows up as being less than 1 minute. Same problem with Winidows Media Player. Anyone run into this issue before or know how to fix it? Thanks.

J

[Soopafresh]

Install MediaPlayerClassic and use it to play your MPEG files. It has built in codecs to play MPEGs and usually works quite well.

[30sauce]

Thanks, Soopafresh. Worked great on the mpgs -- only one thing. A handful of other vid files play upside down(!?) Any ideas?

J

[redwudz]

Dump Realplayer. I have had it screw up my computers more than once. It likes to change things around, even when uninstalled. Use Real Alternative for real videos. It's freeware. And no spyware.


I would second MediaPlayerClassic, also.

VLC media Player and Zoom Player are also good.

The upside down videos may be caused by codecs interfering with each other. Do a forum search for 'upside down video' and you may get some solutions.

[dcsos]

I'm having similar probs, but installing Media Player 6.4 didn't fix it..
Nothing will play MPEG-1 or 2 on this tower, except QT 6

programs that play audio when a Mpeg clip is loaded
VLC
Power DVD
Media Player 10
or Player 2 (6.4)
Real One
Win DVD

fresh installs after removing dvd player software hasn't worked