Need big help with codecs problem.

[dalejr8988]

wow this is making me so mad im almost crying. im having big problems with getting mpeg2 files to play in windows media player and be able to open up in tmpgenc. what i need ot know is a list of coedc i shoudl have installed. i need ot be able to record and encode and sue tmpgenc and wheveter else it is you do.i can have it playing fine in WMP but then it wont open in tmpgenc. or it plays sound in WMP and no video but opens in tmpgenc. or it just wont work at all. ive used some nimo coed pack and klite codec pack only installing once to do with what i need.

please help be this is makign me cry. wow this sucks. so what i think i need is mpeg2 codec files and mpeg 3 layer audio. please help. i also have the stinkys mpeg2 codec intaller thing but its not working proper giving me an error when trying to uninstall but someitmes it will work.

so it would be nice if i could get some help quick with this as its so frustrating.

thankyou so much.

[pchan]

You can try Media Player Classic.

[BJ_M]

1. uninstall every codec pack you installed as they are crap

2. make sure they are uninstalled completly - every last trace

3. reboot

4. install ffdshow

[dalejr8988]

install ffdshow and i still cant play mpeg2 files. im not totally sure what it actually did.

[mill48]

Did you UNINSTALL all of your codec packs BEFORE installing ffdshow?

If not, do so (as stated by BJ_M).

It helps to follow instructions to the letter, grasshopper ...

[celtic_druid]

You also need to make sure that MPEG2 is enabled in ffdshow otherwise it won't try and decode it.

[dalejr8988]

yes i had uninstalled my nimo and klite codec packs. those are the ones i had tried. i did uninstalled ffdshow and installed the k lite codec pack and i can atcually get mpeg2 to play perfect but tmpgenc just wont open them. thats what i need to fix. and when i installed ffdshow i had everythign checked off so that isnt the problem.

just to let you all knwo i have a ati aiw 9600xt andi just installed the newest drivers and it started not working proper. and when i was uninstalling i sorta screwed up and it took me a long time to get it working but i think there is still a problem in the multimedia center.

[celtic_druid]

As far as I can recall TMPGEnc only used to work with certain MPEG2 decoder filters. Not sure if that is still the case. There is always the MPEG2 VFAPI plugin or DGIndex.

[dalejr8988]

well ive got all my ati driver stuff sorted out but the mpeg2 aint workin. if i can just get that to work i will be so happy. i got no packs installed and stinkys mpeg 2 decoder thin uninstalled. now what do i install to get mpeg2 to work in windows media player and tmpgenc? ffdshow didnt seem to work and im not sure that VFAPI is what i need. if for some reason i cant get it to work to open mpeg2 in both WMP and tmpgenc ill just make it so it opens in WMP all though it shoudl work in both.

hope someone can help.

[dalejr8988]

well i got mpeg2 working in tmpgenc. i just downlaoded the tmpgenc mpeg2 plugin and it wokrs. later ill see if i can get the mpeg2 to work in WMP then evrythign shodul be good.