Playback of .mpg recording from DVR's HDD formatted to ext2 within Windows

[videobruce]

I have a DVR that uses ext2 for it's HDD. I have a ext2 driver loaded on my Windows PC (XP Pro w/sp3) that allows me to see the drive and see the folders and files.
I have tried Media Player Classic & KM Player, both have been reported to play these recordings, but here they don't. Either I get memory errors with one program when trying to play the recording or the other program crashes the O/S.

But, I have found Media Player Class Home Cinema will play these recording with no issue.
BTW, these are OTA (over the air) recordings that are not encrypted.

Is this a codec problem or something else?

[aedipuss]

you can install mediainfo to get the specs on the videos.

[videobruce]

Thanks for the link. The read out is here;

Format : MPEG-TS
Format_Profile : No PAT/PMT
FileSize/String : 3.45 GiB
Duration/String : 34mn 45s
OverallBitRate_Mode/String : VBR
OverallBitRate/String : 14.2 Mbps

Video
ID/String : 49 (0x31)
Format : MPEG Video
Format_Version : Version 2
Format_Profile : Main@High
Format_Settings_BVOP/String : Yes
Format_Settings_Matrix/String : Default
Format_Settings_GOP : M=3, N=15
Duration/String : 34mn 45s
BitRate_Mode/String : VBR
BitRate/String : 13.1 Mbps
BitRate_Maximum/String : 38.8 Mbps
Width/String : 1280 pixel3
Height/String : 720 pixel3
DisplayAspectRatio/String : 16:9
ActiveFormatDescription/String : Letterbox 16:9 image
FrameRate/String : 59.940 fps3
ColorSpace : YUV
ChromaSubsampling : 4:2:0
BitDepth/String : 8 bit3
ScanType/String : Progressive
Compression_Mode/String : Lossy
Bits-(Pixel*Frame) : 0.237
StreamSize/String : 3.17 GiB (92%)

Audio
ID/String : 52 (0x34)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Format_Settings_ModeExtension : CM (complete main)
Format_Settings_Endianness : Big
Duration/String : 34mn 45s
BitRate_Mode/String : CBR
BitRate/String : 448 Kbps
Channel(s)/String : 6 channel3
ChannelPositions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
SamplingRate/String : 48.0 KHz
BitDepth/String : 16 bit3
Compression_Mode/String : Lossy
Video_Delay/String : -457ms
StreamSize/String : 111 MiB (3%)