Windows Media Player won't play my mpg!!!!!!!!!!!

[dragonsau1988]

When i try to play an mpg file on windows media player, i get a message saying "wmplayer.exe has generated errors and will be closed..." waht should i do? do i need to download any plugins\codecs? i played an mpg a couple of weeks ago, but now when i try to play that same mpg, i get the error message!

[rsuave5]

nimo codec pack and try

[dragonsau1988]

i tried it, but it still doesn't work! any other options?

[Tbear]

Is it an mpeg1 or mpeg2? if it's mpeg2 you will need an mpeg2 codec.
Like when you have a DVD player like windvd or powerdvd. There is one in the tool section too

[dragonsau1988]

its an mpeg1. i don't know whats wrong, are there any other good players that i should try?

[fladavpam]

I had the same problem in Win 2000 -

Try reinstalling Directx 8.1 - it worked for me!

[Anonymous65]

Download and reinstall the Windows Media Player.

[dragonsau1988]

How do I reinstall directx?

[Anonymous65]

DirectX and WMP is downloadable from Microsoft.