Media Player

[stokieboy]

Dear All,

After a quick bit of advice. I am currently recording on a SD memory card which then replays the media in traditional Windows medial player. However, of late the format has been in MPEG. I try to open and a box comes up which suggests that the file isn't reconized or I need a codec?.
Could anyone shed any light onto how I play these MPEG files. Another thing which might effect is that when I have transfered the files to my hard drive i reformat the card, using the default FAT32.

Kind Regards,

DC

[preduk]

It should work fine, i would maybe try downloading these codecs:

Free-Codecs.com : Download FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder 2009-01-12, FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder 2009-01-12 MMX and FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder 2008-12-19 SSE : FFDSHOW is a DirectShow decoding filter

[BigEndBob]

Use alternative player, the ones i like at the moment is kmplayer, but also vlc player. Just google them.

[Parapunter]

No need for alternative players, media player will play most formats with a few notable exceptions. I would avoid ffd show in favour of ffd show-tryouts. It's better supported & far more up to date. Just google it & download. Hit yes to all the options on the install & you'll be set.

[bnt]

"MPEG" doesn't tell the whole story: like WAV, it's a "wrapper" format that can include data formatted with various codecs. For example, I believe the format Apple's iTunes store sells is MPEG-2 with AAC encoding. The exact codec you need might be mentioned in the manual, or there are tools that can identify what codec a file uses e.g. AVIcodec.

[Loose rivets]

I'm really quite annoyed by RealPlayer's pop-ups, they can be very intrusive. I loaded this program some time ago because something said it needed it to run

Any comments on this player?

[Parapunter]

Yes. Delete it and google for quick time alternative, if you really have a thing for .rm videos. If you realy want to know the ins and outs of a video file, this is very handy: GSpot Codec Information Appliance

[bnt]

Originally Posted by Loose rivets

I'm really quite annoyed by RealPlayer's pop-ups, they can be very intrusive. I loaded this program some time ago because something said it needed it to run

Any comments on this player?

Yes: kill. Strip it out, install Real Alternative. For QuickTime, there's... guess.

[frostbite]

Absolutely, get rid of Real Player.

Thoroughly bad news that I removed from my new Dell (along with Norton) as soon as it arrived.

[Loose rivets]

Thanks for that...it's on its way.