playing mpg on Windows Media Player

[aileen]

hi! i created an mpg movie on VideoStudio 10 Plus and used "NTSC MPEG-1" on the "Create a Video File" option. It played fine on Windows Media Player 10 in my PC at home and PC at work which incidentally BOTH have VideoStudio10+ installed. My friend tried to view the mpg on her Windows Media Player 10 on her laptop and it failed to play. An error message about a "missing codec" showed up on her screen. Anyway, she tried reinstalling WMP10 and downloading some codecs to no avail until finally, we decided to install VideoStudio10+ on her laptop. ANd voila, it played. So it seems that a PC/laptop had to have the VideoStudio 10+ installed in order for the mpg to play on Windows Media Player 10.

Now my problem is, we will be giving the mpg file saved on a CD as a gift to a friend. And obviously, she won't have VideoStudio installed on her PC. I am almost sure that she will not be able to view the mpg on her WMP. What possible solution can be done for a PC (WITHOUT VIDEOSTUDIO installed) to play the said mpg file on Windows Media Player? Is there a particular codec which needs to be downloaded?I am not familiar with the diff codecs out there... the Windows Media Player just vaguely referred to a "missing codec" and did not specify which exact codec is missing & needs to be installed.

Hope somebody can help.

By the way, I edited mov files from a Kodak camera. I installed the .vio patch I found here in the forum and that solved the encoding problem i initially had. I thought I'd mention this info coz I'm not sure if this may have anything to do with the problem I am encountering now.

Thanks so much for anybody who can help

[BrianCee]

I don't think the answer is the fact that you need VideoStudio to view the video in Media Player - but in the fact that VideoStudio obviously installs the missing codec and allows media player to use it.

What you need to do is establish exactly what codec it is your misssing and then codecs can be downloaded from websites for free.

have you tried making the more normal mpeg2 video and seeing if that will play on a PC without VideoStudio - if that works it may narrow the search a bit for you.

[Ken Berry]

I thought the mpeg-1 codec was automatically installed as part of Windows XP ... that is, you have to be using XP...

[THoff]

Are you sure it was the MPEG1 codec?

Windows Media Player includes MPEG1 decoding support, but not MPEG2/DVD decoding.

[newboy]

I have completed a project using over 300 jpg pics, with transitions and titles, 16 wav songs, and 3 videos (avi). I have been able to successfully burn the DVD by first creating the iso, then burning the DVD.

The problem I'm struggling with now is how to get the video on a cd that is compatible with WMP. I've tried creating an MPEG-1 file, rendering as NTSC VCD, and by creating an ixa then burning. I've also rendered as wmv but 320X240 is REALLY small for viewing. I'd like at least 640X480 if possible.

Windows Media Player consistently refuses to play the files. Some of the folks that I'll be sending these disks to don't have a dvd installed so I really need to get the file in a format that WMP can play.

Suggestions?

Thanks

[GeorgeW]

Windows Media Player consistently refuses to play the files. Some of the folks that I'll be sending these disks to don't have a dvd installed so I really need to get the file in a format that WMP can play.

If you do not need menus, download the Windows Media 9 Encoder from Microsoft. Encode to *.wmv, and distribute that to your users...

Regards,
George

[THoff]

There's really nothing you can do to increase the video resolution of VCD, it is what it is. SVCD does slightly better, but it requires MPEG2 support, which most people only get by installing a DVD player like PowerDVD or WinDVD.

newboy, you didn't say what version of Videostudio you have, but with UVS 8 there was an option of including Ulead's free DVD Player on the disk. You could then burn a MiniDVD/cDVD (a DVD recorded on CD media) with the necessary decoder on the disk itself. It was a cool feature that I wish Ulead hadn't eliminated in subsequent versions of Videostudio.

[newboy]

Windows Media Player consistently refuses to play the files. Some of the folks that I'll be sending these disks to don't have a dvd installed so I really need to get the file in a format that WMP can play.

If you do not need menus, download the Windows Media 9 Encoder from Microsoft. Encode to *.wmv, and distribute that to your users...

Regards,
George

I've tried a number of different methods of getting the files to play on different machines, with no success. The 4 computers I tried the files on responded differently, but most simply couldn't decode the file. I've attempted with both MP9 and MP10.

I did, however, discover a way to create the file in VS10 and have created a screen capture of the steps that I can upload if you provide a location. After working with various settings within VS10 I created both the DVDs and CDs that I needed and have not had notice of a failure from any of the 58 disks that I sent out. The screen capture is an .avi file.

Is it possible for me to send the file to a moderator, who might provide commentary on what I did. I'm not experienced with the process to properly explain what I did.

Ray