VS9 MPEG4 "The codec cannot be found"

newyorkcityboy · Post by **newyorkcityboy** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 4:34 pm

Hi all,

I have VideoStudio 9 with the MPEG4 plugin and patch both installed. When I try to render video in the MPEG4 format, once I click to save, it says "The codec cannot be found."

The options are all available to select MPEG4, it's just that I can't actually render a video with this codec.

Does anyone know what's going on?

Thanks.

Post by **Ron P.** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:34 pm

It almost sounds like the codec has become corrupted or broken. You could download the free app Sherlock, Codec Detective. It determines the codecs installed and checks to see if any are broken.

Then you did by chance when you obtained the MPEG4 Plug-in for VS9, save it somewhere on your system? If not you could try to download it again here:
MPEG4/HD Plug-ins for VS9. I done a search on the forums and found where the link had been posted by Lance Carr when it was originally released.

newyorkcityboy · Post by **newyorkcityboy** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 4:16 pm

Hi vidoman,

Thanks for the reply.

Unfortunately, I don't still have the plugin executable and I can't get that webpage you linked to open on my computer. The Ulead website drives me crazy; half the pages don't seem to open and it's riddled with broken links.

How big is the MPEG4 plugin executable? Does someone have it and could they email it to me? It would be much appreciated. My email is newyorkcityboy26@hotmail.com .

Or if anyone has any other ideas on what's causing this problem....?

I'm going to try the free program you mentioned. I'll report back on the results.

Thanks.

newyorkcityboy · Post by **newyorkcityboy** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 4:32 pm

Ok, I ran Sherlock. I'm not sure where it would say if there were any broken codecs, but I don't see any indication that there are. And there are several MPEG4 codecs listed. I've reprinted them below:

Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec V1
FileVersion = 4.1.00.3917
CompanyName = Microsoft Corporation
FileDescription = Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec
InternalName = mpg4c32
LegalCopyright = Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1996-1999
OriginalFileName = mpg4c32
ProductName = Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec
ProductVersion = 4.1.00.3917
Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec V2
FileVersion = 4.1.00.3917
CompanyName = Microsoft Corporation
FileDescription = Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec
InternalName = mpg4c32
LegalCopyright = Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1996-1999
OriginalFileName = mpg4c32
ProductName = Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec
ProductVersion = 4.1.00.3917
Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Decompressor
FileVersion = 8.00.00.4487
CompanyName = Microsoft Corporation
FileDescription = Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Decompressor
InternalName = mpg4ds32.ax
LegalCopyright = Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1996 - 2001
OriginalFileName = mpg4ds32.ax
ProductName = Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Decompressor
ProductVersion = 8.00.00.4487
Mpeg4 Decoder DMO
FileVersion = 9.00.00.3250
CompanyName = Microsoft Corporation
FileDescription = Corona Windows Media MPEG-4 Video Decoder
InternalName = mpg4dmod.dll
LegalCopyright = © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
OriginalFileName = mpg4dmod.dll
ProductName = Microsoft® Windows Media Services
ProductVersion = 9.00.00.3250
Mpeg43 Decoder DMO
FileVersion = 9.00.00.3250
CompanyName = Microsoft Corporation
FileDescription = Windows Media MPEG-4 Video Decoder
InternalName = mpg4dmod.dll
LegalCopyright = © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
OriginalFileName = mpg4dmod.dll
ProductName = Microsoft® Windows Media Services
ProductVersion = 9.00.00.3250
Mpeg4s Decoder DMO
FileVersion = 9.00.00.3250
CompanyName = Microsoft Corporation
FileDescription = Corona Windows Media MPEG-4 S Video Decoder
InternalName = mp4sdmod.dll
LegalCopyright = © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
OriginalFileName = mp4sdmod.dll
ProductName = Microsoft® Windows Media Services
ProductVersion = 9.00.00.3250

Post by **Ken Berry** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:54 pm

If Sherlock detects any broken or improperly registered (or unregistered) codecs, it starts off with a separate message screen listing those particular codecs. Then in its main page, the broken etc codecs are shown in red.

Can I assume that the list of codecs you give are only the mpeg-4 ones and that Sherlock in fact showed other types of codec?

Anyway, regardless of that, I note that all of them are fundamentally Microsoft mpeg-4 codecs (with one derived from Corona). I too have a longish list of Microsoft mpeg-4 codecs, but the important difference is that apart from DivX and XVid (which are another kind of mpeg-4 codec), I also have two InterVideo mpeg-4 codecs listed (loaded with VS10+). I had never downloaded the VS9 mpeg-4 codec, but suspect it would have been labelled either InterVideo or Ulead. So if you don't have one of those, then something has gone wrong with your loading of it or it has somehow been uninstalled if Sherlock could not even detect it...

newyorkcityboy · Post by **newyorkcityboy** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 12:36 am

Hi Ken,

Thanks for your reply.

Yes, Sherlock did list many other video codecs. However, there were no Intervideo MPEG4 codecs listed, and the only Ulead codec listed was "Ulead DVD video decoder 2." So something seems to have gone wrong. I'm not sure what to do, as I no longer have the VS9 MPEG4 plugin installer and can't seem to get it off their website.

If anyone has it, please email it to me at newyorkcityboy26@hotmail.com .

Do you think that, if I could find and install Intervideo's MPEG4 codec, it would solve my problem?

Thanks.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 12:58 am

Well, I can't guarantee it. But it certainly works in VS10+ for exactly the purpose it was originally designed to do in VS9.

(FYI, in case you did not know, Ulead was bought out by InterVideo, and has in turn been taken over recently by Corel. That explains why recent Ulead products use InterVideo codecs...)