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November 16th, 2011 13:00
Unable to play .mpg files using Windows Media Player 11
Hi,
I can't get my computer to play .mpg files. Other video file types don't seem to be a problem. I have a Dell Dimension 4400 running XP Home, using Windows Media Player 11 and Chrome as the browser. I've tried to fix the problem using the file type settings under Folder Options, but no luck so far. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
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fireberd
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November 16th, 2011 14:00
Download and install the K lite Codec Pack. It should fix the problem.
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/k_lite_codec_pack.htm
blueskye
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November 16th, 2011 16:00
Thanks for the info on the codec pack, but I was able to view .mpg files until recently and then for no apparent reason lost the ability to view those files. What would have happened and how can I correct this short of downloading the codec pack?
ieee488
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November 16th, 2011 18:00
Well, you did something, because Windows Media Player 11 has never been able to play MPEG video files.
blueskye
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November 16th, 2011 20:00
So you're saying that someone had to have added a codec in order to play an .mpg file with Windows Media Player 11? What I'm curious about is what happened to lose that capability since I was able to play .mpg files until very recently.
ieee488
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November 17th, 2011 06:00
Yes. I know this for a fact. I have installed WMP11 recently on several fresh installs of XP SP3, and I couldn't play DVDs which are MPEG files.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/downloads/windows-media-player/plug-ins