Windows Media Player 11

Cannot play MPG files on my media player,do I need codecs,if so, where can I
get free codec.I usually convert this format to MPEG2 then I have no
problem....Thanks

there are 3 types of content broadly labelled as MPEG : MPEG-1 (video
CD), MPEG-2 (DVD video typically) and MPEG-4 + variants like DivX/XVid

If the file name ends in .avi then you're probably missing the DivX
codec for playback : http://www.divx.com/divx/windows/codec/

If it ends in .mp4 or .m4v then you would normally benefit from
FFDShow for playback : http://www.free-codecs.com/download/FFDShow.htm

MPEG-2 video would need a DVD decoder, since you say you can view
those and presumably view DVD disks, that shouldn't be an issue here.

The file reads MPG that's all,nothing else.

Great - what was the fix you needed ? - It helps other ppl on the
newsgroup to hint at it when they browse here in future ;-)

Would you please let me know how did you fix this because I have the same
problem. I can not watch mpg movies (it is only.mpg) thru Windows Media
Player 11. I received this message:You've encountered error message C00D1199
while using Windows Media Player. Windows Media Player cannot play the file.

He's gone - I did ask if he'd post what he did to fix that.

Did you try the suggestions in my first reply to his message yet ?

Thanks, Neil. I greatly appreciate your quick response. I checked
I opened the site that you suggested bur there are a lot of FFDSHOW MPEG-4
decoders. I don't know which one I should download. Do you think that this
will work for the files with the extension.mpg?

I think you're missing it : The link on this page
which is labelled "Download FFDShow MPEG-4" in dark blue text

Oh THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

Cured the problem and saved my sanity!!

Cheers for the DivX link was very great help and now I can watch everything !!!

"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:19:01 -0700, HughGrandpa
> <HughGrandpa@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Cannot play MPG files on my media player,do I need codecs,if so, where can I
> >get free codec.I usually convert this format to MPEG2 then I have no
> >problem....Thanks
>
> There are 3 types of content broadly labelled as MPEG : MPEG-1 (video
> CD), MPEG-2 (DVD video typically) and MPEG-4 + variants like DivX/XVid
>
> If the file name ends in .avi then you're probably missing the DivX
> codec for playback : http://www.divx.com/divx/windows/codec/
>
> If it ends in .mp4 or .m4v then you would normally benefit from
> FFDShow for playback : http://www.free-codecs.com/download/FFDShow.htm
>
> MPEG-2 video would need a DVD decoder, since you say you can view
> those and presumably view DVD disks, that shouldn't be an issue here.
>
> HTH
> Cheers - Neil
> ------------------------------------------------
> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2008
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
>