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Title: mpeg2 files not playing
Post by: perfection on February 06, 2007, 11:17:12 am

I had knifed a segment of a vob file and saved it in mpeg2 format without audio (as i was to use it for a quiz question).  It plays perfectly on windows media player 11 but J river media centre 12 cannot analyse it or play it or add t to library.  Any hints why?  Believe me it is just an ordinary mpeg2 file sans the audio track.  Codec problem?  bitrate problem?  what the heck?  Please guide towards solution 

Title: Re: mpeg2 files not playing
Post by: glynor on February 06, 2007, 11:40:55 am

Quite likely to be a filter or splitter problem.  I'd suggest that you just install CCCP (http://www.cccp-project.net/), which includes the Gabest MPV MPEG decoder, and should handle it all fine.  CCCP is a great and lightweight codec and filter pack (http://www.cccp-project.net/) that installs basically everything you need for most common media types (and nothing you don't).

However, if you don't want to go that route, you could just install a standalone MPEG-2 decoder and splitter.  Basically two good options:

1. Gabest MPEG Decoder/Splitter
2. DScaler with Gabest Splitter

DScaler is considered to have the best possible video quality, but getting it set up properly can be a bit of a pain.  Gabest is a good and simpler alternative.  ZoomPlayer's Documentation has a nice page about this stuff, and links to download both options, here: http://www.inmatrix.com/zplayer/formats/mpeg2.shtml