Posted by Citizen Bob on 11/22/06 13:26

On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:10:55 +0200, "Jukka Aho" <jukka.aho@iki.fi>
wrote:

>> Can you recommend a utility that will unambiguously determine the
>> encoding standard. I use GSpot for DixX/XviD but it does not work
>> for MPEG1 or MPEG2.

>Hmm. Why do you say that? My GSpot (v2.52 Beta 01, which is probably not
>even the latest version) appears to detect MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 files fine.

Mine is 2.21 - kinda old. It only says that the file is mpeg. There is
no other information.

I will get the newest version which is 260 RC1. OK, I just installed
GSpot 260 RC1. I now see the MPEG2 info.

>You could also try Teco Bitrate Viewer. It displays lots of information
>about MPEG files (including whether they're MPEG-1 or MPEG-2) in its
>info box:

> <http://www.tecoltd.com/bitratev.htm>

I just installed that too. Cool utility.

You can never have too many applications on your computer - as long as
they work properly.


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