Posted by D on 07/14/07 21:04

On Jul 14, 8:31 pm, "Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <n...@nospam.com>
wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:15:45 -0500, "GeekBoy" <g...@com.com> wrote:
> >>> > I downloaded "Magic of Flight.mpg". MS Windows XP SP2 Media Player
> >>> > writes that it does not have a codec to playback the file. GSpot does
> >>> > not show the codec too.
>
> >>> By getting the correct CODEC
>
> >> What codec is correct?
>
> >Try DivX.
>
> >If that don't work, try the KLITE codec pack.
>
> Neither, and in particular DO NOT install the K-Lite pack unless you
> like editing the registry to fix up all the things it breaks. Always
> install only the specific codec required for playback. Codec packs
> break lots of underlying stuff and should be avoided.
>
> MPG file extensions may contain either of MPEG1 or MPEG2 video.
>
> They do not (or should not) contain MPEG4 video, which is what DivX
> provides, so while it's useful to have DivX decoders anyway, it won't
> help playback here.
>
> You can use Deccheck to determine if you have any MPEG2 decoder
> installed on your PC, otherwise you'll likely have to purchase onehttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=DE1491AC-0AB...
>
> NVidia and ELecard provide MPEG2 (DVD) decoders on 30 and 21 day
> trials respectively - after that due to licensing costs for the
> patents held by MPEG-LA, you'll have to pay for those decoders.
>
> http://www.nvidia.com/object/dvd_decoder_1.02-223-trial.htmlhttp://www.elecard.com/products/products-pc/codec-pack/mpeg2-decoder-...
>
> MPEG1 video should be supported in windows media player, but if it's
> broken you can update DirectX to version 9.0c : DirectX comes with an
> MPEG1 decoder which should fix that problem.http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0A9B6820-BFB...
>
> HTH
> Cheers - Neil
> ------------------------------------------------
> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs

Thanks Neil for your suggestions and explanations!
I made a DVD-Video from the file using the Nero 7 Vision 4, but the
DVD-video drops a frame every 2 seconds. How to prevent the frame
drop?
The Nero 7 Vision 4 suggested to use PAL for the DVD-Video at first
because I made the DVD-Video for Europe, but then suggested to use
NTSC because the Vision 4 reckoned that the source video was NTSC. I
was not sure if Europe TVsets and dvd players could play NTSC
correctly and kept PAL.
WinDVD 7 plays the initial file without the pink stripe.
The latest video card driver is installed.
Best regards,
Dima

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