"Tom Francis" wrote in message

If I'm not mistaken, I think the problem lies with MPEG-2 being
proprietary. Somebody has to pay licensing fees to the patent holders,
via the Moving Pictures Experts Group.

Ah - that explains it then.
So shareware wouldn't be an option.
Oh well - off to purchase the appropriate player thingy doer.

Now you're catching on. Before swearing at Bill, it's good to get all the
facts. Huh?

I'm sure Bill would love to include the MPEG-2 decoder with Media Player 10,
but to have to license a skillion copies, especially when only X% of the
Windows users will even use it, would be silly.

-W