On Oct 27, 5:22*pm, wrote:
Here is a link from Microsoft explaining about why it's media player
does not play MPEG2 videos without extra software. If you computer
came preloaded with Roxio, or Intervideo you may not be aware of the
problems as the extra codecs are loaded with them. If you load windows
clean and stock your DVD Player does not automatically play these
files. On the Microsoft site there are 4 links in particular where you
can get the extra codecs, but note, none of them are free...

So, if anyone is interested in learning about these issues here is the
paragraph, and the link:

Here is the link:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316992/en-us

And here is a clip of the paragraph:

However, MPEG-1 system streams do not exclusively use the .mpg
and .mpeg extensions. MPEG-2 program streams also frequently use .mpg
and .mpeg file extensions, but they contain MPEG-2-encoded video.
Because Microsoft Windows operating systems provide only an MPEG-1
video decoder, Windows Media Player cannot play MPEG-2 program streams
without an additional MPEG-2 video decoder (also known as a DVD
decoder pack) installed. For more information about purchasing DVD
decoder packs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...r/plugins.aspx

Rowdy Mouse Racing, in case some of you weren't paying attention...

Now you don't expect anybody and everybody at Microsoft to know as
much as Harry does about Microsoft software and codecs do you?