Re: Can't Play MPEG/MPG Files on Windows Media Player 9.0

From: Alessandro Angeli [MVP::DigitalMedia] (nobody_at_nowhere.in.the.net)
Date: 02/09/05 

Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 17:20:36 +0100

Thomas J. Carnegie wrote:

> Using Windows 2000 Pro and Windows Media Player
> 9.00.00.3250 I can play AVI, WMV, MIDI, MP3 files, etc.
> with no problem. However when I try and play an MPG or
> MPEG file I get one of two Errors, either 30190005.
> (Trying to expand this and see more from the Microsoft
> Web Site is less than helpful) or " Problem occurred in
> initializing MCI".

Are you sure that's the exact error code? That value has no
meaning and WMP9 does not use MCI.

I see you have at least 2 other MPEG1/2 decoders installed
(Ligos and InterVideo/WinDVD): you can unistall them and see
whether that solves your problem. You can also execute

regsvr32 quartz.dll

to restore the default MPEG1 decoder registration (since you
can open the file in VD, it must be MPEG1, unless you meand
VirtualDubMod).

> One workaround I've
> discovered is that I can put the MPG file in Virtual Dub
> and convert it to an AVI file and it plays OK.

VD uses its own internal MPEG1 a/v splitter and decoders. 

-- 
// Alessandro Angeli
// MVP :: Digital Media
// a dot angeli at psynet dot net

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