Re: XP Home Edition Media Player can't play MPEG file

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Interesting: where did it come from? Do other MPEG files such as:
http://zachd.com/pss/samples_content/mpg.mpg
play back on the problem system?

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"Dale" <Dale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:EB521B0D-658D-493E-BF49-A1457E369A25@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi:
I do not see any MPEG/DVD filters...There are none listed.
It says "None Found".
What exactly are these and when do you ned them ?

Thanx !

DaleB

"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:


Under XP WMP11's Help:About:Technical Support Information menu tool, what
"MPEG filters" show as installed?

There are indeed slightly different versions for the different OSes, as you
can probably see visually. =)

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"Dale" <Dale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:913F9DDF-49A7-4E8F-B916-DEC0D113E124@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi:
> I am using two computers:
> a HP laptop runing Windows Vista 32-bit Home Premium , and
> an HP desktop running XP Home Edition.
> The laptop running Vista 32-bit has Windows Media Player ver
> 11.0.6001.7000
> The desktop running XP Home has Windows Media Player ver > 11.0.5721.5230
>
> I have an MPEG video file (the file extension shows up in Properties as
> .mpg)
> that runs in Media Player when double-clicked on the laptop running > Vista,
> but it fails to run on the desktop running XP Home.
>
> The error message that I get is: C00D11B1
> which refers to possibly a coded being missing.
>
> How can I solve this problem ?
> I am not familar with the codecs or where to obtain them if a missing > one
> needs to be installed. Why does it work on one machine, but not the > other
> when both have the "latest" version of Media PLayer installed ?
> Why are the two versions of Media Player...each being the "latest
> version".
> Are there different versions for the diferent OSes ?
>
> Thank you
>
> DaleB


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