Re: mpg and DVD play error
- From: Rufus <Rufus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 16:53:01 -0800
John,
Thanks for your reply.
The VLC Media player showed that my mpg files are functional. I guess that
means that the Roxio disk burning software, MyDVD, must have a bug. I will
try to uninstall and then reinstall.
I also followed the first link you gave and downloaded software from
Microsoft that looked at my computer and found one piece of software that
could be used for mpg playback, but it was not compatible with Media Player
10. So I have a little more thinking to do - but not to much time to do it if
i'm still going to be able to burn the DVDs for Christmas.
Bob
"John Inzer" wrote:
Rufus wrote:.
First, I'm not certain that this is the correct discussion group for===================================
my problem. If it isn't, could someone tell me where it should be
posted. Here's the situation and problem:
My computer: Dell Dimension E510, 2MB RAM, 3.2GHz CPU, XP Media Center
Edition, Version 2002, Service Pack 2.
For the last several years I have been making home movies for my
children and grandchildren as a Christmas present. I have used
Windows Movie Maker for some but have used Roxio VideoWave more
recently. I create the movies as mpg files. I have burned the DVD
with Roxio MyDVD. There have been some problems with the Roxio
products , but I have always - with patience - been able to get the
job done. So I'm doing the same thing now. In fact, I have already
created on the the DVDs for this year, but am still working on the
rest.
My usual procedure is to create the mpg movie with VideoWave and then
to check it by viewing it in
The trouble statred a few days ago when I tried to check a recently
made movie. I double click on the movie and Windows Media Player
opens and then produces an error window, saying it is unable to run
the movie. I went back to Roxio and recreated the movie. Same
results. I then tried playing an mpg movie made last year, but got
the same error.
Then it gets worse - I think.
Thinking that the problem is somehow with the Media Player software, I
burned a DVD with this problematic mpg, as well as a few others that
had previously run fine in Media Player. I loaded the DVD into my
Panasonic DVD player and got an error message that it was a bad disk.
Before the error message was displayed, the DVD player, in the
process of trying to read the DVD, produced several sounds - sounded
to me like grinding. Now, the DVD will not read any DVD and produces
the same sounds right after power on, and on power off.
That's my - long - story. It would be wonderful if someone out there
is an expert in software as well as DVD players. However, I'd be
happy to start with the computer part.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
Sounds like you have two issues.
The Panasonic apparently has hardware
problems and may need to be replaced.
I'm thinking coincidence and no relation
to the current DVD issue.
As for the .mpgs...there's some info in the
following article:
Guide To MPEG Playback In Windows Media Player
http://msmvps.com/blogs/chrisl/articles/10633.aspx
Maybe it would be worth a try to download
and use the following free player:
VLC Media Player
http://www.videolan.org/
--
John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience
Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer
Solutions that work for
me may not work for you
Proceed at your own risk
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