Encoding and playin encryted MPEG videos

[djmatthill]

Hi there , Iv got a problem wonder if you guys can help

 

I want to start using music videos in my show .

 

A friend of mine has given me a some music videos in MPEG format.

 

But they do not play in windows media player.

 

It says I need a codec to play them. Any idea how I can find out what type of encrytion is used on these videos and find out what codec I need ??

 

I would ask my friend but he s gone back packing in austraillia for 6 month ???

 

 

Help

 

 

Thanks

[djw1981]

Do you have the rights and licence to play the music videos, which IIRC are covered by a different licence to audio tracks and hence are not covered by your PRS licence.

[mattn]

If your looking for general codecs then sites such as free-codecs do some good packs containing the most commonly used codecs!

[djmatthill]

Do you know if there is a piece of software that will tell me what codec /s I need to download . or is it totally trial and error ?

[Bryson]

Have you tried it in VLC? That'll open all sorts of stuff, straight from scratch.

[ferret219]

Try playing it in QuickTime player (A free version is available from the Apple website)

[david.elsbury]

http://www.headbands.com/gspot/

 

Gspot will tell you the codecs etc in a file

[djmatthill]

hi guys , thanks all very much for your contributions, gonna try ur above suggestions and will let u know how I get on ,

 

 

thanks again

[stebee]

download Media Player Classic or Media Player Star. that should do the trick. and getr some of those free Giant Codec Packs.

 

simple

 

 

note to self, look before leaping

[djmatthill]

HI , Tried all suggstions above and not a sausage ?

 

All programmes say cant play supported files etc ???

 

 

Wat do I do ??

[Bryson]

Got any webspace you can host one on? I'll take a look and see what codec you need.

[mtmartian]

HI , Tried all suggstions above and not a sausage ?

 

All programmes say cant play supported files etc ???

 

 

Wat do I do ??

 

 

Seems strange. Have you tried Gspot - If you have post the results or a screenshot and maybe myself or someone can help you.

 

Also if they do not work in VLC or MPC then I would suspect something is wrong with the files.

 

other than that try converting them. Winavi is a quick program to do that for you (though there are loads of others). It has solved similar problems for me in the past...

[SteveAATW]

Try opening them in Power DVD or a similar windows DVD player. The only (standard) .mpg file that windows can't handle out of the box is MPEG2 as it needs a decoder licence, normally included with the DVD players. VLC will play some MPEG2 files but not others. If it doesn't work in any of those I would guess the file is corrupt.

 

Normal .mpg files can't carry a DRM component, they'd have a different extension if they had any form of encryption on.