mpegs won't play

[switchedanhappy]

why won't mpegs that I get on limewire play? i tried quicktime and windows media player. some mpegs work, in limewire they say they are .mpg
what can i use to play these mpegs?

[virividox]

you could try vlc

www.videolan.org

[tomf87]

www.3ivx.com

[~Shard~]

There are all sorts of video and audio codecs out there that many people use to encode their video, so you're probably just missing the proper divx codec. I used to have a whole pile of them on my PC before I got my Mac, but now I find that I can play absolutely everything through either QuickTime (with a divx codec I downloaded), VLC, or if all else fails, MPlayer. QuickTime and VLC have played 99% of every clip I've ever tried on it though, so grab VLC (or MPlayer if you like, they're both free) and you shouldn't have any problems. Unless the file is corrupt. ;)

[Fukui]

Originally posted by switchedanhappy
why won't mpegs that I get on limewire play? i tried quicktime and windows media player. some mpegs work, in limewire they say they are .mpg
what can i use to play these mpegs?
Yea, try Mplayer or VLC.

There are some Mpegs encoded with windows media player that only play on......windows media player. I guess they technicaly aren't mpegs then, but oh well!!

[switchedanhappy]

thanx you guys! I already ahd divx and 3vix and all that, but vlc really did the trick!

[~Shard~]

Originally posted by Fukui
Yea, try Mplayer or VLC.

There are some Mpegs encoded with windows media player that only play on......windows media player. I guess they technicaly aren't mpegs then, but oh well!!

True, yet if you're referring to .WMV files, I have successfully been able to get those to play using VLC as well - like I said, VLC will play pretty much everything I can throw at it! Great app, and it's free - can't ask for much more than that!

[Fukui]

Originally posted by ~Shard~
True, yet if you're referring to .WMV files, I have successfully been able to get those to play using VLC as well - like I said, VLC will play pretty much everything I can throw at it! Great app, and it's free - can't ask for much more than that!
No, I'm refering to .mpg files...

[~Shard~]

Originally posted by Fukui
No, I'm refering to .mpg files...

Ah, I gotcha now.... :cool:

[wesnes2006]

wow. i've had my mac for about 7 months now; i had the exact same problem. i had to delete all my videos that wouldn't play... i even called apple tech support to no avail! thank you all for your help! vlc worked like a charm!!! whoooooo! happy day.

.wes:)

[kbmb]

Generally my experience is.....VLC will play just about anything you throw at it.

-Kevin