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mpegs won't play

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switchedanhappy

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Nov 16, 2003
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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?
 
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. ;)
 
Re: mpegs won't play

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?
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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!!
 
Re: Re: mpegs won't play

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!!
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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!
 
Re: Re: Re: mpegs won't play

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!
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No, I'm refering to .mpg files...
 
thank you!

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:)
 
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