Codec conundrum

Posted: 04-09-2006, 01:48 AM

Paul

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Hi

I'm having a really hard time trying to get WMM to be able to read mpgs I
took from my Sony DVD cam.

I finally got windows media to be able to play back the files by downloading
the CyberLink Video/SP Decoder from cole2k.

Now all my videos play fine in WM v10, but I still get the error:

The file C:\Documents and Settings\Paul\My Documents\My Videos\Cap0001.mpg
cannot be imported because the codec required to play the file is not
installed on your computer

I've rebooted a couple of times, but to no avail.

Please help!

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PapaJohn \(MVP\)

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Re: Codec conundrum

Posted: 04-09-2006, 03:15 AM

the file from the DVD needs conversion to AVI before importing.... see the
Import Movie Source Files > Video > Discs page of my website.
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"Paul" <paul@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:uV2baf3WGHA.1220@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Hi
>
> I'm having a really hard time trying to get WMM to be able to read mpgs I
> took from my Sony DVD cam.
>
> I finally got windows media to be able to play back the files by
> downloading the CyberLink Video/SP Decoder from cole2k.
>
> Now all my videos play fine in WM v10, but I still get the error:
>
> The file C:\Documents and Settings\Paul\My Documents\My Videos\Cap0001.mpg
> cannot be imported because the codec required to play the file is not
> installed on your computer
>
> I've rebooted a couple of times, but to no avail.
>
> Please help!
>

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