

- #WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER 10 MPEG 2 DECODER MAC OS X#
- #WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER 10 MPEG 2 DECODER PORTABLE#
- #WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER 10 MPEG 2 DECODER PC#
- #WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER 10 MPEG 2 DECODER WINDOWS#
The default file formats are Windows Media Video (WMV), Windows Media Audio (WMA), and Advanced Systems Format (ASF), and its own XML based playlist format called Windows Playlist ( WPL). Windows Media Player 11 is available for Windows XP and included in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. In addition to being a media player, Windows Media Player includes the ability to rip music from and copy music to compact discs, burn recordable discs in Audio CD format or as data discs with playlists such as an MP3 CD, synchronize content with a digital audio player (MP3 player) or other mobile devices, and enable users to purchase or rent music from a number of online music stores.
#WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER 10 MPEG 2 DECODER MAC OS X#
Editions of Windows Media Player were also released for classic Mac OS, Mac OS X and Solaris but development of these has since been discontinued.
#WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER 10 MPEG 2 DECODER PC#
Windows Media Player ( WMP) is a media player and media library application developed by Microsoft that is used for playing audio, video and viewing images on personal computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system, as well as on Pocket PC and Windows Mobile-based devices. com /en-US /windows /products /windows-media-player Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11 (still available) ĪctiveMovie Control, CD Player, DVD Player (Win32 version).Please click the feedback link in the sidebar and let me know the company, codec name, and codec version number if you find one. If you are experiencing any weirdness playing MPEG-2 video with Windows Media Player 10, take a look at the Cyberlink codec, otherwise you might want to use a player more suited to the codecs on your system.Īs an aside, I'd love to hear about codecs on your system that do pass the compatibility test. Bottom line: This is a nice tool for identifying codecs on your system. Fortunately Cyberlink actually passed the test. In an effort to be complete in my search for a Windows Media Player 10 compatible MPEG-2 codec, I purchased the Cyberlink codec listed on the DVD decoder page at Microsoft expecting similar results to my InterVideo experience. None of the Sonic codecs are compatible with Windows Media Player 10, which Microsoft thankfully warns on the recommended DVD decoder page. Several of my MPEG-2 codecs are from Sonic, thanks to MyDVD and DVDit. InterVideo tech support suggested I spend $50 on a newer version of WinDVD, but when the $20 problem didn't fix it I find it hard to justify throwing more money at the problem. My InterVideo codec made a similar claim, so as a test, I purchased the Microsoft approved (according to InterVideo) DVD decoder from InterVideo. The utility suggested a newer version of an NVIDIA codec on one system might be compatible, but I could not locate a newer version on NVIDIA's Web site. Tracking down a valid codec proved a little trickier. The machine I did the majority of my testing on does have occasional issues converting MPEG-2 video to WMV format using Windows Media Encoder, but that was true prior to the installation of Windows Media Player 10. Before you get alarmed, I should point out I have no problem watching movies from DVD or MPEG-2 files with the current codec set on my system.
#WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER 10 MPEG 2 DECODER PORTABLE#
According to Microsoft: "If you encounter a problem while using Windows Media Player 10 to play a DVD or to synchronize (copy) recorded TV shows to a Portable Media Center or other device, use this utility to verify that you have a compatible MPEG-2 decoder installed on your computer." What I found was that out of 15 codecs I tested, none of them were completely compatible with Windows Media Player 10. If you have trouble playing MPEG-2 files (DVDs, SVCDs, MS-DVR files recorded by an XP MCE machine) in Windows Media Player 10, this app may help you identify compatibility issues with the MPEG-2 decoders on your system. You can still use the Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup utility to find issues, if you prefer that approach.


UPDATE: As of January 2009, the easiest way to play MPEG-2 files in Windows Media Player is to follow these steps.
