Hi,
I have downloaded a video file with the extention mpg, however,when I right-click on it and select "properties" I see it's described as Winamp media file. I can play it only with VLC player and Quick Time Player, however neither with Winamp player nor with Windows Media Player or Media Player Classic. Also, when I tried to open the said file in Subtitles Workshop, there appeared a message : The "... (name of the movie).mpg" is not a valid video file.
Is there a way (or program) to convert such a file into an avi file ?
Thanks in advance
stibi
"Chasm of innocent blood and hardhearted deaths...these are the cost of freedom.
Strides of brave soldiers create a resounding hum...these are the boots of war."Pryme_H
According to Gspot, what I need is a MPEG-1 System Stream Container; however I didn't find a free download for such a container.
Furthermore : It seems to me, that if I manage to download and install such a layer, I will be able to play the said video with the players mentioned by you, however that wouldn't solve the other problem I mentioned, namely :Subtitle Workshop will still notify me that that mpg file is not a valid video file. Am I right ? If yes, then I need a proper program to convert that file into avi. Any suggestions ?
Thans in advance
stibi
Converting to AVI, in this case, I think won't be necessary. This could very well be just a codec issue. Install FFDSHOW. Most of the time the error "File is not a valid video file" error message in Subtitle Workshop means you don't have the proper codecs installed.
"Chasm of innocent blood and hardhearted deaths...these are the cost of freedom.
Strides of brave soldiers create a resounding hum...these are the boots of war."Pryme_H
Hi prime and thanks again for your prompt response,
Well I have downloaded & installed FFDSHOW, however I am still able to play that mpg file only with the VLC player. Also, Subtitle Workshop still notifies me that the file (namely, the mpg)is not a valid video file. Is it possible that after installing FFDSHOW I had to configure it ?
As a matter of fact, I opened the [b]ffdshow video decoder configuration file[/b,clicked there on "codec" and when I saw there that MPEG1 and MPEG2 decoders are "disabled" I tried to change that in order to see whether that solves the problem; however, I found no way to change the "disabled".
Thanks in advance
stibi
"Chasm of innocent blood and hardhearted deaths...these are the cost of freedom.
Strides of brave soldiers create a resounding hum...these are the boots of war."Pryme_H
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 13. March 2008 @ 17:01
The corrector indeed solved all the problems : now I can play the mpg file with all the players; and - what's more important - Subtitles Workshop accepts the corrected mpg file.
"Chasm of innocent blood and hardhearted deaths...these are the cost of freedom.
Strides of brave soldiers create a resounding hum...these are the boots of war."Pryme_H
