The +€mà codec.... What is this????

[shanek]

I get this message from my Windows Media Player 9 when I try to play a couple of .mpg videos:

"The +€mà codec is required to play this file. To determine if this codec is available to download from the Web, click Web Help."

I go to web help and there is none. Does anyone know what this codec is? The +€mà codec is required to play this file?

Shanek@shaw.ca

[benedict]

Almost certainly, you have downloaded a corrupt file. Possibly a virused one, and you should update your virus definitions if only to check this. There is no codec in the world that suggests anything like that.

WMP (in any version) is of no help if Microsoft did not itself write the codec. To them, it is like all other codecs they didn't write simply don't exist.

You might want to D/L "GSpot" from the software section on this site. Among other things, GSpot recognizes most codecs, even if you don't have then installed. If GSpot gives you a similar type of "glop", shread the file ASAP, and run your virus stuff immediately.