Downloaded HD .mpg Fashion Show...can't play

[Kolyan2k]

i already have few hd movies .avi and .mp4 format, however this one does not play. do i need to install anything else? i already have most current divx, xvid, and ffdshow..

thanks

[anonymez]

open in virtualdubmod, see if its a 'real' (non-fake) file.

tried playing with 'media player classic'? or VLC (videolan) player?

[tigerman8u]

I would try VLC. it plays most anything and uses it's own codecs

[Kolyan2k]

open in virtualdubmod, see if its a 'real' (non-fake) file.

tried playing with 'media player classic'? or VLC (videolan) player?

can't even open the file with virtualdubmod. does it mean that its fake?

[anonymez]

its very likely, but first what is the error message?

[Kolyan2k]

its very likely, but first what is the error message?

it says "cannot detect file type"

[anonymez]

i'm now positive it is indeed fake

[Kolyan2k]

alright, thanks. i'll just delete the file. it was a pretty famous file on edonkey network. i am actually downloading another hd movie in mpg format..........wonder if thats gonna play

[anonymez]

you get what you pay for...

[Kolyan2k]

it says "cannot detect file type"

actually i get the same error with .mp4 HD movie, but i can play it in WMP

[anonymez]

you say this is an mpg. mpg's can be opened in virtualdubmod, while mp4 cannot.

the fact that you have ffdshow installed, the file does not open in vdubmod, and didn't play with MPC/VLC means the file is very very likely a fake.

[Kolyan2k]

you say this is an mpg. mpg's can be opened in virtualdubmod, while mp4 cannot.

the fact that you have ffdshow installed, the file does not open in vdubmod, and didn't play with MPC/VLC means the file is very very likely a fake.

oh ok. well i deleted the file anyway. i have another one arriving on my hard drive in about an hour. it's also .mpg and i hope it works

[rainyday]

commercial h264 apps often create proprietary container thatcant be opened without proper demuxer and decoder. ( i am dying 2 find one that dosent)

[anonymez]

thatcant be opened without proper demuxer and decoder

H264 is a standard, infact the mp4 container is well supported and very compatible. kolyan2k tried MPC, it has native mp4 support. VLC too. and the latest ffdshow decodes it. if they can't open it, nothing can.

the file extention is mpg anyway, not mp4. (though i understand it could be incorrectly named)

[Kolyan2k]

H264 is a standard, infact the mp4 container is well supported and very compatible. kolyan2k tried MPC, it has native mp4 support. VLC too. and the latest ffdshow decodes it. if they can't open it, nothing can.

the file extention is mpg anyway, not mp4. (though i understand it could be incorrectly named)

actually i have not tried VLC on that file. and after downloading another .mpg HD movie i noticed that only VLC can play it. so i am redownloading it again which is a pain since the file is 3.7GB. i do have a question: befoere i installed ffdshow, i had divx icon comming up in tray, now i have ffdshow. does this mean that the codec from divx.com is not beeing used? ps. i am talking about all movie files, not HD