The Playa and .mpegs?

[taralee469]

I am totally new to all of this. I have an .mpg movie that I want to play and for various reasons, I don't like using Windows Media Player. I like how the Playa plays .avis but when I try to open an .mpg it tells me it can't open that location. Can it not play .mpgs? (the movie works fine in media player) Like I said, I'm really new to this, so don't assume much. I did install the Nimo Codec Pack...

Or can someone recommend a good free .mpg player? One that will allow me to resize the play screen (and not be limited to 50%, 100%, 200% and full screen like media player--what's up with that?)

[Northstar]

taralee - I put in the DivX 411 Bundle and Playa works fine with mpeg movies. I do believe I like Realone best though.

[setarip]

"(and not be limited to 50%, 100%, 200% and full screen like media player--what's up with that?)"

In addition to the specific settings you mention, the Windows Media Player (at least the ones I've used on various systems) are fully compliant with Windows O/S handling of windows. That is to say, if you simply "grab" a corner of the window and drag it at a 45degree angle, you can expand or shrink it proportionately. If you "grab" a side you can increase/decrease either the width or the height.

[taralee469]

Hmm, that doesn't work for me. If I grab the side or corner and pull, it increases the actual WMP window, but not the size of the movie screen, if that makes sense. I have the most recent version of WMP, and am running Win98.

I installed divX 411 bundle, and it still doesn't work. I guess I'll just have to live with WMP.

[setarip]

If you play DivX .AVIs (particularly those created with the ORIGINAL DivX codec v.3.11) and MPG files, you might want to install the older (more flexible) Windows Media Player v.6.4 - and you'll then be able to stretch the actual video as I described in my earlier post.