Can I convert

[dardruba]

I've downloaded some sports events in .mpg format which are pixylated? and are useless when I try to play them on WMP10.
If I put them thru a video converter eg mpg to avi/divx will that re code them so I can play them and put them on a dvd.

I have SkyStar2 pci card in the PC and use progDVB and their Elecard Video Decoder, but I reinstalled the new version of progDVB and didnt know I had to reinstall the Elecard to the new version and then activate it. The bad vids are a result of that.

[dardruba]

The videos were not properly encoded.
Can they be recoded or recovered either using a converter or some other way.

These few are part of a ski seasons record, if I have to dump these I may as well scrap the full seasons videos.

[olyteddy]

If the info isn't in there now there isn't much you can do about it. You might try a different player such as VLC or a different MPEG decoder like FFDShow with Media Player Classic. FFDShow has a bunch of filters including de-blocking.

[anonymez]

Try running one of the affected mpg files through ProjectX. If the pixellation exists in the demuxed stream, it cannot be recovered.

[dardruba]

Can I convert

Hello to Anonymez
I've installed ProjectX but I dont understand a word of it or how to do as you suggest.
Could you please give this newbie directions how to proceed.
Thanks

[drfsupercenter]

Try VideoReDo, it will salvage what it can of the video.

[anonymez]

Run ProjectX, add the file, hit prepare then play.