Programs Don't Seem To Work

[Guest]

My mpeg files stop playing a while back. I can't see the file on any program
(Media Player, Movie Maker, DivX Player, Ulead DVD Player). The only program
that playes the mpeg files is my Pinnacle Studio ver.9. I noticed that I
could redo the small mpeg's as an avi file but large files bog the computer
down big time. This is the first time i'm using help and I hope some one can
tell me what's going on.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Pinnacle Studio ver.9 may have stolen the mpg/mpeg file association.

Open Windows Media Player | Tools | Options |
File Types tab | Click the Select All button |
Click Apply | Click OK

[[If you install other multimedia playback programs on your computer, they
may interfere with your Player file types settings. For more information
about setting file type ownership in other multimedia playback programs, see
the documentation that came with those programs. ]]

[[If you want to make another player the default player for a specific file
type, clear the check box for it in the File types list. ]]

[[If a selected check box is dimmed, Windows Media Player has only partial
ownership of the file type. Multiple file extensions are assigned to the
file type, but the Player only plays some of those extensions by default. To
give the Player full ownership of a file type, double-click the dimmed check
box. ]]

Start | Run | Paste this in the box and click OK...

hh wmplayer.chm::/htm/player_overview_formats.htm

Selecting file types
https://www.netscum.dk/resources/do...l/proddocs/en-us/player_overview_formats.mspx

If the above did not help, go here...

Windows® XP File Association Fixes
Copyright 2003 - Doug Knox
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

Read the instructions. Then get...

MPG/MPEG File Association Fix (Restores default associations for MPG/MPEG
files)

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Guest]

No dice, I've tried all and nothing seems to work. If I reformat my hard
drive what will windows charge me to reinstall Windows XP?

Pinnacle Studio ver.9 may have stolen the mpg/mpeg file association.

Open Windows Media Player | Tools | Options |
File Types tab | Click the Select All button |
Click Apply | Click OK

[[If you install other multimedia playback programs on your computer, they
may interfere with your Player file types settings. For more information
about setting file type ownership in other multimedia playback programs, see
the documentation that came with those programs. ]]

[[If you want to make another player the default player for a specific file
type, clear the check box for it in the File types list. ]]

[[If a selected check box is dimmed, Windows Media Player has only partial
ownership of the file type. Multiple file extensions are assigned to the
file type, but the Player only plays some of those extensions by default. To
give the Player full ownership of a file type, double-click the dimmed check
box. ]]

Start | Run | Paste this in the box and click OK...

hh wmplayer.chm::/htm/player_overview_formats.htm

Selecting file types
https://www.netscum.dk/resources/do...l/proddocs/en-us/player_overview_formats.mspx

If the above did not help, go here...

Windows® XP File Association Fixes
Copyright 2003 - Doug Knox
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

Read the instructions. Then get...

MPG/MPEG File Association Fix (Restores default associations for MPG/MPEG
files)

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

My mpeg files stop playing a while back. I can't see the file on any
program (Media Player, Movie Maker, DivX Player, Ulead DVD Player). The
only program that playes the mpeg files is my Pinnacle Studio ver.9. I
noticed that I could redo the small mpeg's as an avi file but large files
bog the computer down big time. This is the first time i'm using help and
I hope some one can tell me what's going on.