all I want is to play a simple a movie. why is this so complicated.

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  1. jleslie48

    jleslie48 Member

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    heres the link:

    http://www.hvwebtv.net/CHALLENGERR.mp4

    windows media player wont play it.

    so I download this windows media player classic and it give me
    some strange error like:


    Stream 0

    Media Type 0:
    --------------------------
    AM_MEDIA_TYPE:
    majortype: MEDIATYPE_Video {73646976-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}
    subtype: Unknown GUID Name {5634504D-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}
    formattype: FORMAT_MPEG2_VIDEO {E06D80E3-DB46-11CF-B4D1-00805F6CBBEA}
    bFixedSizeSamples: 0
    bTemporalCompression: 1
    lSampleSize: 0
    cbFormat: 164



    like this means something to me.

    so I search the net for an answer. I read something about, ffdshow, and codecs, but after I install ffdsshow, nothing seems to happen, I click on the new entry ffdsshow configuration, and who knows what this means.

    here's that discussion:

    http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=94796

    but that is a bunch of gobeldy gook, and ffdsshow no matter what I click doesn't change a thing with WMP classic,...

    what is going on? why is this so complicated? I just want to see a video. can someone explain, from beginning to end, what I have to do to see this video? I went to quicktime, thats a 35mb???? player piece of bloatware. that's ridiculous.

    I don't want libraries and playlists, and skins, and all this junk, just a simple player that works, File--> Open. and a play button.

    sorry for the rant, but this is really annoying.
     
    jleslie48, Mar 3, 2006
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    philraz Regular member

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    philraz, Mar 3, 2006
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  3. OzMick

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    Get VideoLAN. MPC will seem crap in comparison, VideoLAN can open practically anything, not to mention streaming etc...
     
    OzMick, Mar 3, 2006
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    celtic_d Regular member

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    Well since it is parsing the mp4 correctly, you either have a newer MPC build or are using a 3rd party splitter like Haali's.

    5634504D = MP4V so you just need to have a decoder like ffdshow installed and enabled to handle mp4v and it will work.

    Sorry, but to me VLC seems crap compared to MPC. I just don't like VLC. For a player that plays practically everything, I prefer mplayer. Plays everything that VLC can, excluding DVD menus, plus more since it can make use of dll/ax's to decode propriatary formats like Real Video.
     
    celtic_d, Mar 3, 2006
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  5. Samuelzen

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    I have used Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, Nero Media Player, and others. I have found that Cyberlink's Power DVD is easier and more dependable with good quality playback. I believe it's only about $15 as well.
     
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