Help! I can't play an SVCD mpeg video file! (1 Viewer)

[NickSo]

I downloaded the SVCD version of the HALO2 trailer from bungie's website:
http://www.bungie.org/halo2trailermirrors/
I have WMP9, but i cant play it!
How do i view this file?

 

[John_Berger]

I was unable to play it with WinDVD, which I thought was able to read SVCD MPEG files.

I would recommend the QuickTime format anyway. If encoded properly, QuickTime usually produces the best-looking results of any codec (short of DVD MPEG-2), although DIVX is very close.

 

[Steve Young]

I was able to play it with WMP8, but it first had to download a codec.

Steve

 

[Jeff Kleist]

Windows Media does not support MPEG-2 unless you have a 3rdparty codec. The licensing fees are just too much for them to subsidise

 

[NickSo]

Dangit! I would've thought this was the best quality one coz of the resolution... :frowning: Ohwell...

 

[Jeff Kleist]

You can play it in any DVD Player software

 

[Steve Young]

I made a mistake in my first reply, the one I watched in WMP8 was in WMP format. But I did download the SVCD MPEG2 format and it does play in my Power DVD 4 software, and should in any other DVD software.

Steve

 

[NickSo]

Thanks guys, i got it working with PowerDVD Looks awesome