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Old 03-31-2004, 01:53 PM   #1
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Question Mpeg-2 decoder for WMP

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What is a good mpeg-2 decoder for WMP?
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Any DVD playback software. Dunno about a free one, though. But PowerDVD and WinDVD will work.

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Thanks for your quick reply RJ, I have PowerDVD by Cyberlink, do you think that would work?
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Yep. Just install it. Windows Media Player just requires a third party MPEG-2 decoding program installed to play MPEG-2 files back. So once you installed PowerDVD you can use WMP to play MPEG-2 files (and if you like you can use PowerDVD as well).

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When you install this software, how do integrated it into WMP or does WMP just use automatically use the decoder?
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Old 03-31-2004, 02:12 PM   #6
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Whoops you just answered my question, thanks again RJ.
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WMP will play MPEG-2 just after you installed PowerDVD. You don't need to do anything else.

EDIT: Now this time I was too slow

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