trying to use bittorrent

Not sure if this related to bittorrent or not. I downloaded an mpg file completely and tried to open it. It is most definately an mpg file, but none of my media players will play it (window media, realplayer, divx, quicktime0. any answers out there?

 

youll probly need some codecs so your players can read it.

try this, its a pack of many codecs

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Codec_Pack.htm

 

they all automatically search for codecs. none could be found. besides mpgs are pretty basic file extensions.

 

so youre saying a few stupid programs are better at searching for codecs than i am???

 

i dont think i need a codec, because it is an mpg file.

 

oops, i forgot the link
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Codec_Pack.htm

 

im an idot, it needed an mpg2 codec. i didnt have that for some reason. thanks anyway

 

o cool ill check that out in a minute. thanks

 

I tell people this all the time, but they just don't seem to believe me. Oh well I'll try again. Use VLC Media Player aka VideoLAN. It will play most video files without the need for installing additional codecs. I very rarely run into a file that VLC will not play. It is also free. You can find it here. http://videolan.org