[MPlayer-users] Re: Installing MPEG-2 decoder on Windows

[John Brown]

>On  Wed, 26 Apr 2006 03:53:28 +0000 (UTC),  Reshat Sabiq  wrote:
>John Brown <johnbrown105 <at> hotmail.com> writes:
> > >Is it possible to "re-use" the MPEG-2 decoder installation from a
> > >Windows/Linux laptop?
> > >
> > I do not understand the question.
> >
>I had in mind copying the dlls, and maybe changing registries and such.
>It appears my desktop has mpeg-4 decoder, but not mpeg-2, and plays
>mencoder-produced .mpg's video, but not audio. My laptop has mpeg-2 decoder
>(CyberLink Video/SP Decoder DELL 5.3), but apparently doesn't have mpeg-4
>decoder, and can playback the same .mpg's audio, but not video.
>
>I'm more interested in making mencoder produce mpeg-2 video for my other 
>issue
>(http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.mplayer.user/43437), but this is 
>a
>related topic, and i will look into MPEG-2 decoder for my desktop as well.
>
I am not sure why you are having problems, but see the section in the 
MPlayer manual that describes creating DVD-compatible MPEGS.