Re: more on avpes2mpeg

[MK <amk@befree.ch>]

On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> > Can anyone explain to me, why the windows media player does not
> > recognize the stream produced by avpes2mpeg? 
> 
> Microsoft does not provide any codec for MPEG2,

true for "media player 1", the one that comes with standard releases, only has
an mpeg1 decoder.

> therefore Media
> Player cannot play it.

if you get media player 6.4 (that's what they call "media player 2" from their
site it happens to include an mpeg2 decoder.

> I own a ATI All-in-Wonder VGA Card and bundled
> with it, i got the ATI DVD-Player which comes with DirectVideo-compatible
> filters/codec for MPEG2, so i can play MPEG2 in Media Player.

Yes ATI AIW comes with a customized version of the "cinemaster engine". At
least in my tests it is certainly not the best for playing the output of
avpes2mpeg (but then, I have installed the cinemaster 2000 dll's so there might
be some interference) Curious about your experience with it.

> Several
> other Software DVD players for Windows also uses DirectVideo-compatible
> filters.

some reliable source might be http://come.to/tec-video 
in the "outils" section.

MK