...borrowed this VCD from a mate. 'Houston 620' if anyone was wondering. Now it works on his PC, but on mine it won't play.

 

Cannot even locate the correct Codecs for it to play.

 

Anyone got any ideas as to a suitable extension I can use or codec site?

 

Ta

You should be able to play it without downloading any additional codecs, as it is MPEG2. But the file you have to open doesen't have an extension, I'll check in a minute.

Thanks mate. It's an AVI file...if that makes any difference. I'm pretty 5hite with computers to be honest. So layman's terms is usually best with me.

Couldn't find anything but a SVCD, sorry. But check for a file named AVSEQxx.mpg and open it using Windows Media Player

Where would I locate that then?

And if you can't still open it download the Gordian Knot codec pack from http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gordianknot/Gordian.Knot.Codec.Pack.1.9.Setup.exe?download it's the best codec pack I know of.

 

Note that the Gordian Knot had some light spyware attached durning the first versions, but I think they deleted it later. But I would still run ie. Ad-Aware or Spybot Search & Destroy after to be sure.

 

Ken

Where would I locate that then?

Sorry, can't remember how the VCD is built, but it on the SVCD it is in a folder called MPEG2

Okay, found a VCD. The video files are .dat files and they are located in the MPEGAV folder. They are called AVSEQxx.dat and to open them in Windows Media Player you open WMP and go to 'open..' and locate the right folder and then you choose "Show all files" and then you just double-click on the first AVSEQxx.dat file. Every .dat file in that folder is a video file, but the biggest should be the longest. Hope this helped :)

 

Ken

KEN.....

A post whore becoming are you. :rofl: :rofl:

Cheers Ken, first link you gave me worked! :D

KEN.....

A post whore becoming are you. :rofl: :rofl:

:p :rofl:

Cheers Ken, first link you gave me worked! :D

No problem mate :)