I'm at my wit's end trying to play mgeg1 clips. I'm on a Dell XPS410 desktop running Windows Vista Ultimate.
Jan 18, 2017 - If a problematic codec is needed to play the video file you're watching. Windows Vista, so Win 7 or 8 could work but it may be a bit of a risk.
Whether I use Windows Media Player 11, PowerPoint 2007, or Real Player, the mpeg1 clips play at an accelerated rate. The video goes real fast, and the audio sounds like Alvin the Chipmunk! Yet, I can play the very same clips fine on Apple's QuickTime, and I can play them perfectly as well on another computer which runs Windows XP, and on that computer Windows Media Player, PowerPoint, and Real Player all play the clips perfectly. Therefore, I am thinking I have a problem with corrupted codecs.
Since Quicktime has built-in codecs, I'm not having the problem with Quicktime. If my thinking is correct, is there a way to unregister or delete all the codecs and start from scratch by reinstalling the correct codecs? Or any other suggestions? Thanks for your response.
I had already installed the Vista Codec Package. Someone had recommended it to me.
But it didn't fix the problem, however. I only installed QuickTime after the fact, because I wanted to see if it worked.
When Quicktime did play the mpeg1 files correctly, I knew the files aren't corrupt. And since Windows Media Player plays all other files correctly, I know it's not the media player - especially since Real Player from Real Networks also can't play the mpeg1 files correctly. But thanks for your suggestion. Is there anyway to uninstall ALL the Codecs and then re-install the correct ones? Or any other ideas from anyone??
An easy way to register/unregister install/uninstall the files is to use one of these small tools: -list all registered codecs and to register or unregister codecs.: helps to list, sort, find, add or remove DirectShow filters.will help you avoid the inconvenience of running regsvr32 from the start menu.allows to register/unregister DLL and OCX codec files using RegSvr32 tool.register dll/ocx filters, codecs. And get extended file informations. you can find more under category. Some of the more common filters 'iviaudio.ax' - WinDVD Audio Decoder filter.
'ivivideo.ax' - WinDVD Video Decoder filter. 'claud.ax' - PowerDVD Audio Decoder filter.
'clvsd.ax' - PowerDVD Video Decoder filter. 'DSCinemAudioDecoder.dll' - CineMaster v4 Audio Decoder filter. 'DSCinemVideoDecoder.dll' - CineMaster v4 Video Decoder filter. Note: Sometimes you need to specify the fully qualified path name to files (i.e. C: Program Files InterVideo Common Bin IVIAUDIO.AX). So I was trying to fix a problem with my laptop and was browsing problem reports and solutions. I came across an article which said to unregister SPLITTER.AX, so, like an idiot, I did it.
Not to my knowledge, this had something to do with my external monitor, which went off completely. I restarted my computer and now the display is messed up, i.e, it's 'shifted' to the right and a large portion of the screen is cut off. Tried everything to fix, tried going to the Command Prompt and typing /regsvr SPLITTER.AX and then I get an error message saying it can't be found.