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MPEG2 codec

Vultural

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I have an mp4 video that my stand alone unit will not read.
Says cannot read video file.

I tossed it in mkvmerge and the video codec was MPEG2.

Is there a simple way of modifying the codec to mp4 or mp4a?
 

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What sort of stand-alone unit? Almost everything plays MPEG-2, so the player might not like either the file itself or the fact that MPEG-2 video is in an MP4 container. Try remuxing the file to a transport stream or an MKV. It might not be necessary to re-encode the video.
 

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I have an LG BluRay BD 570 that I run all my files through.
To forestall any computer to theater suggestions, my laptop does not have an HDMI port.

I tried a simple remux using mkvmerge, with the resultant mkv file.
Video still unsupported.
I know it's my player or model that, for whatever reason, cannot decipher the MPEG2.
 

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What you mean by running your files through the player? Streaming to it? Connecting an external hard drive over USB and using it as a media player?

Again, I doubt that the player has a problem with MPEG-2 (no matter how you are playing the file), but perhaps the file itself is problematic. In which case, you might have to recompress it. I'm loathe to suggest HandBrake, but if you just want to watch it, you might give it a try.
 

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I watch avi - mp4 - mkv either through flashdrive or external HD connected to the BluRay USB
or from a data DVD+R.

I was hoping, wistfully, there was a gizmo I could use to go in and rename the codec from MPEG2 to mp4 and see if that fixed it.

Could go the Handbrake route, though that usually takes 15-20 hours.
 

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Vultural said:
I was hoping, wistfully, there was a gizmo I could use to go in and rename the codec from MPEG2 to mp4 and see if that fixed it.

It doesn't work that way. You can't change a video's codec by renaming it or rather by rewriting its metadata. You have to recompress it to do that.
 

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Have you tried chagning the filename to .mpg? It may just be a misnamed file...
 

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Captain, I didn't think so. Still, a fool believes ...

Dangermouse, you mean rename the extension mpg? I'll give it a go.
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Grrr, Video format not supported.
I can see hours of Handbrake ahead, or get the DVD 9 of this edit and try that.
Yeah! That's what I'll try!
 

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- UPDATE -

I realized what I had was actually an mkv file, that I changed the extension to mp4.
That did not work, neither did mpg nor the original mkv.
That video codec of MPEG 2 baffled my player.

I changed the extension back to mkv, then ran the file back through a bit of low rent software I haven't used in years.
Pazera Free Converter. Converted to mp4. Filesize went from 7.5 to 7.4 but it was otherwise fine.
So I have another three hour extended edit in my queue.

Captain Khajiit and dangermouse, thank you both for helping me.
 

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Aaarrrggghh!

I got a file that was too big to burn.
Yes, I know, who burns anymore?
So I reduced it from 8.5 to 8, tested it from external HD to Bluray USB port.
Get sound, but no picture.
Pez.
Tossed the file in mkvmerge and saw the video codec was MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Dude ...
Doing it again, using RipBot264. 18 hours.
Poke self in eye now.
 
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