Codex, Elecard, Mpeg2

All of a sudden a bunch of my movies play with Windows Media Player
with an irritating little thing that flutters around on the screen and
totally ruins the movie. It may be Mpeg2 or 4 or something to do with
Elecard. I've downloaded Elecard Player, Zoom Player and some other
players that are suppose to transfer the codex so the videos play
normally with WMP. They don't work. I hate these bastards and will
never ever ever buy anything from then.

Anyway, how do I get my videos to play like they should?

Mad

 

Maybe someone has experienced just exactly this same thing. For me;
the 'thing that flutters around' could be a large clue.
What is your OS, the file extension (.ext suffix) of the movies that
you're viewing, and your favourite colour?

 

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The "little thing that flutters" is a square or rectangle formed by 9
white square dots in 3 rows of 3. Perhaps it is called a cube. The dot
in the top right corner has a black dot in it.

I have Win XP. The file extensions are MPG, My favorite colour is red.

Mad

 

Nothing you said makes sense. You have to be more detailed
in your OS, the version of WMP, and what exactly you installed.
There is no such thing as "codex." An audio or video file is
compressed using a codec (COmpression-DECompression);
the plural is "codecs." Elecard offers an MPEG-2 codec, which
is used to play SVCD and Vob (DVD) files, but I don't see how
that would interfere with WMP. Offhand, I would say uninstall
every player you have installed, then see how WMP performs.
Start from there. If a video file comes along that plays audio
but no video, drag it into GSpot 2.21:
(http://www.headbands.com/gspot/) to see what codec you are
missing. Then use Google to seek out that codec and install
it, and only it -- not a codec "pak" or a another player. Build
your functionality in a step-by-step way. Shortcut overinstalling/too
many audio-visual softwares can lead to the kind of jumble you
are unsuccessfully describing.

 

Well, yes, my advice would be the same as per gangle's post. Trim
down the extraneous programs, and use 'G-spot' to determine which codecs
you actually require.
Codecs are available as free 'stand-alone' downloads for most
formats that you want, without needing to install another proprietary
program.
Start simple. But there does exist the possibility that you *may*
have to remove some crappy adware that could have come with the stuff
that you didn't actually need.

 

Win XP Version 2002, Pentium III, 750 MzH 128 RAM
WMP Version 9.00.3075

The codec reported by GSpot 2.21 is "n.a." I've uninstalled all other
players and codec pacs, re-booted, and the thing continues to flutter.

Mad

 

: All of a sudden a bunch of my movies play with Windows Media Player
: with an irritating little thing that flutters around on the screen and
: totally ruins the movie. It may be Mpeg2 or 4 or something to do with
: Elecard. I've downloaded Elecard Player, Zoom Player and some other
: players that are suppose to transfer the codex so the videos play
: normally with WMP. They don't work. I hate these bastards and will
: never ever ever buy anything from then.
:
: Anyway, how do I get my videos to play like they should?
:
: Mad

You need the logo remover for EleCard. Any decent p2p network will have it.

 

There is a fair possibility that you have had sales-ware added to
your machine that would not necessarily be removed by uninstalling the
programs. I'd suggest that you download, check updates, and run:

Spybot Search & Destroy
<http://security.kolla.de/>

Ad-Aware
<http://www.lavasoftusa.com/>

 

It's a nag of some sort not a logo but I downloaded and successfully
ran the logo remover.

Mad

 

I ran SpyBot, Spy Blaster, AdAware and AVG. All were clean. The
updates are current.

Mad