SVCD playback in Windows Media Player 6.4?

[davidh44]

I've read that you can watch SVCD discs in WMP 6.4 as long as you have an MPEG-2 decoder installed, but that there can be a variety of display issues (wrong aspect ratio, audio sync problems, etc.) depending on the particular MPEG-2 decoder used.

Has anyone had good luck with a particular MPEG-2 decoder within WMP 6.4 for watching SVCD?

[smiller667]

From my limited experience, I would recommend Mediaplayer Classic (MPC). No matter which filter you use, wmp6.4 will not open svcds natively, you always have to open the files manually. MPC will play svcd natively.

[davidh44]

Thanks for the tip! I already had MPC for playing the occassional QuickTime and Real files...didn't realize it had built-in MPEG2/SVCD codec until you mentioned it. :)