Questions on Microsoft MPEG-4 Codec

sauzan · 27th April 2005, 03:08

Hi,

I would like to ask where am I able to get this codec? Is it free for use by any Windows user? Would need to use it to encode some videos.

Currently it does not seem to show up in my list of compressors in VirtualDubMod.

Thanks!

Sirber · 27th April 2005, 04:42

M$ MPEG4?

WMV9? DIVX 3.11?

unskinnyboy · 27th April 2005, 05:26

Did you mean Microsoft MPEG-4 V1/2/3 VKI Codec for ASF files? Or did you mean Microsoft MPEG-4 v1 and v2, the predecessors of WMV? They are obsolete now compared to Windows media files.

Why do you want to use anything M$ when are better open source alternatives if your only aim is to write to an AVI container?

plonk420 · 28th April 2005, 03:34

if you look in WMEncoder 9, it shows an "mpeg-4" profile for video encoding. however, i've never tried it X)

Inventive Software · 28th April 2005, 13:44

Look for a file in your system directory called mpg4c32.dll. This is the codec for V1, V2 and V3. If it's there, edit your system.ini file, scroll down to Drivers32 and see if there's an entry called vidc.mp42 mpg4c32.dll. If not, you need to create one. vidc.mp42 is for V2, vidc.mpg4 is for V1. If you can write to ASF files, add one for vidc.mp43, but don't bother if you're writing to anything other than ASF files directly, it'll just fail.

If you don't have the DLL, install Windows Media Player 9. It should be there then. If not, PM me and I'll e-mail it to you.

bond · 28th April 2005, 16:44

microsoft's so called mpeg4 v1-3 codecs are not mpeg-4 compliant, even if the name says so, just in case someone doesnt know it

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sauzan Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 3	Questions on Microsoft MPEG-4 Codec Hi, I would like to ask where am I able to get this codec? Is it free for use by any Windows user? Would need to use it to encode some videos. Currently it does not seem to show up in my list of compressors in VirtualDubMod. Thanks!

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Inventive Software Turkey Machine Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Lowestoft, UK (but visit lots of places with bribes [beer]) Posts: 1,953	Look for a file in your system directory called mpg4c32.dll. This is the codec for V1, V2 and V3. If it's there, edit your system.ini file, scroll down to Drivers32 and see if there's an entry called vidc.mp42 mpg4c32.dll. If not, you need to create one. vidc.mp42 is for V2, vidc.mpg4 is for V1. If you can write to ASF files, add one for vidc.mp43, but don't bother if you're writing to anything other than ASF files directly, it'll just fail. If you don't have the DLL, install Windows Media Player 9. It should be there then. If not, PM me and I'll e-mail it to you. __________________ On Discworld it is clearly recognized that million-to-one chances happen 9 times out of 10. If the hero did not overcome huge odds, what would be the point? Terry Pratchett - The Science Of Discworld

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27th April 2005, 04:42	#2 \| Link
Sirber retired developer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 8,979	M$ MPEG4? WMV9? DIVX 3.11?

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unskinnyboy Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: NTSC R1 Posts: 2,046	Did you mean Microsoft MPEG-4 V1/2/3 VKI Codec for ASF files? Or did you mean Microsoft MPEG-4 v1 and v2, the predecessors of WMV? They are obsolete now compared to Windows media files. Why do you want to use anything M$ when are better open source alternatives if your only aim is to write to an AVI container?

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plonk420 amd & h.264 fanboy Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: NTSC Posts: 420	if you look in WMEncoder 9, it shows an "mpeg-4" profile for video encoding. however, i've never tried it X)