[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 105168] MPEG-2 Video (H.262) wont displayed in Impress on Windows

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105168

--- Comment #15 from LibreTraining <libretraining.tutorials at gmail.com> ---

It appears that a standard Windows installation does not support MPG-2.

"... Because Microsoft Windows operating systems provide only an MPEG-1 video
decoder, Windows Media Player cannot play MPEG-2 program streams without an
additional MPEG-2 video decoder ... "

Info found here:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/316992/file-types-supported-by-windows-media-player


I also found why it does work on my Windows 7 x64 machine.
Using the free GSpot Codec Information Appliance application I determined that
playback was using a MainConcept codec which is installed with their encoding
application.
It could also be played using a Ulead codec installed with my free Toshiba DVD
app.


So regarding MPEG-2 Video playback in Impress on Windows:
- Default Windows installations will not play MPG-2 video streams
- DVD applications will install a codec which will work 
- Microsoft has (or had) a DVD decoder pack which will install the needed codec


Note: I assume you should use the free GSpot Codec Information Appliance
application to confirm that you have no working decoder path available for that
video and that this is the issue.
And then install a DVD application or an advanced encoding application to see
if it starts working as expected.

Also, GSpot can be used to see which codecs are currently installed on your
system.

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