[G4] MPEG DVD play problem

[Aaron]

It's not clear (to me, at least) what you mean by "an MPEG DVD" since all standard video DVD's use MPEG-2 or (occasionally) MPEG-1 for the encoding.

Since the DVD you're trying to play was burned on a DVD-R or a DVD+R disc, it is probably a problem of compatability between that disc and your player. Some of the older players will only play DVD-R (and perhaps some only play DVD+R), and even within the correct category there are often incompatibilities between particular discs and particular players.

If the Finder won't mount the disc, it is almost certainly a problem of compatibility.

The extensions should, I believe, be irrelevant if you are using Apple's DVD player. I never played a DVD under OS 9, so I'm not sure. But if you want to play an MPEG-2 file using QuickTime, you need the QuickTime MPEG2 Extension. (Not sure of its exact name in OS 9. In OS X, it's "QuickTimeMPEG2.component".)

 - Aaron

>Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 21:26:40 -0500
>From: Joe Dundovic <jodun at usinternet.com>
>Subject: [G4] MPEG DVD play problem
>
>I find I cannot play an MPEG DVD in the original DVD/CD player of my
>G4 Sawtooth running OS 9.2.2.   Does anyone know what kind of
>software is required?  My CDs and regular DVD movies play perfectly.
>The MPEG movie I am trying to play was burned by a friend with a PC.
>
>I have these extensions:  QuickTime MPEG4  and  QuickTime MPEG
>Extension but they don't do the job.  When I try to open the disk I
>get the message that  "it could not be opened because a software
>component needed by the movie could not be found"  Any help will be
>appreciated.
>
>Joe Dundovic
>jodun at usinternet.com