[X4U] Re: how play .mpeg files? No can do!

[Randy B.Singer]

Germain M. said:

>Thanks for your help. Unfortunately, none of the programs mentioned - 
>which ID- canplay the file in question


If the file was really an MPEG file, then QuickTime would have been able 
to play it just fine.

It is either not an MPEG file, or it is corrupted, or something else.

You might want to try dragging it over Stuffit Expander to see if it is 
still encoded or compressed:

You can download a free copy of Stuffit Expander from:
http://www.stuffit.com/mac/expander/index.html

Then you can try playing it with QuickTime again.  And if that fails, you 
can try VideoLan Client to see if it is another file format.  If none of 
these work, then I suspect that your chances of viewing the file are 
bleak.



Randy B. Singer
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