MPEG-2 support?

[kimblarsen]

I am wondering if you have planned to add MPEG-2 support in the form of .m2v file format (MPEG-2 Packetized Elementary Stream, video only).

Regards,
Kim Baumann Larsen
Placebo Effects : 3d Photo Film Design

[pdimov]

The MPEG-2 situation is... complicated. We don't officially support it, but Pdplayer will open the file if you have the appropriate DirectShow codecs. Unfortunately, the various third-party codecs vary in quality, and the m2v format seems the least well understood.

We can't include built-in MPEG support at this time due to licensing and patent issues with the format.

[Morbid Angel]

what about quicktime/xvid/divx

[DenK]

qt supported with installed QT.

[pdimov]

Pdplayer will use the installed Video for Windows, DirectShow and Quicktime codecs. Officially we don't support any third-party codec, but unofficially, Xvid, Divx and Quicktime (H.264 in particular) should work fine. (Divx seems particularly Pdplayer-friendly.)

Note that Quicktime, Xvid and Divx don't have x64 versions.