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[WmRTaylor]

I recently upgraded from RecordNow Max (4.x) to 8 Premire since the older version caused "Page fault in non-paged area" BSODs, but now I can't get my MPEGs on my hard drive to play properly.  Problems include:

• MPEGs being reported shorter that they actually are.
  
• Playback "freezes" on one frame.
  
• Playback stops/loops at a point before the actual end.
  
• Playback suddenly "fast forwards" through frames or skips ahead several seconds.

These problems were not limited to Windows Media Player.  It occured in Winamp and Quicktime as well.  I did uninstall RN8P and the MPEGs did play normally.  This means that RN8P installed a defective MPEG codec, which I found using a program called Sherlock.

I need a way to disable, remove, or bypass this bad codec without removing everything and let Windows' codec take over.  That or find an updated codec for RN8P

[sknis]

Although that program is now being sold by Roxio; it is primarily a Sonic designed program.  You may want to try their help area.  Not many people here use the programs that you mentioned. But perhaps, you will get luck here since your problem is Codec related.

WmRTaylor, on Jul 22 2006, 10:31 PM, said:

I recently upgraded from RecordNow Max (4.x) to 8 Premire since the older version caused "Page fault in non-paged area" BSODs, but now I can't get my MPEGs on my hard drive to play properly. Problems include:

• MPEGs being reported shorter that they actually are.
  
• Playback "freezes" on one frame.
  
• Playback stops/loops at a point before the actual end.
  
• Playback suddenly "fast forwards" through frames or skips ahead several seconds.

These problems were not limited to Windows Media Player. It occured in Winamp and Quicktime as well. I did uninstall RN8P and the MPEGs did play normally. This means that RN8P installed a defective MPEG codec, which I found using a program called Sherlock.

I need a way to disable, remove, or bypass this bad codec without removing everything and let Windows' codec take over. That or find an updated codec for RN8P

[ggrussell]

Does RecordNow 8 include CinePlayer?  The MPEG codec in Cineplayer needs to be activated over the net.  See if you can just uninstall CinePlayer.

[jeanrosenfeld]

You could unregister the bad codec, then if you have another suitable one that would be used. You can use GSpot check what codecs you have, it will also show what filters are used.

Or change the merit (priority) (e.g. with radlght filter manager
http://www.free-code...ter_Manager.htm

[WmRTaylor]

jeanrosenfeld, on Jul 23 2006, 07:12 AM, said:

You could unregister the bad codec, then if you have another suitable one that would be used. You can use GSpot check what codecs you have, it will also show what filters are used.

Or change the merit (priority) (e.g. with radlght filter manager
http://www.free-code...ter_Manager.htm

I believe I found and fixed the problem!

I used GSpot on the MPEGs I had problems with and found a Sonic codec (Lead something-or-other).  Then I used RadLight to unregister them, and now the MPEGs are playing normally.

Thanks for the help... and the programs!

[grandpabruce]

WmRTaylor, on Jul 23 2006, 01:44 PM, said:

I believe I found and fixed the problem!

I used GSpot on the MPEGs I had problems with and found a Sonic codec (Lead something-or-other).  Then I used RadLight to unregister them, and now the MPEGs are playing normally.

Thanks for the help... and the programs!

Good to see you got your problem resolved, and your post may help others who are having the same problem.  Thank you for posting your resolve.