missing mpeg2 encoder - windows dvd maker

[gettingbigj1978]

running windows vista home premium - intel core 2 duo t9300 @2.50ghz, 3.00 GB ram, nvidia nvs1400m video card, discrete graphics with a bunch of free memory for video

my windows dvd maker was running fine, and then after a couple of installs of some codecs, some uninstalls, some installation of programs and uninstalls, i must have lost my mpeg2 encoder.  when i try to run windows dvd maker, which came with my copy of windows vista, it comes up with the following error "mpeg2 encoder is missing" to run this program, a valid encoder needs to be present.

this was probably a result of installing and uninstalling codecs in the search of a perfect compressed video image =P  in any event, i liked windows dvd maker and now it doesnt work!

does anybody else have a similar problem, and is there a fix for it?

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

I found this:
http://www.community.windowsreinstall.com/index.php?showtopic=2057

Apparently you should download this:
http://www.windows-vista-update.com/Windows_Vista_codecs.html

[gettingbigj1978]

thanks for your assistance!  outside of this website, i googled my issue and found the same two sites you posted below.  apparently, other people have the same issue, and none of them have met any resolution, asw well.

for the two websites posted, the first takes me to a forum i have viewed before, and the person who posed the problem found the easiest way to fix this issue would be to revert back to xp!

the second website is a fake website, microsoft does not offer codec packs, save for a few for xp, but definitely not for vista!

does anyone else have the same issue that i have?

[kpac]

the second website is a fake website, microsoft does not offer codec packs, save for a few for xp, but definitely not for vista!

Fake? How convenient....

[BOBVMAX]

THE MIROSOFT WINDOWS SITE HAS STUFF TO BUY FOR A DVD PACKAGE. I THINK ITS 10 OR 20 BUCKS

[BOBVMAX]

MY LITE ON DVD ONLY PLAYS CD'S ON MY IBM THINKCENTRE USING WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER.
 SAYS THE DECODER IS NOT INSTALLED.
AT THE LITE ON CORP SITE TRIED SMARTLINK ON THE SITE FOR DVD UPDATES NO LUCK. DOWN LOADED SOME FIRMWARE FOR MY MODEL OF DVD NO LUCK.
ANY MAGIC TRICKS
 

[patio]

Yes...

Turn your capslock off...

Although not exactly magic it works wonders for getting intelligent responses in a Forum atmosphere...