Hi.As you probably have read, Microsoft removed the MPEG-2 codes from windows 8/8.1/10. And as Windows 10 does not have the possibility to add the media center, you cannot add the codec.Microsoft said they did so because of the high costs they have licensing the patents for MPEG-2.It might be true, that in the US have to pay for licenses. But in Europe (I'm from germany) patents on software arenot allowed!This means, if Microsoft would sell us the codec (for free) they would not have to pay any dollar!So my question: Why does Microsoft not use this fact to give us a free and good codec?The VLC Media Player (developed in Europe/France) installs an MPEG-2 codec and as you might now VLC is completely free!For more information, please see here:I hope that someone from Microsoft reads this.

• Best Mpeg-2 Codec

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Best Mpeg-2 Codec

MPEG-2 ( Moving Pictures Experts Group 2) is a video and audio encoding standard that is usually used in television broadcasts. It is also used to record multimedia CDs and DVDs, to make them compatible with all domestic DVD players.Some of the videos with the MPG extension use this coding standard, and to be able to play them on our computer we have to have a multimedia player installed that is compatible with this format, like PowerDVD, KMPlayer or Media Player Classic, and their corresponding decoders. To get the decoders we recommend that you download MPEG-2 Video Decoder.The installation of this filter pack is very simple. First, decompress in a folder the contents of the compressed ZIP file that you have downloaded. And then launch the register.bat file that you'll find inside.MPEG-2 Video Decoder includes the following filters necessary to play MPG files coded with MPEG-2:- Moonlight Elecard MPEG2 Video Decoder (mpgdec.ax).- Moonlight Odio Dekoda (mlcom.ax).- Moonlight-Elecard MPEG2 Demultiplexer (mpeg2dmx.ax).- Elecard PVA Demultiplexer (pvadmx.ax).- Elecard PIM2 Null (pim2null.ax).