For those who uses InterVideo products and wishes to convert their MPEG-2 files to other space saving formats.

By Casey Yu - May 04, 2006

Have you tried many video converting softwares but none of them converts your InterVideo MPEG-2 files to other format?
Or you can convert your mpeg-2 but has no picture?

The reason is because InterVideo has their own MPEG-2 Decoder which is not compatible with the standard MPEG-2 decoders.

To solve this problem on WinXP Windows Movie Maker, you can follow these steps:
  • Open Windows Movie Maker (Start -> accessories -> entertainment -> Windows Movie Maker)
  • Go to options (Tools -> options)
  • Go to Compatibility Tab
  • Uncheck InterVideo Video Decoder
  • Download and install other standard MPEG-2 decoders (eg. mpeg2decoder from DeskShare)
  • You should be able to convert your MPEG-2 now using Windows Movie Maker.

    By disabling the InterVideo Video Decoder, it will NOT affect the performance of Intervideo Home Theater (and probably other Intervideo products as well). Although I'm not 100% sure that this will work on all other converting softwares, but at least I know this also fixes the problem on DeskShare's Digital Media Converter. But anyhow, if you are planning to convert to WMV's, you don't need other converting softwares, because the Windows Movie Player in WinXP will do the job.

    References

  • mpeg2decoder from DeskShare: http://www.deskshare.com/download/mpeg2decoder.exe (576kb)
  • Just in case they took it off, you can try here: http://www.caseyyu.com/tech/intervideo/mpeg2decoder.exe (May04,2006)
  • http://www.deskshare.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=714

    Note
    InterVideo Home Theater is slow to load~~~ and not to mention, their mpeg-2 decoder gives me a hack of a time to find solution for this problem.

    Disclaimer
    I do not hold any liability for any damages that may cause by following the procedures mentioned above, but the above procedures are written to the best of my knowledge and experience. Follow the procedures at your own risk.

    Keywords
    InterVideo, Home Theater, MPEG-2, MPEG2, TV Tuner, No Picture, Convert, Converting, Windows Movie Maker, AOpen XC Cube EA65