# Problem with Media Player & MJPEG **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 19, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-media-player-mjpeg/169668 "2003-04-19T18:40:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![flex727](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@flex727](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flex727)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-media-player-mjpeg/169668/1 "2003-04-19T18:40:41Z")
A problem suddenly developed with my computer. Relevant components: Win XP Pro, Athlon XP 2000+, ATI Radeon 8500 AIW. I have a Canon G-3 digital camera that creates small movies in MJPEG format. Media Player in XP has always played them just fine, but suddenly it now plays them at warp speed (maybe 3-4x faster than real time). I can also play these in QT and they play fine there. Also, regular MPEGs, AVIs, etc. play fine with Media Player - it’s just a problem with the movies from my dig camera. Any thoughts as to what I can do to restore functionality in Media Player? ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-media-player-mjpeg/169668/2 "2003-04-19T22:44:41Z")
What version of the Media Player are you running ? Try upgrading to Media Player 9. ---
**Author:** ![flex727](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@flex727](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flex727)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-media-player-mjpeg/169668/3 "2003-04-20T12:45:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by xash \* > \*\*What version of the Media Player are you running ? Try upgrading to Media Player 9. \*\* I was running ver.9, downloaded it again and re-installed. No change. Sheesh, what a stupid problem! ---
**Author:** ![Toddly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@Toddly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toddly)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-media-player-mjpeg/169668/4 "2003-04-20T15:07:18Z")
flex ,what is the format of those files ? I can do bit of research and that would help. ---
**Author:** ![flex727](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@flex727](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flex727)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-media-player-mjpeg/169668/5 "2003-04-20T19:01:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Toddly \* > \*\*flex ,what is the format of those files ? I can do bit of research and that would help. \*\* To my knowledge they are MJPEG. It’s a format common with the movie mode of digital cameras. I think it’s essentially a series of JPEG stills.