Odd technical problem
 

I have suddenly found myself unable to download any mpg or mpeg video files over about 1.5 MB in size from this forum, or apparently anywhere else. Any ideas why this might be happening?

Thanks.

how do you download them ? do you just left click/play/then save ? or right click and selcect "save target as" ?

and also, have you tried clearing out your temp files ?

regards
CP.

I right click then "save as". Haven't cleared out temp files - will give this a try - thanks for prompt response!

Okay - I've cleared out temp files, but still no dice. I've tried using Firefox and IE7, and basically the download screen comes up and just looks for the file indefinitely. No problems at all with AVI or WMV files. I am baffled.

hmmmm, well this is a first for me. have never heard of this problem before.
try choosing your words carefully and to a minimum, and type them in google. I will see wot else i can find out on your problem and post here if i have anymore idea's.

regards
CP.

download problems
 

what os are you using.

windows Xp

Windows vista

Cant help but...
 

Where is your avatar from?

Any more pics or vids anywhere?

I am using Windows XP

(The avatar is a vidcap from the Rigid East website - http://www.rge-films.com/ - lots of sample pics there, many ENF.)

Thanks for offers of help!

have you tried doing a system restore to an earlier point ?

CP

Okay - tried a system restore to about three weeks ago, but nothing doing. Trouble is, I can't pinpoint exactly when the problem started - I don't download mpeg files that often. It's very weird - can download MP3s no problem, and MP4s too. Have searched via google for various combinations "cannot download mpegs", "problems mpeg downloads" and so on, and can't really find anything similar. Apparently McAfee's Safe and Sound can have this effect on IE7, but I've never heard of it, let alone installed it.

Any ideas at all gratefully received!

Have you recently updated and ran your anti-spyware and anti-virus software?

Have you tried using other browsers ? firefox or netscape.
It might also be an idea, to sign up on a technical forum and ask on there. I wish i could help you more.

regards
CP.

Are you sorted yet ?
 

Have you solved your problem yet ? If not here are a few things to try. I had the exact same problem once after installing the quicktime plugin, I thought it would just allow me to view .mov files - but instead it changed the way my pc handles many video files. The installer does much stuff you don't want or know about (in the background) including adding itself to the startup group. I ended up uninstalling it. It also makes downloading MPEG or MPG files almost impossible and wants to play them inside your browser instead. If you have not installed this plugin or similar, then try using Firefox. Go to "options" and then the "content" tab. There are settings in here to manage how the browser handles various file types - including MPEG and MPG files, for instance it will let you play them everytime or save them to disk everytime etc. etc..... I hope this helped you, or anybody else.

No, haven't solved the problem yet, but you're the second person who's suggested QuickTime might be responsible. I'll check out the settings on Firefox as you suggested. Thank you!