Here is a free mpeg-2 codec

A question that seem to pop up here all the time, I found a free mpeg-2 codec (well, a 'dec' anyway)
http://www.softpedia.com/public/scripts/downloadhero/11-2-2-40/
Its probably not great performance (I haven't really tested it yet), but its free.
Steve

Are you sure that this codec is for JMF? I don't think so! This might help Player objects to decode MPEG-2(pritty bad I can say) but this was naver a problem to the JMF community cause Player objects can use almost every MPEG-2 decoder there is. The problem is with Processors which are being for more things than just pressenting a video. And for processors there is no free MPEG-2 decoder.

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