Deskscapes stopped playing video backgrounds that previously worked. WTH? Unable to load this background. Typically means you do not have a decoder for MPEG2. Click here is a waste of time as it addresses older Windows versions.
All of them. None that worked previously work. None that I download work. All I did today was go to download a new one and change the animated background. I tried uninstalling Deskscapes and reinstalling and that did not work. They no longer even show a preview image. Sakura Cherry Blossoms in Japan is the one that was running fine before I went to change it. Now it doesn't work. Lost as to what to do at this point.
Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. I think it best to do purge and reinstall steps as mention here : [Link]. Just make sure to redownload the latest version from your account page. Reboot after the purge. Reinstall and reboot again after the installation. Retest and report back here.
I had not. Changed it to the "Use Media Foundation . . ." (from "DirectShow EVR" which is where it was set), and it now works. I hesitate to do anything else at this point. Thanks for the help, although I am unsure as to why this would have happened since it was working fine previously and I did not touch any DS settings.
What have worked for many users encountering the same or similar issues with missing or not working MPEG2, is to install the K-Lite codec pack. That package also include the excellent Media Player Classic, that can play almost all known audio & video formats.
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