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Need to Open and Edit MPEG/MPG Files?

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What's An MPG/MPEG File?

MPG, also called MPEG (pronounced as "em-peg", short for Moving Pictures Experts Group), is an international organization jointly established by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electronic Committee (IEC) in 1988. It is dedicated to standardizing moving video and audio coding.

MPEG includes MPEG-1 , MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 . MPEG-1 is widely used in the production of VCD. MPEG-2 is used in the production of DVD, HDTV and some video editing and processing with high quality image required. MPEG-4 is a new compression standard with higher compression ratio so as to decrease video's file size but maintain a reasonable high quality..

MPEG standard is so widely adopted that the file extensions like MPEG, MPG, MPE are not good enough to indicate they are MPEG files. Actually, most video formats you're familiar with use MPEG compression standard to store video and/or audio, for example, MP4, M4V, FLV, F4V, Divx, Xvid, MP3, AAC, MPA, MPV, etc. In other words, when you're trying to open a file ending with .mpg or .mpeg, it's hard to say what's codec. That's why you can usually play MPG files but sometimes cannot.

open and edit MPG files

The best MPG player is Windows Media Player for Windows and VLC for Mac and PC. Many applications could also open and edit MPG/MPEG files, including Filme Video Editor, KMPlayer, PotPlayer, iMovie, Wondershare Filmora, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, etc.

How to Open MPEG/MPG Files with Filme Video Editor

Open MPG/MPEG files in Windows

In the main screen, go to the Media tab on the left sidebar and click the Add Media Files button.
Go through the top menu bar File > Add Media Files, or simply press Ctrl+O.
Resize Mov Video Editor's window and then drop MPG files to the timeline.

Open MPG/MPEG files on Mac

Go to the Media tab on the left sidebar and click the Add Media Files button.
Go through File > Add Media Files in the top menu bar, or press Command+O.
Drag and drop MPG files from Finder to the timeline.

Open MPG Video on All Modern Computers

Windows 10	Windows 8	Windows 7	Windows Vista	Windows XP
macOS Big Sur	macOS High Sierra	macOS Sierra	macOS el Capitan	Mac OS X 10.7 or higher

FAQs on MPG Playback in Windows, Mac and Mobile Devices

Question: Can't play MPEG files, how to fix?

Answer: If your MPG video file cannot play. Do the followings:

1. Check whether the file is corrupted, such as incomplete download or copy. If yes , it cannot be played.

2. Check whether there is a compatible MPG video player. If not, get Windows Media Player, VLC media player, and other MPG players.

3. The codec inside MPG is not supported. You can consider using an MPG converter to convert MPG video to a compatible format, or installing missing codecs from K-Lite Codec Pack for Windows and Perian for macOS.

Filme Video Editor Opens MPG Files and Many More Video File Formats

Not only can MPG Video Editor opens MPG files but also all popular video formats. Filme Video Editor is an all-in-one video editing application for Mac and Windows.

MPG Video Editor Introduction