MPG viewer
To open an MPG file, drop it in the box below. It opens straight away, even with no extension or the wrong one. Your browser opens it on your device: nothing is uploaded.
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Opened on this device, never uploadedDrop or paste another file at any time
What you see
| MPG in the viewer | |
|---|---|
| Shown | Picture, aspect, frame rate, sound, subtitle count, length |
| Plays | No: browsers have no MPEG-2 decoder |
| DVD files | .vob read the same way |
| Bytes | Every byte under Bytes |
| Extensions | .mpg, .mpeg, .vob, .mpe, .m1v, .m2v |
| Upload | None: opened on your device |
What is an MPG file?
In short
MPG and VOB are MPEG program streams: MPEG-1 video (Video CDs) and MPEG-2 video (DVDs), with MP2, AC-3 or LPCM sound.
What the stream holds, read from its start and end: MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 picture size, aspect, frame rate, sound tracks and DVD subtitles. Browsers can’t decode MPEG-2, so it is not played.
How to open an MPG file
- Add your MPG. Drop the file in the box, choose it or paste it.
- Look at it. What the stream holds, read from its start and end: MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 picture size, aspect, frame rate, sound tracks and DVD subtitles. Browsers can’t decode MPEG-2, so it is not played.
- Take it further. Open in hands it, in a new tab, to File converter or Batch.
Questions
Not yet: DVD video is MPEG-2, which browsers can’t decode. The viewer shows what each VOB holds.
No. The viewer runs in your browser and opens the file on your device. Nothing is sent anywhere.