richandtan

for those of you who are interested:... a friend sorted it out for me. it was a registry setting where mpg was set to type mpeg and mpeg was set tp type mp2 so mp2 was the default type for all mpg and mpeg types. dont know what changed it in the first place tho

Yes they are def .mpg or .mpeg in the URL I'm not dat stoopid !! lol. You are right, you can rename them later... it just really driving me mad!!! and it wasn't like that before and I cant find a way to change it back !!!! Arrggghhh !!!

anyone got any ideas at all ???

hi people. please can someone help me. I just got back on the internet after a while, updated all my software, virus s/w etc.. and updated my version of real player and somewhere along the lines - I am pretty much sure but not 100% after I updated real player - when I visited a web site and tried to download a mpeg file it defaulted to file to mp2 format in the save as box although still as a mpeg 'type' with no way to save it as it IS !?!?!? If that sounds confusing... basically what happens is right click mpeg or mpg file to be downloaded save as box pops up with destination file name, type etc... BUT although file is a mpeg or mpg file the destination file name i.e. save as file name has defaulted to filename.mp2 !!?? I have tried uninstalling real player but it hasn't fixed it. Is driving me mad, can any help me please !!! many many thanks in advance. Tarnia