Problem with mpgv - is there any other codec to play mpge2?

[Jerry]

I have some problems when trying to play some 3rd party dvds, probably created with Nero. I get a lot of

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main warning: late picture skipped

and the video freezes.
I tried this dvd in smplayer and it plays it with no problem, but it is using ffmpeg2 as a video decoder and mpegps as a demuxer.
I tried
vlc --codec=ffmpeg
but it does not work (VLC steel uses mpgv)
So the question is: Is there any other decoder than mpgv in VLC that can play mpeg2 and how can I force VLC to use it?