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Re: windows media player 11 problem

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Aug 21st, 2008

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Originally Posted by PcPro12

ahh...ok, thanks...i got confused what to do after i get the error message...

anyway i did everything, set the owners and permissions...and restarted the computer and it still doesnt work...

it has to do with the codec...if you dont have the right codec, like the DivX codec installed, windows media player wont play DivX movies...

So you got errors? Did you went through all the entries and sub entries under mediaplayer?
I had many entries with permission errors...

Do you have sound but no video when playing dvd's? Can you play a movie in any other format, like *.mpg or *.wmv?

try downloading and installing K-Lite Codec Pack 3.7.5 Full
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...codec_pack.htm

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Re: windows media player 11 problem

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Aug 21st, 2008

nope...no errors...i went through all entires and sub entries...i had many too...aside from like 2 or 3 of them, all entires showed errors when i clicked on them...

i installed K-Lite codec pack...4.1.7 Full...and when i play the movies, it opens with media player classic, and it works...but when i launch it with windows media player, no video, just sounds...

ill just use classic and vlc player....media player is messed up for newer videos...

btw...one movie i cant play is .avi format...i tried getting the AVI Codec, and tried 2 websites, and got like 5 trojan viruses from every website...so i just left it...

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Re: windows media player 11 problem

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Sep 7th, 2008

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Originally Posted by gilithramaloce

I have a brand new comp with vista 11 on it. I transfered all of music files to the new comp and everytime I play a song-it doesn't matter which-there's a skipping/buffering problem at the end of the song. And I definately didn't have this problem before. Is there anything I can do?

Brother.. even i have the same problem, i bought a brand new comp with Vista Home Premium in it, with which i got WMP version11, when i play any song in my hard drive, either mp3 or any other file.. it is getting stuck up at just few seconds b4 the song ends...

Please let me know any body got a solution for this..

Thanks..

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Re: windows media player 11 problem

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Sep 8th, 2008

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Originally Posted by sdmooga

Brother.. even i have the same problem, i bought a brand new comp with Vista Home Premium in it, with which i got WMP version11, when i play any song in my hard drive, either mp3 or any other file.. it is getting stuck up at just few seconds b4 the song ends...

Please let me know any body got a solution for this..

Thanks..

Can you play the same files with another application like winamp or i-tunes without problems.
When you say "getting stuck up" what do you mean, After getting stuck up can you continue using windows media player or is it freezing / not responding ?
Did you try installing the k-lite codec pack?

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Re: windows media player 11 problem

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Sep 8th, 2008

I have found in the past that by either re-installing my sound card drivers or updating them from my vendor my media player problems get corrected.

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Re: windows media player 11 problem

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Jul 5th, 2009

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Originally Posted by PcPro12

nope...no errors...i went through all entires and sub entries...i had many too...aside from like 2 or 3 of them, all entires showed errors when i clicked on them...

i installed K-Lite codec pack...4.1.7 Full...and when i play the movies, it opens with media player classic, and it works...but when i launch it with windows media player, no video, just sounds...

ill just use classic and vlc player....media player is messed up for newer videos...

btw...one movie i cant play is .avi format...i tried getting the AVI Codec, and tried 2 websites, and got like 5 trojan viruses from every website...so i just left it...

Another good codec pack to try out is the CCCP or Combined Community Codec Pack . You can find them on the web and download the pack from their site. I have never encountered any trojans from this their site. The also offer a file called the CCCP Insurgent . It scans your computer and finds all the codec packs already installed if there are any and if they are corrupted . It gives you the option to uninstall them before you install a new pack. As a further note I have also come across a warning from my virus program that there is some sort of password protected file in the K- Lite series of codec packs that upon further scans shows up as a trojan . I don't know if this is true or not but it has stopped my from installing this pack many times. The author does not have his own site as far as I know, the files are held on a codec repository site. The K-Lite series of codecs is one of the only ones to have that password protected file . One has to wonder why?
As for some of the other problems here with not being able to play videos, I suspect some of it may have to do with the Usage Rights Management files. If they become corrupted, much of what you may have downloaded would be unplayable by Media Player. Also some file are set to expire after a certain amount of time, and may be unplayable for good unless they are re-downloaded. This is to do with DRM in Windows Vista. I hope this helps someone out or at least gives them an idea where to start with their problem .
Regards , and Best Wishes.

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Re: windows media player 11 problem

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Sep 11th, 2009

Windows media player opens and I can't shut it down. I have closed it by clicking the red X, clicking file and then exit, thru task manager. I went in and denied all permissions. Still once it opens no matter how I close it it re-opens and won't let you do anything else. It always pops to the front and won't let you do anything else. Even when it's minimized it won't let you do anything.
Any suggetions?