I have asked a mod to move this thread to Tech Talk since I think that is a more appropriate place. Thanks for all your help, even though my computer still can not play that file without corrupting the operating system.

Hey, dragon. catch this *throws something toward you*.

And so off we go to the Windows Software forum; buckle up............

Very strange....

From the files you posted Dragon it looks like you have WMP9...

Have you tried re-installing it??

I cant figure it out.......How fast is your processor?? (Mine is 450Mhz)

Very wierd

my processor speed is 2.5 GHz, so I doubt that is the problem. And I think WPM is up to version 10.0 now -- just upgraded yesterday.

Hmmmmmmm

Your on XP right???

I cant understand it.... If you didnt have the right codec it simply wouldnt load,it wouldnt do what its doing!!

Can you see this stream??

http://asx.abacast.com/katutr.asx (Traffic cams)

Did my attachment help?

lol...very funny

I sent Dragon a PM with a possible solution to this

Just a thought: Maybe there's someone else with this kind of problem. Wouldn't hurt if you posted your solution here.


Unless it is "a solution" like I had for similar problem.

Any mpeg video on my system would reproduce in windows media player in "fast-forward" mode. Tried all kinds of codecs and stuff. Nothing helped.

"Solved" it by trying the "repair Windows installation" mode in windows setup program, but instead of repairing, my HD got screwed, saying "error loading operating system".
I was formating the drive, and trying to reinstall windows for a week without success. Until I got XP SP1 and finally managed to "breathe the life" into it.

Now mpegs play normally.

Ppl, don't do this at home.