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Every time i play a video online, I get this little fault in the video.

Any ideas?

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The screenshot from shows a small visual glitch while streaming with Windows Media Player 11 beta. Replies from and are noted; below are targeted, practical diagnostics and likely causes that complement those replies without repeating them.

Quick checks (do these in order):

  • Play a local copy of the same clip (or any short local video). If the fault vanishes, the problem is tied to streaming or the browser/plugin path rather than the renderer/graphics stack.
  • Try the same stream in a different player (VLC, Media Player Classic) or a different browser. If the artifact appears across players, the GPU/driver side is the prime suspect. If it only happens inside the browser plugin, the plugin/interaction is suspect.
  • Update the graphics driver to the latest WHQL build from the card maker (NVIDIA, AMD/ATI, Intel). Many small rendering faults come from outdated or buggy drivers.
  • Temporarily disable hardware acceleration on the display (Windows XP: Desktop → Properties → Settings → Advanced → Troubleshoot → move Hardware Acceleration to None) and retest. Forcing software rendering is a quick way to decide between GPU vs. software decode issues.
  • Verify refresh rate/color depth are set to recommended values (native refresh rate and 32‑bit color). Mismatches can cause tearing or odd pixels.

If those steps don’t isolate it, gather the OS build, GPU model and driver version, exact WMP build, and whether the issue affects only streaming or also local playback. Wide occurrence across players usually points to drivers or the card; streaming-only faults often trace back to the plugin, the streaming server encoding, or network corruption. These diagnostics narrow the root cause efficiently before taking broader actions.

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Every time i play a video online, I get this little fault in the video.

Any ideas?

My suggestion would be to uninstall and reinstall WMP11b. Sometime the codec's WMP uses to play video files develop problems, and reinstalling WMP will get rid of those problems.

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I would suggest not using beta program on your main machine !

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