Why won't my windows media player play my videos?
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My install of Windows Media Center won't play MSN Video Player videos. They appear in the main guide, but when I click on them, nothing happens. If I look on the main menu, I don't have any icons for MSN Video player there. People have suggested I try downloading updates, but that makes no difference. I have internet connectivity. My region is set to the UK (which is where I am). If I navigate to the MSN Video Player using Internet Explorer, the videos play fine. The machine is an Acer Revo RL...
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I had some luck with this. The ProgramData\Microsoft\eHome directory (or equivalent on your version...
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I recorded them on my camcorder and when I download them onto the computer only the sound comes out and I can't actually watch the video. Why is this and how do I fix it? ...show more
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What file type are the videos? Right-click the video in the explorer(through My Computer or My Documents...
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I have videos in Windows Media Audio/Video file,720p HD,AVI,MPEG-4 Movie, DVD Rip Music Videos I tried downloading k-lite codec but my videos still won't play what's the ...show more
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I recently downloaded a video via torrents but my windows media player ( latest version ) doesn't play it saying that the file you are trying to plat has a .wmv extension. What ...show more
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probably because of old version. try k-lite codec pack (google it) it can play any thing. if it can...
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When I download a YouTube video on my HDD I play it with Real Player. If I want to play the same video on Windows Media Player I get this message; " Windows Media Player can not play this file. The Player might not support the file type or might...
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If you are downloading and saving them as FLV file extensions then media player wont play them unless...
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I have an hp laptop with windows 7, and it will not play any videos in media player.When i try to play a video all i get is a thumbnail and the audio. No error messages come up. I have tried downloading several different codec packs, and even downloaded...
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don't even give look to window media player. just download "VLC media player" and forget window...
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Every time I go to play a dvd on my laptop on WIndows media player something pops up saying "Windows Media Player cannot play the DVD because a compatible DVD decoder is not installed on your computer" I don't understand what this means and...
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Essentially it means that Media player doesn't work very well. Use this instead. It works much better...
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I used Recuva to recover some videos files off of my SD card and it was able to 5 of 7 as "excellent" with the other 2 as "poor" I recovered the poor ones anyway to see if I could hopefully get them to work, then I tried to play them...
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the easiest way is intalling windows media player again or down lod VCL player for free
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so basically, i bought a sony dcr sr 200, and everytime i upload videos, when i play them with windows media player, it say's, error downloading codec. what codec do i need, and where do i get it http://media.putfile.com/xghdfghd thats the clip
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YOu need to use conversion software to change from the SONY format to AVI for editing OR you need to...
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