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Can Play WMV But Not AVI, MPG, MPEG files?
I've wasted hours trying to fix this problem of WMP 11 not playing some of my old wmv files (these are Video files). I tried downloading and updating codecs, video drivers, more updates, System Restore, etc. This problem with WMP 11 came right out of the box. In other words, the software or computer wasn't doing

WMV files not playing in WMP11
Often but not always, my WMP goes to full screen when playing videos, keeps playing and is totally unresponsive to keyboard or mouse. This can happen on local disk WMV files and on streaming videos from the web. Audio files or OK. I run AVG always and Ad-Aware often. When in this mode, if the video ends,

Streaming video in WMP 11 for Vista - Please Help!
Now, in WMP11 it seems that playing *any* content through a wsx playlist disables the player controls, ie it treats it as if it were a live stream, whether the actual content is live or not. Directly requested wmv files play normally, no different to WMP9/10. A large part of my application is built around using wsx

No Sound in WMV files
I have WMP11 and Flash9, but don't/won't use IE. Grr. Yup... That's where I stopped too. I have software that's perfectly capable of playing .wmv files. And I have Adobe Flash. Guess that's not good enough for Microsoft. As for IE, I removed it altogether... <http://www.litepc.com/download.html> db If you are so

WMP 10 - Goes Full Screen - Keeps Playing Video and is ...
... really they're wmv files streaming via mms, like mms:\\server \movie.wmv). we also use cisco content engines to cache content, primarily for distant locations of our business (not that i think the content engines are at all fault here). when a user (with ie7+wmp10) attempt to go to mms:\\servername \blah.wmv,

WMP11 .wmv playback crashes
There is a site from which I previously had no difficulty streaming and/or downloading and playing WMV clips. I am now suddenly unable to play some of If I try to play the download by double clicking the WMV file, I get "The file you are attempting to play has an extension that does not match the file format.

WMP gone from All Programs
I can now play DVDs again, but still no luck with embedded video on websites (wmv files, which do play once I download and save them, then double-click the file). I have looked at the list of installed programs with a view to repairing or removing (with a view to reinstall) WMP11 but it is not listed.

8600 and HD .wmv files
It's a WMV file. OK I have that set to open with WMP 10, I might install the WMP 11 and see if that helps. Thanks JAS OK... back to linux I go :-) Installed WMP 11 onb Win XP PRO and SM 1.1.4 and it is playing now. JAS -- You either teach people to treat you with dignity and respect, or you don't.

WMP11 freezes Vista when playing video after install, plays well ...
edonline edonl...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windowsmedia player I am having the same problem playing .wmv files with DRM protection in Windows Media Player version 11. "Farisinho" wrote: hello I just purchased a song from an online store but Windows Media Player will not let me play it.

Video not playing?
... ccsjamin <ccsja...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: I have XP Pro running with WMP11 and for some reason my .wmv files all play the audio fine, Vidoe used to be OK so not really sure when this occured or why. My .avi files seem to play ok though.. Have you got the videos playing to fit the player ?

Playing WMV files on Wmp11 on vista
Now Playing: "The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts" by "Sufjan Stevens" in WMP11. -- "wallpaper_wizard" <wallpaper_wiz...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:gdls42h8kdqridarc5ln1tt5sdd4flhqq6@4ax.com... Windows XP SP2, most recent updates. .Mpg and .Avi files seem to play ok, but .wmv files cannot be fastforwarded

WMP11 - slower than previous version when playing HD content
chris mrwarc...@hotmail.com microsoft public windowsmedia player I am having a problem with the new WMP11, when I have list of .wmv files playing it will play the first file fine, but when it goes to switch to the second in the list WMP11 crashes. This problem only occurs with .wmv files, and not with others.

Streaming media w/ WMP10 after IE7 Upgrade
gmail.com> wrote: The files are WMV. Properties panel would not come up. Tried the repair from the indicated website but got an error message "error loading WMV (check the file extension of the file ends in .wmv) try to get Properties panel up. Right-click the playing video, and choose Properties from the menu.

Chunky Video Image
I've run it before, but not sure I still have it. System is set to 32-bit color, just installed latest nVidia driver. Also, would the DVD decoder setting affect regular, run of the mill WMV files? Can play AVI files OK< but WMV looks the same as described above, in WMP11. Thanks for your help. - Brian.

No Sound in WMV files
I can download the entire file fine and play it perfectly but won't stream. I've changed Tools>Options>Programs>Set Programs> and changed Autoplay settings and Default setting for Media. Still does not stream, only opens/downloads then plays 3. If I'm playing a WMV and double click to choose Full Screen,

WMP11 timing out on large audio/videos downloads (as our proxy ...
If you are trying to play, burn, or sync an item that is in your library, the item might point to a file that has been moved, renamed, or deleted." I can still play avi files with wmp, but not wmv files. Is there a way to fix this? since I can't reinstall wmp11...

WMP 11 - No Video
EXE Does not crash when playing files locally Happens on all files, video/audio or audio-only Tried playing a .WMA file Crash happens on the .WMA and .WMV files from the sample page. and then I click "Don't Send" Crash happens after clicking on the URL from IE6 or FireFox 1.5, or using "File > Open URL.

Vista WMP11. Sound but no video streaming WMVs
I am not sure this all applies to me. The only thing I want is play .wmv files on my laptop. Since two months I have only black screens in WMP. I don't know what happened two months ago that caused this. An upgrade this week from WMP10 to WMP11 did not solve it.

WMP 11 broken - how do I reinstall?
Kelvin "edonline" wrote: I am having problems playing WMV files (Windows media/movie) with Windows Media Player version 11. Every time I try to play a file, I receive a message requesting a security update, which when run, apparantly does nothing. I have searched the Microsoft Knowledge Base but could not find an

Windows Vista Shits the bed!
When I recently told WMP11 to scan the Z drive for files to add to the library, it entered "\\server\video" in the list of directories, not "z:". They seem to be WMV files per your comments. Does this happen with WMA/MP3/MPEG/AVI files too... ? From what you've said, WMP appears to be running into some sort