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 - Aspect ratio resetting to 4:3, but only in WMP11 I record a good deal of video, always using a 16:9 aspect ratio. The camera I use formats the video with a .MOD extension. WMP11 refuses to play the video in anything other than 4:3. VLC, MPC & Zoom play the video correctly. (VLC and MPC are setup to force 16:9, while Zoom worked with no problems.). Manually changing the extension to .AVI or .MPG does not affect the playback, and converting the files to any other format, using the default setting of the source file, also does not fix the problem. I tried to following software used to covert the files: Any Video Covnerter and Nero 7. I have the latest DiVX codecs loaded as well as any that were installed with VLC, MPC and Zoom. Nvidia video card (7950x2) with latest drivers. An associate recommended that I install the CCCP codec pack...bad idea? What am I missing? Why do I have to force players to display 16:9? Why does WMP11 refuse to play these files in 4:3, and why are there no options within the software to change the desired aspect ratio? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262870
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 - Unsupported Operating system -- T Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262869
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 - Sound disappear when Microsoft Outlook retrieves email Hai Everyone, Does anyone knows why when microsoft outlook retrieves email, the sound of music I play disappear? The thing is, it doesn't happen every time outlook retieves email. It started happen from windows media player 9 untill now using WM 11. My OS is XP using service pack 2. Thank you. Regards, Indra Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262867
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 - Why Does WMP 11 Change My Music Library When I try to update my music library, the names of the files are changed. They appear the way I want them and I don't want WMP to change anything, just add missing info or album art. Also, can I get rid of certain information (tags, album art) that appears in the library that I don't want? Pat Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262860
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 - Low bitrate mp3 'skips' during playback I recently bought a new PC with Vista. On my old XP machine (also running WMP 11) I had no problem running 32 kbps bitrate mp3s (voice recordings predominantly). On my Vista machine I get a 'skipping' effect similar to listening to a very old record. I have no problem playing any other mp3 at 128+ kbps bitrate. I am running Vista Home Premium 32 bit on a Gateway FX7024 quad core (2.4) w/ 3 Gig Ram. I am using WMP 11 with current updates. Any thoughts would be apprecaited. Thanks for your help. Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262848
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 - NO AUTOPLAY WMP11 Recently had to complete redo my hard drive. Now my WMP11 (WINXP) does not auto play. Checked thru all the postings but did not see anything pretaining to this problem. Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262843
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 - WMP 11 rips CD's on its own? Recently (like the past month or two), I've noticed that every time I so much as place a cd in my system, whether to play it, or rip it... WMP opens itself and starts ripping the cd all on its own. I've gone into the Program options and looked under every tab. Finally saw a check box that, if checked, would make WMP do exactly this. Well... personally I don't like WMP and prefer to use a different program. I cleared the box. Even after clearing the box, it STILL DOES IT! Anyone have a clue how/why it does this? I tried looking around online but had no luck. It's frustrating that I have to quickly shut WMP down before it gets very far into the ripping process each time a cd is inserted. THEN I have to go to the folder WMP is ripping to and delete the folder with the (usually) microscopic file in it. I shouldn't have to do any of this. Help? Thanx in advance Oh yeah... in case it helps (I don't see why it should though), system specs: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor TK-53 1.7 GHz 1 gig memory Windows Vista Home Premium 140 gig hard drive Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262842
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 - Inconsistent Artist display order I have just acquired a CD by the Swedish group Anglagard, except the first letter is an A-umlaut and the second "a" is an a-ring. In my "Songs" display, albums are listed alphabetically by artist, with Anglagard falling between Andreas Vollenweider and Anonymous 4. This seems right to me. However, in the "Artist" display, Anglagard is in a section all by itself. I don't know the relative merits of these two approaches; I'd need to get the opinion of someone Swedish, but they are certainly inconsistent. -- Steve Swift http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html http://www.ringers.org.uk Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262838
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 - Amazon Unbox / Vista SP1 / Windows Media Play 11 Just download a video from Amazon Unbox. When I try to play it in WMP, WMP canâ??t play it and then attempts to download WMP9 codecs and then fails. Anyone else seen this. Any remedies? Iâ??ve contacted Amazon and they suggested a hotfix, but the hotfix wonâ??t install. Besides this suggestion, Amazon is at a lost. PS the same video(s) work fine on the XPSP2 laptop running WMP11 Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262837
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 - nr11-won't import new downloads Hi there ,I run nr11 on windows XP,worked fine for 5 months, still has a sizeble librairy,but won't import & can't remove new downloads,and won't react to editting. I can play new music from the maps themselves,not direct from the player anymore though. Any suggestions out there. Thanks in advance. Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262833
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 - Can't Run MP3 or WMV Off Internet I will access an Internet sites with MP3 and WMV and cannot run it on Windows Media Player 11. I am running Windows XP Professional. This is error message: "Windows Media Player cannot play the file because a network error occurred. The server might not be available. Verify that you are connected to the network and that your proxy settings are correct" These are all legitimate sites like the Vatican with music samples. Thanks Chris. Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262831
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 - Using media player for a hard disc full of DVDs - Windows XP? Hello, I'm sure this question has been asked before but I thought I'd find out for sure. I'm running Windows XP SP2 with all the patches - latest media player 11.05721 - as far as I know. I saw several recent articles about ripping DVDs to your hard drive. So I ripped two DVDs to my hard drive so far and renamed the folders to the names of the movies. I can manually select the VOB files in those folders and play them but I'd like to see the movie titles show up in my movie library in media player. I saw a nifty program/hardware solution called kaleidescape or something like that that does what I want but it seemed very expensive. I already have a couple of movies on my hard drive, I just want an easy playback from a library. Thanks Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262823
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 - Track title Hi, I have WMP 11 toolbar that sits in my taskbar. Whenever I change track, it displays the name of the track, etc. Is there any way to change this behaviour? I.E. I want to display the title for 5 seconds on my desktop, some things like this. Thanks Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262820
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 - Default icon in WMP 11 Is there a way to change the DEFAULT ICON in WMP 11. MW Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262819
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 - WMP11 for the senile I've just acquired an MP3 player which is supported natively in WMP11. I dragged a few albums onto it. The next day, I decided to add a few more. I couldn't recall exactly what was already there. Is there any way of setting up WMP11 so I can see the albums on the MP3 player and in my library at the same time? In the end, I displayed the albums on the player and wrote them down, but this seems an archaic approach. -- Steve Swift http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html http://www.ringers.org.uk Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262815
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 - Windows Media Player cannot play the file... I am using Vista and Windows Media Player 11. Now I'm able to play my ripped music fine, CDs fine. But if I click on mp3's on the web (I'm in firefox) I get... Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The player might not support the file type or might no support the codec that was used to compress this file. Anyone have a solution? Thanks. Michael Medwid Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262813
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 - Automatically downloading codecs There's a place in WMP 11 that lets you specify that WMP should download codecs automatically. So I'm told. But I can't find it. Can anyone help? Thanks. Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262810
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 - sync problem I was in process sync with mp3 player and sync stopped in progress. Afterwards, the player is recognized, but flashes on and off and screen on player says "boot error format unit". I cannot do because it is not recognized long enough to click on to work on uninstall or anything. The usb ports are all okay because I can use wireless mouse etc. I have uninstalled media player 11 and reinstalled, also checked for updates from Windows Update. It had been working all along untill now. Thanks in advance for any advise! Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262804
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 - WMP 11 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C890C8.720F3F80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I have WMP 11 running under VISTA Home Pro. Until this morning all was fine. But suddenly I seem to have duplicates = in my listings of virtually ALL my albums and songs (some 14,000!!). I = have no idea how this happened, and I have not added or taken off any = albums or songs. Is there any way that I can refresh the listings so that I only get the = one listing per song per album. For example, I now get on John Lennon's Imagine a listing like this: Imagine Imagine Crippled Inside Crippled Inside Jealous Guy Jealous Guy etc, etc....... I really do not fancy deleting 14,000 titles manually!!!!! Any help gratefully received. Cheers ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C890C8.720F3F80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dunicode"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6001.18000" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=3DMailContainerBody=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-TOP: 15px"=20 bgColor=3D#ffffff leftMargin=3D0 topMargin=3D0 CanvasTabStop=3D"true"=20 name=3D"Compose message area">Hi, I have WMP 11 running under = VISTA Home=20 Pro. Until this morning all was fine. But suddenly I seem to have = duplicates in my listings of virtually ALL my albums and songs (some = 14,000!!).=20 I have no idea how this happened, and I have not added or taken off any = albums=20 or songs. Is there any way that I can refresh the listings so = that I only=20 get the one listing per song per album. For example, I now get on = John=20 Lennon's Imagine a listing like = this: Imagine Imagine Crippled=20 Inside Crippled Inside Jealous Guy Jealous Guy etc,=20 etc....... I really do not fancy deleting 14,000 titles=20 manually!!!!! Any help gratefully=20 received. Cheers </BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C890C8.720F3F80-- Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262797
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 - MP11 - playing DVD problem Using MP11 on Windows XP Pro with SP2. Player plays downloaded files on pc just fine. Try to play a DVD and you get sound but no video. We have backed down to MP10 since, per Microsoft, MP11 was designed for Vista and get same result. Also as an FYI, if we try to play a DVD using Roxio Cineplayer, we get sound and an upside down video. Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions? Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262795
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 - Converting MKV to WMV or DIVX: recommended settings? I'm using JetAudio to convert some mkv video files so I can watch them via my media server network and PS3. The results have been quite degraded. When I select AVI (divx + mp3) with same size and frame rate as source the resulting AVI file has a choppy frame rate quality. Trying the same with WMV (and a 512 Kbps video bitrate) resulted in a substantially smaller file and inferior video quality. Any suggestions for the best format, framerate and (for WMV) video bitrate? Thanks Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262788
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 - Playback is zoomed Hi, I've got a Sony Vaio (PCG-FR102) with an Nvidia GeForce4 420 Go graphics card (Omega 1.6693)(Q) v 66.93 Media Player 11 DivX codec 6.8.0 XVid codec 1.1.3 The avi file properties are: FourCC: XVID (XVID MPEG-4 VIDEO) 624x352, 23,97600fps However in all player WMP, DivX player etc the playback is zoomed in so I don't get the whole picture. The thumbnail is fine however. Can anyone help? Thanks dan Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262786
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 - Jerky playback I have a wmv file that has played just fine for over a year. I use it in a powerpoint presentation. Suddenly it started playing jerky - the audio is fine but the video starts and stops at random. First, the environment: a. XP Professional, SP2 b. Nothing else running on the system per the task manager. c. On task manager, media player shows between 45 and 60 % CPU while playing the movie. d. Running Norton 360. I upgraded to WMP 11 - didn't help. I thought maybe the file was corrupted so I renamed the old file and made a fresh copy from another computer. Didn't help. I noticed that if I play the movie a second time (replay) it isn't jerky... it's only jerky the first time that I play it. I then discovered that all of my clips are the same - jerky the first time but not the second time. AHA! A buffering problem! I enlarged the read-ahead buffer to 20 seconds. Didn't help. I'm stumped. What could have changed, even by mistake, that could be causing this? Could Windows Update have changed something on me? Or a Norton update? Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262785
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 - Size of playlist? Is there anyway of finding out how big a playlist is - either total playtime or how many megabytes? Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262769
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 - Video freezes with WMP 11 I have what I know is a software issue with WMP 11 on WinXP. Watching videos results in system freezes to the point of my computer crashing with an infinate loop error. I have replaced the video card as well as uninstalling and reinstalling the NVIDIA video drivers and it still happens. About a month ago it began behaving after a system reboot and videos played again without any problem but when I rebooted again a week later, the system came up with a "recovery notification" message stating that it was reverting back to the last known good checkpoint and the problems came back. No checkpoints I've tried to use on the restore will fix this. There also was no new software added before or after the brief period when the WMP worked properly. This also effects other video players as well but not as severely as it effects WMP (they hang but don't crash with an infinate loop error and system dump). So, my question is this, is this codec related? If so, what so I do to fix it (such as where do I get the codecs and where do I place them) ? Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262768
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 - Online CD info database errors When inserting my audio CD's, it's common that WMP has incorrect info about the album. Ii took a few tries, finally figured out how to edit the info in the pop-up window from fai.music.metaservices.microsoft.com (the page is quite touchy - it likes to refresh and forget all the data you just typed in.) Conspicuously there's a field missing. The Year! Is there another web page where I can edit this info easier? Some albums come up with the year info, so it's getting in there somehow... TC Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262767
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 - WMP not woring For some reason WMP will not open. At the same time Internet explorer will not open either. I have installed Mozilla Firefox in order to access my mail as my mail will not open with internet explorer. There appears also to be other applications not fully operative and wonder if I have a driver conflict. I have tried to reinstall WMP but the sytem tells me there is a more up to date version already installed and it won't allow it to install version 11. I have looked in control panel to try and find WMP to uninstall it and cannot see it there.( If I could tell what version I had I might be able to download the correct version for the repair facility tool) I am running a Gateway laptop with windows vista. If the trouble is driver conflicts how do I rectify it. Thanks Terry Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262758
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 - streaming audio help needed. I cannot get NBA.COM "listen live" to give me sound. All other sound and all other streaming audio that I've attempted works fine. I've tried every FAQ and troubleshooting document I can find. I've tried nba.com's tech support folk. I've got XPSP2 with IEVersion7 I'm running AVGFree and Windows firewall. I'm also using Linksys BEFSR41 I rolled back to v9 and I get chipmunk sound. If I install 10 or 11...... nothing. Anyone wanna take a shot at it, I sure would appreciate the help. Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262756
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 - Reinstall WMP, says I already have Current Version I want to Reinstall WMP, though when I run the Installer it says I already have the Current Version. Can I Invoke the "Reinstall All Mode" to just tell it to reinstall everything? I'm missing the Network Media Sharing Service. Thanks, Scott<- Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262750
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 - uninstall defective version of Windows MediaPlayer A friend has a good version of WMediaPlayer which she wants to keep, and a defective one with no sound. When I looked in the list of programs which can be uninstalled, WMP wasn't there. I tried to look for the uninstall function by pressing the right button of my mouse, there is none. Can I just delete it? Or is there something else I can do. Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262745
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 - Can't see AVI files when i play them on my WMP11 I try to play avi files only hear the sound. Why can't i see the picture? Could anyone help me? Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262736
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 - wmp 11 error message Hi All, Here is the error I am getting when I start media player 11. wmplayer.exe has a version number of 11.0.5721.5145 where 10.0.0.3646 was expected windows media player is not properly installed and needs to be reinstalled. Can this be fixed? Help. -- Regards, Gary Metzler Outta Sight Travel, Inc. 610 NW Marion Ave. Port St. Lucie FL 34983 Phone: 772-336-8747 send to: gmtravel@bellsouth.net http://www.outtasighttravel.com Msn messenger: gmetzler1150@hotmail.com Skype name: garymetz Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262733
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 - can't install wmp 11 Hi all, I am running windows xp home sr2. For some reason I can't completely install wmp 11 on my system. I get as far as 87 percent then it tells me it can't complete the installation. I can't even roll back to mp 10. How can I get wmp 11 working? any help would be most appreciated. thanks, -- Regards, Gary Metzler Outta Sight Travel, Inc. 610 NW Marion Ave. Port St. Lucie FL 34983 Phone: 772-336-8747 send to: gmtravel@bellsouth.net http://www.outtasighttravel.com Msn messenger: gmetzler1150@hotmail.com Skype name: garymetz Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262732
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 - unable to view DVDs I use to be able to view DVDs since I installed authentic Windows I lost the ability what happened? how can I get it back? whats involved etc. Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262728
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 - Error Message Some e-mails have attachments that are videos. When I try to play some of these videos, I get the following message: â??Windows Media Player encountered an error when connecting to the server. The security information from the server could not be validatedâ?? Anyone know how I can fix this? Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262723
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 - Help: WMP11 won't stream I have the WMP11 installed but yesterday it started to refuse to stream videos. Today I found that the network option under preferences doesn't work, so I can't check if the network is set properly. Now the WMP11 works fine with files but it just won't stream and I think the missing network option might be the problem, so how will I get that back? Can anyone help me get the stream option back? :) I really miss it. I have tried back rolling to WMP9 and back, that didn't do the trick. I running WMP11 for XP with latest updates. I appreciate all the help I can get, so thanks in advance Kim Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262719
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 - Converter Hello Group I have been given some music files that are in the OGG format. Is there a way of converting them to mp3 or WMA. Do's any one know of a converter ? TIA John Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262718
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 - HELP with burning I am using WMP 11. When I try to burn a CD I follow the instructions to the letter and it just becomes a circle of the cd popping out and the player giving me a message that I need to insert a blank cd and the player will start the burning, but there is a blank cd in it, and it does not start playing. Once in a while it will just start burning, but more often I just give up. I tried to go back to WMP 10 (that worked fine) but then I lost all the songs that I had in WMP 11 and error messages started popping up from deleted music. I checked for updates on software I might have missed but, I have them all. -- ;) JJ Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262716
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 - Problem playing .mpg files in WMP11 .mpg files start to play, then the video freezes after a frame or two while the audio plays fine. I've seen some similar questions on this board and tried the suggestions of updating the driver (which was current) and reducing the hardware acceleration. Actually, when I change the acceleration settings and/or reduce the digital image size, it will play, but the next file I open has the same problem and I have to tinker with the settings again. Even though I click "apply" each time, I find that one or more of my settings changes has reverted back. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Jeff Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262715
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 - Importing my library from WMP 11 to WMP 11 {a 2nd time!} I had all my WMP music working nicely in its library, when I suddenly had a corrupted Windows registry, caused by a virus. When Windows XP was restored and upgraded back to SP2 again, I had to reload all my Windows programs, including WMP 11. How do I point this one to my old WMP library and all of the edited tunes {titles, artists, genres, etc.} I had there? {I know this must be covered somewhere in the WMP newsgroups, but I've yet to see it!} Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262708
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 - windows media player I downloaded windows media player to manage music for a new phone. I have an Ipod that I use itunes for. Since downloading windows media player, I cannot get itunes to be the default player, everything goes right to WMP. I cannot find anything in WMP to shut it off, and when I tried to uninstall it, it would not uninstall. What now? Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262697
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 - WMP11 on XP Pro won't shut down If viewing a short video, or closing WMP on longer video, either from a local hard drive or from a web site, the WMP window will close, but using task manager, the process "wmplayer" continues to run for about 10 seconds. This happens on both my home system and my work system, which have significantly different hardware and drivers. Until "wmplayer" process terminates on it's own, or until I terminate it via task manager's end process, I can't run WMP. Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262696
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 - Keystroke info needed Last night I had a movie previewing in WMP, and I was able to use 'spacebar' to stop/start the movie. I also used 'alt' + (left or right) 'arrow' to scroll frames. Today I can't find the options listed anywhere,and the keystokes do nothing. Truthfully, I'm not sure I was using WMP, but it would be great if someone knows the keys for these 3 functions. Thanks in advance. Best, Paul Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262690
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 - EZ Ringtone Website:http://www.ggrobot.com/ EZ Ringtone is a powerful ringtone converter. This software can convert your favorite mp3, wav files and CD tracks(ringtone ripper) to ringtone format, including mmf, amr, mp3, midi, wav, aac, 3gp and mp4. The contained CD Ripper extracts digital audio CD tracks to audio formats of wav and mp3 with excellent output quality and high ripping speed, and the mp3 compressor can reduce the size of mp3 files by 30%-70%, save valuable space for your cell Phone. There's also a batch conversion function for converting MP3 or WAV files to RingTones automatically! Key Features Fast and perfect quality, very easy to use interface; Convert selected part audio (mp3,wav and CD tracks) to mmf, amr, midi, mp3, wav, aac, mp4, 3gp ringtones directly.mp3 to ringtone, mp3 to mmf Convert CD to mp3/wav with CD Ripper; Reduce the size of MP3 files by 30%-70% with MP3 Compressor (Compress MP3); All mp3 ID3 information will be copied to the ringtone files; Automatically gather MP3 titles to mmf ringtone; Save & transmission copy status settings and sampling frequency setting for mmf ringtone; Professional MIDI converter with extended options; Setup amr ringtone quality; Free mmf ringtone volume controller; Batch conversion supports, saving your time; More advanced options to configure the ringtone quality. Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262683
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 - Problems with CBS Mega March Madness on Demand I am a subscriber to Mega March Madness on Demand, the online service on which you can all the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship games on your computer. Unfortunately, I have been unable to watch any games online because of a recurring error. I open up the player and select a program. Then, I see a commercial (which makes it possible for CBS and the NCAA to offer it for free). This is followed by the dreaded message which begins "Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." Then I am asked to send an error report. I have sent out five of them since Tuesday and still the problem persists. I have turned off pop-up blockers, run an antivirus program, downloaded a Mozilla Firefox patch, and even downloaded the latest player, WMP 11. But none of it has worked. Every time MMOD heads out of commercial, the browser shuts down. What should I do now? -- Being alive is the biggest reward. Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262669
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 - Wired remote Want to use <$10 USB controller as a wired remote for WMP. http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/gaming/pc_gaming/gamepads/devices/301&cl=us,en http://www.racketboy.com/retro/2007/05/xpadder-use-your-pc-gamepad-instead-of-keyboard.html How do you input CTRL+P, CTRL+F etc.? Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262663
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 - Keyboard shortcuts don't work When I do a CTRL+P or an F8 I hear a "dink" but no player menu action. How can I check if the player menu keyboard shortcuts are disabled? Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262662
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 - Organizing albums by year in "Song" view (WMP11 - Vista x64) Before I upgraded to Vista, the "Song" view would organize my albums by artist, and then by year, meaning that an artist's repertoire was chronological. Now, it seems that albums in this view are sorted alphabetically. Is there a way to change this back to the way that WMP11 for XP did things? Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262657
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 - Can I make WMP 11 do these things? An old version of WMP - I think it was 9 - had a feature which would connect to a website (maybe it was music.com, but my memory isn't improving with age) and show various pieces of album information about the mp3 one was listening to, including when it was recorded, who played on the record, a review which gave some history and such about the record. This was great stuff for an old jazz fart like me, and I loved having it be the default view. Is there any way to make WMP 11 do that, instead of showing those goddam record stores? Also, can I make it show my library in a plain old Explorer style list or details view file tree, not the WMP folder view with the alphabetical headings and all that other clutter? My collection is almost 50 GBs, and browsing it via any of the views which are native to WMP, quite frankly, sucks. I'm not above paying a reasonable sum of money for a plug-in or such which would do these things. I'd appreciate any help anyone can offer... Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262655
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 - Play One Song And Quit I'm just switching from Winamp to Media Player. Is there a way to have several songs in the "Now Playing" area and force Media Player to play one song and then quit until the next song in the list is manually selected? I use the player for line dancing and like to have a playlist of all the songs I'll use for the evening but have it play one song and then quit until I'm ready for the next song. Tag: avi files only play audio, not video Tag: 262653

Does anyone know why my media player doesnt show video when playing
avi files. I just got a new computer with Vista so am floundering a
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Re: avi files only play audio, not video by Neil

Neil
Thu Apr 03 14:28:33 PDT 2008

On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 09:04:44 -0700 (PDT), brandya18@yahoo.com wrote:

>Does anyone know why my media player doesnt show video when playing
>avi files. I just got a new computer with Vista so am floundering a
>little.

You're probably just missing a specific playback codec. GSpot
http://www.headbands.com/gspot/ can help identify which one is
required for playback.

Most commonly (for downloaded content) that would be DivX which you
can get from http://www.divx.com/divx/windows/codec/

HTH
Cheers - Neil
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