won't play wmv videos

I have windows media player running on windows vista premium and it has
stopped playing wmv files that it was playing, I have search all day but
found no remedy. media player classic and winamp will play all them. What
could have happened? I need help

zachd
Sat Jul 05 15:44:22 PDT 2008


How exactly does it fail to play them? What changed on your system before
this broke?

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"ronnell" <ronnell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have windows media player running on windows vista premium and it has
> stopped playing wmv files that it was playing, I have search all day but
> found no remedy. media player classic and winamp will play all them. What
> could have happened? I need help

ronnell
Sat Jul 05 16:00:01 PDT 2008



"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:

>
> How exactly does it fail to play them? What changed on your system before
> this broke?
>
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> "ronnell" <ronnell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3E446B44-28E6-4E9C-BCC2-E7522804DF8B@microsoft.com...
> >I have windows media player running on windows vista premium and it has
> > stopped playing wmv files that it was playing, I have search all day but
> > found no remedy. media player classic and winamp will play all them. What
> > could have happened? I need help
>

Nothing changed I just went to play a wmv video and it gave an error and
wouldn't play. I can play them with media player classic

zachd
Sat Jul 05 17:12:39 PDT 2008


OK, and what specific error does it give you? When you click Web Help on
that error dialog, what URL does it take you to?
What changed on your system before this broke?

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"ronnell" <ronnell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>>
>> How exactly does it fail to play them? What changed on your system
>> before
>> this broke?
>>
>> --
>> Speaking for myself only.
>> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>> --
>> "ronnell" <ronnell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:3E446B44-28E6-4E9C-BCC2-E7522804DF8B@microsoft.com...
>> >I have windows media player running on windows vista premium and it has
>> > stopped playing wmv files that it was playing, I have search all day
>> > but
>> > found no remedy. media player classic and winamp will play all them.
>> > What
>> > could have happened? I need help
>>
>
> Nothing changed I just went to play a wmv video and it gave an error and
> wouldn't play. I can play them with media player classic

ronnell
Sat Jul 05 17:34:00 PDT 2008

The error is "windows media player cannot find the file, the item might point
to a file that has been renamed, moved or deleted". The url the web help
takes me to is
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/webhelp/default.aspx?&mpver=11.0.6001.7000&id=C00D1197&contextid=230&originalid=80070002.
I think it happened after I deleted the K-Lite Codec Pack and installed Xp
code pack, but everything else works



"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:

>
> OK, and what specific error does it give you? When you click Web Help on
> that error dialog, what URL does it take you to?
> What changed on your system before this broke?

zachd
Tue Jul 22 02:14:57 PDT 2008


That error is file not found. Do the local files actually exist still... ?

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"ronnell" <ronnell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> The error is "windows media player cannot find the file, the item might
> point
> to a file that has been renamed, moved or deleted". The url the web help
> takes me to is
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/webhelp/default.aspx?&mpver=11.0.6001.7000&id=C00D1197&contextid=230&originalid=80070002.
> I think it happened after I deleted the K-Lite Codec Pack and installed Xp
> code pack, but everything else works
>
>
>
> "zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>>
>> OK, and what specific error does it give you? When you click Web Help on
>> that error dialog, what URL does it take you to?
>> What changed on your system before this broke?
>

ronnell
Tue Jul 22 04:19:00 PDT 2008

Yes, the wmv are movies on my hard drive, so they do exist

"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:

>
> That error is file not found. Do the local files actually exist still... ?
>
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> "ronnell" <ronnell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:69A46BB6-B071-4920-B6D5-2E6D730A0950@microsoft.com...
> > The error is "windows media player cannot find the file, the item might
> > point
> > to a file that has been renamed, moved or deleted". The url the web help
> > takes me to is
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/webhelp/default.aspx?&mpver=11.0.6001.7000&id=C00D1197&contextid=230&originalid=80070002.
> > I think it happened after I deleted the K-Lite Codec Pack and installed Xp
> > code pack, but everything else works
> >
> >
> >
> > "zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> OK, and what specific error does it give you? When you click Web Help on
> >> that error dialog, what URL does it take you to?
> >> What changed on your system before this broke?
> >
>
>

zachd
Wed Jul 23 19:46:17 PDT 2008


Is this a problem with local WMVs only? Streamed WMVs and other file types
are not affected?

I have no idea what that pirated codec pack might have done to your system,
so it's kind of hard to guess here as to what's happened.

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"ronnell" <ronnell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Yes, the wmv are movies on my hard drive, so they do exist
>
> "zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>>
>> That error is file not found. Do the local files actually exist still...
>> ?
>>
>> --
>> Speaking for myself only.
>> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>> --
>> "ronnell" <ronnell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:69A46BB6-B071-4920-B6D5-2E6D730A0950@microsoft.com...
>> > The error is "windows media player cannot find the file, the item might
>> > point
>> > to a file that has been renamed, moved or deleted". The url the web
>> > help
>> > takes me to is
>> > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/webhelp/default.aspx?&mpver=11.0.6001.7000&id=C00D1197&contextid=230&originalid=80070002.
>> > I think it happened after I deleted the K-Lite Codec Pack and installed
>> > Xp
>> > code pack, but everything else works
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> OK, and what specific error does it give you? When you click Web Help
>> >> on
>> >> that error dialog, what URL does it take you to?
>> >> What changed on your system before this broke?
>> >
>>
>>