WMP will only play some of my videos now?
 

Im not sure what happened, but WMP will only play some of my videos now, I have DivX and Xvid codecs installed, I have re-installed WMP and Direct-X, movies I know worked before, do not work now, some play audio only and some play with a green and blurry image and some just play thr first frame and lock the video, with the adio playing.



basically, my media setup is screwed. what can I do to get my media setup back up and running?,

Good question! Maybe you could open up the file in vdub to find out which codec you need and then download the codec from the great link that jorel posted http://mirror01.iptelecom.net.ua/~video/ and see if it works then

well, it isnt just one file, it is different files in diferent formats, some play and others dont, it just happened. it used to play anything and everything.files i played fine yesterday, dont play fine today! some are green, some are sound with no video, some lock up for no reason.....................what im trying to say is my windows media player is screwed. and i need info on how to get it back, i tried to reinstall wmplayer 9, it still dont work right.....

any help please.

P.S. that link is to a great site. but it wont help me i think

Looks like u have DirectShow filters prob !
Try to uninstall all codect u have installed : DivX , Xvid ...
Install Nimo codec pack ( full )
Uninstall Nimo pack
Install DivX 5.0.5 ,Xvid last edition and new DirectShow from Jorel's link .
I hope this'll help :wink:
bman

If it played fine yesterday and doesnt today ask yourself what has changed?

Have I installed any new software at all?

The answers to these questions should point you in the dirrection you should take and also give others some clues as to how they could help.

while were on the subject of wmp why does wmp 9 under XP (as far as I know its just this OS) wmp always wants to connect to the net why is it doing this??

so that they can gather information that may be useful in further building up the Micro$oft empire. Install this:
http://www.xp-antispy.de/

cheers will give it a go see if it helps thanx.

yes i did, i installed the ACE codec, but it has worked fine since i installed it a week ago, i have not installed any other software, all of the sudden yesterday, my videos are all screwed up, i am 1 second away from reinstalling windows, and that would suck, because i have a ton of files to back up...there has to be an easier way.......

Bombero, you could try installing a different player (Zoomplayer :wink: ) and see if it works then.

yeah, i tried zoom and several others, even my WINDVD is acting up, everything on the computer is fine except the videos...now a couple of the movies are playing upside down...? I deleted evry codec that I could find and reinstalled WMP, no good, i started with NIMO codec and some of them work, I then did DivX 5.05 and a few more worked, I cant find an updated XviD codec or the DirectShow codec yet, but still looking.......

This is one of the reasons I have stuck with win2k and media player 6.4, another reason is that I hate the fisher price interface but thats a whole other can of worms :D :wink:

Try AVIcodec, http://avicodec.duby.info/
It´s a great program to check which codec the file uses, and it´s a great site too!