WMP 11

daveydave · 29 Jan 2007 at 22:52

so im using wmp 11 fine....then BLAMO! all of a sudden today wont play mpegs or any vid files, neither will divx or winamp (unless streaming) and it left thinkin what the hell?!? nothing new installed prior to probs. Now im trying to wrench wmp 11 off my pc to put wmp 10 back but i have system restore off so rolling back doesnt work! what now??

daveydave · 30 Jan 2007 at 22:34

anyone? i can now get quicktime to play mpegs but not wmp or wmp6.4 or even winamp! this is drivin me nuts! it will play wmv but nout else

Jofujofu · 30 Jan 2007 at 22:44

If you uninstall from add/remove hardware I *think* it may roll back to 10. Please wait for someone to confirm this though mate!!

Paul

daveydave · 30 Jan 2007 at 22:53

it wont roll back, because i have system restore off like most the guys on here. Could all of a sudden the permissions of the mpegs been locked up or something??

daveydave · 30 Jan 2007 at 23:52

i cant believe im the only person this has happened to

Bizarre · 31 Jan 2007 at 00:14

It'll still roll back to wmp10 regardless if you have system restore turned off.

If for some reason it doesn't then try reinstalling wmp11 (link below).

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/11/default.aspx

Matt-Page · 31 Jan 2007 at 00:32

What happens when you try to play the files?

Do you get an error or just sound or what?

daveydave · 31 Jan 2007 at 00:49

just this error message..."Windows Media Player encountered a problem while playing the file. For additional assistance, click Web Help." click web help and all i get is an error code C00D11B1 and this info off the Microsoft site,

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/wi...&id=C00D11B1&contextid=83&originalid=80004005

but my sound is fine :confused:

Also it is not rolling back. It just isnt

mr.sly · 31 Jan 2007 at 01:15

Try uninstalling whatever codec pack you're using and re-install it. It might not be a problem with WMP11.

daveydave · 31 Jan 2007 at 01:24

im using divx and another codec pack ..erm...ACE mega codecs? heard of it. But i wasnt having problems before both have been on my pc for yonks and not caused any disruption

Energize · 31 Jan 2007 at 01:25

run chkdsk.

daveydave · 31 Jan 2007 at 01:26

can you suggest a better codec pack, im just uninstalling the old one

daveydave · 31 Jan 2007 at 01:28

Energize said:
run chkdsk.

brand new samsung spinpoint in tow here....is that neccessary? i will run it anyway

Energize · 31 Jan 2007 at 01:29

david.n.c said:
brand new samsung spinpoint in tow here....is that neccessary? i will run it anyway

Not neccessarily anything to do with the hdd, ram can cause corrupted data, as well as other software errors.

Bizarre · 31 Jan 2007 at 01:39

david.n.c said:
can you suggest a better codec pack, im just uninstalling the old one

VLC media player

Strange how it's not rolling back to wmp 10 though, as system restore is one of the first services that I disable upon a fresh xp install, yet I didn't have any probs uninstalling wmp 11 (as you can see from the pics below).

WMP 11

WMP 10 (after uninstalling wmp 11 through add/remove programs)

GL.

daveydave · 31 Jan 2007 at 02:29

Energize said:
Not neccessarily anything to do with the hdd, ram can cause corrupted data, as well as other software errors.

im not sure its corrupted data as such as the files will play with quicktime, its only mpegs affeacted too

mr.sly · 31 Jan 2007 at 03:11

VLC is a good program to use. But if you still want to play the files in Media Player 11 I'd sugged 'K-Lite Mega Codec Pack'

http://home.hccnet.nl/h.edskes/mirror.htm - Just scroll down a bit and you'll see it.

Once installed if you load up media player and set it as default for all media types, it should work fine (hopefully).

Tute · 31 Jan 2007 at 08:15

If you go into Media Player options, then go to the Performance tab, and at the bottom under Video Acceleration there should be an Advanced button.

Click it, and try turning filters on and off. I had this problem a while back, turns out that a filter had disabled itself.

Matt-Page · 31 Jan 2007 at 11:31

I havd this issue ages ago, and it was a problem with a registry key, but i can't remember what it was called, let me know if you still haven't sorted it, and i will boot up my old pc and look for what i changed.

My issue was with WMV files mainly.

daveydave · 31 Jan 2007 at 13:41

okay well the problem is still here and i am appreciating all this help guys. Im first gonna try Tute's idean then Slyvester's and then if we are still no go, id really appreciate the help you are offering Matt-page