Windows Media Player Only Plays Vids. In Red and Black HELP! PLZ!?
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could be an error in your media player.  but if it is an audio file then that is normal since the visualizations don't really matter.  but video files, then you might want to fix your software by re-installing it from microsoft.com or upgrading to the next player version.  beta 11 is the newest
72705
Don't bother finding out. If you can't play a certain video file or you can only play the audio part of the video, you certainly lack the necessary codecs to play the video properly. Just download the K-Lite Codec Pack. It is free. With it you can play any video almost, even Quicktime, realplayer videos and Windows video files. Go here:\nhttp://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Codec_Pack.htm
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1. are your audio/video cards working properly? \n\n2. have you formatted your pc recently? if so, are you sure that your audio/video drivers are installed successfully?\n\n3. are you using the proper media player to see or hear the videos or sounds: that is, some players are not compatible with certain audio or video formats..\n\n\nthink about these...
834771
Try opening you file in windows media player. If that does not work, install more codecs ( google search "codecs" ). You can also install vlc ( http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ ).
541965
Go to your setup in windows media and make it the default player.\n\nI hope this helps
991855
I used to have that happen.  I just gave up on it and started to use something called VLC Media Player.  It is free, just search www.download.com for it.  It can play anything and everything, it is quite possibly THE best media player out there :)\nOR go to Microsoft.com and get support from them directly, who better to answer a question then the manufacturer?
1186134
Try vplayer or bs player or windows media player classic.\nAlso install Ace Mage Codecs from here : http://www.softpedia.com/get/multimedia/...
328722
Try the XP codec pack from the site below.\n\nAlso try using another media player, like Zoom, Media Player Classic is included with the codec pack.
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Have you tried installing media player 10: \nhttp://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/default.mspx
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try using vlc.  It plays almost any sort of video file.  You can find it here ::    http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
1152997
You don't have the correct type of video codec that is required to play that video file. You can have many codecs on your computer, you just are missing the one you need for the video file you're trying to play. that's it. \nTo find the codec of the video file (try right-clicking on the file), then google for the specific video codec for the windows platform (if that's your computer is, as Windows Media player exists for the mac as well)
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Maybe you need a Codec.\nCertain videos needd certain add-ons for media player to make them play - you just need to take a look at the error messages, find the codec, and download it.\n\nEDIT: The others are right, I used Div-X
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If the cd is corrupted then no there is nothing that will be able to play it. It means the data is damaged and it can't be fixed by some simple program.\n\nNow it you just mean that windows media player does not recongized the format of the video then you can try to find to correct codecs. The best program that I have ever used to play vids was divX. It will tell you if you need a codec and what codec you will need.
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Avoid realplayer - it's spyware.  \nBeaten into second place in pcworld.com's \nThe 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time \nhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20060526/tc_pcworld/125772\n\nTry media player classic (link below) - it even plays .rm files
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a video file IS playable in your pc.\nwhat is its format?\nmpeg?dat?wmv?avi?divx?....\nyou just need to select the file and "open with" the program you want for example windows media player,real player,divx player and more.
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try Windows Media Player 11.\nhttp://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/download/download.aspx\nE
305042
Ur question is not clear. Any way If you have the windows media player Ver 10, it will play any video file. you need not have to convert the video file. you have not mentioned which video file you want to play.