codec issues

OK so I normally use Linux as an operating system which I usually use to watch Amazon Prime videos on. I have just reinstalled it on my SSD with a newer version of Linux and have had issues this evening running Amazon Prime video owing I presume to codecs and the dreaded annoyance of DRM (which...

I have 32bit Win7 Pro on a Toshiba Satellite laptop purchased in December, 2009. The DVD player is set to Windows Media Player When trying to play a movie on DVD (borrowed from local library), I get this msg: "Windows Media Player cannot play this DVD because it is not possible to turn on...

Hello! Am using 2 monitors a (24 inch Samsung) + (42 inch LG TV). In windows 7 i ran a movie on the tv while simontainiusly playing bf3 with no issues. But now under Windows 8 its choppy as h*** and makes the movie un watchable. The audio however is excellent! Installed latest nvidia drivers...

HELLO FRIENDS, I am a new user of windows 7 '32 bit' and facing big problem with watching videos. When i play any video on WMP 12 ,KLM CODEC CLASIC PLAYER or GOM PLAYER etc. some green & yellow colour lines will appeared on screen. (i cheked my lcd monitir and it is fine) (note: when i watch...

When I pop a DVD in my drive I use WMP 12 to play it and 2 interfaces of WMP 12 open to play it. One has the menu of the DVD on it and it's maximized ready to go and one is just WMP 12 minimized. The minimized one fades out, but that's not the issuue. Why do 2 of them open in the first place? Is...

I have a serious and very annoying problem.Ever, since I got Windows 7, whenever watching a movie it freezes (once every 10 minutes, for 3-4 seconds). Also, last night, I found freezess when I listen to music and I'm not a computer, so I guess this is due to some safety mode or something because...

Hey everyone, Just to be clear on what kind of motherboard I'm using and the onboard audio in said motherboard, here's the model number: GA-M57SLI-S4 (AMD - socket AM2) and the onboard audio is by Realtek. The mobo itself is a bit outdated I guess, at about 4-5 years now. I listen to a lot of...

Hello everyone I have a problem and wondered if anyone can help please. I have just purchased a Canon digital camera with a movie function which seems to save in .mov format. Not a problem as such but all my previous video files are mpegs which come from my Sony handy cam, I haven't installed...

I bought my current laptop in April last year and it came with Windows Vista home premium, then I used my student discount to DOWNLOAD and update it to Windows 7, i've been having major Codec problems with it for months now and the only thing I havent tried is restoring it, I was just wondering...

As I'm clicking "Play To - Xbox Media Center Extender" on my Windows 7 Laptop, I'm getting an error message of my Xbox 360/TV screen that says... "Windows Media Center cannot find the specified file. Be sure the path is typed correctly. If it is, the file does not exist at the specified...

Hi; I am having an annoying problem with my Dual Boot PC. My NEC AD-7124S SATA DVD DL RW works fine in Windows Xp but will not play DVDs in Windows 7 or install games from DVDs. I have an Abit AN-M2HD with a Geforce 9800GT Gfx Card and my display is a Toshiba 32 Inch Regza connected via...

Good night to all, I recently began experiencing the "COM Surrogate" error while opening up pretty much all pictures with Microsoft "Windows Photo Viewer" I'm attaching a screenshot. I found millions of suggestions online (codecs, Adobe CS3, CS4) but none seem to be working (and most wont...

hello, i recently installled windows 7 64bit pro,it has been working fine till today when i unistalled some sound codecs ,so i restarted the pc but when it gets past the windows symbol it just goes black with the mouse pointer?,i cant get into task manager either,so no mater what i press on the...

When I try to play my avi files on this new Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit OS, it stutters every few seconds. It starts off going fine for about 5 seconds, then starts stuttering. I don't get this problem with any other things like games. I never had this problem either on Vista with the same...

ok so here it is, i grabbed a copy of windows 7 and decided to check it out, but after i upgraded i found out all my videos will no longer stream to my 360. so heres how it happened: i had Xp and everything was great, i was streaming my avi's and mp4's to my 360 without a gliche, i used...

Hello everyone, I am using windows 7 RC, here's my system specifications first of all, ---Grap. Card : HIS ATI Radeon HD 2600XT agp ---Mainboard : Biostar K8M800 Micro AM2 ---Processor : AMD Athlon X2 4800+ ---RAM : Kingstone 2x1GB 800 Mhz Here's what's wrong, my computer...

Can't really say how or why it happened. I have a clean install of 7 build 7000 (or higher if the windows update, updates it). I went to my start menu, clicked on control panel, the window opened up with no icons, briefly. After closing, I tried it again to no avail. I then customized my start...

I'm having a problem with Media Center playing TV from my Pinnacle PCTV 801e SE USB Stick and DVDs from both Media Center and Player. This was all working at one point and I changed absolutely nothing when it started doing this. I currently get the error: "Decoder Error: The video decoder has...

Hello! I have a BIG problem, I am using Windows 7 right now, and I am unable to play any kind of video content in Windows Media Player 12. Now, this is a global problem in the whole OS, I installed GOM player, to view a FLV file, and the system freezes, totally, this happens too with the Windows...

I have installed vista codec pack and when ever i try to open my videos folder it crashes explorer which i think is caused by vista codec pack generating video thumbnails ?