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Okay, so for some reason my media player crashes every time I try to play an MKV, but it'll play flv and rmvb. When I try to open a MKV, it just says that Media Player has stopped working for some reason. I'm working with build 7100. Would upgrading to the RTM fix this? Oh, and I'm using the...

Hi.! I am trying to play a DVD video file on my windows 7 windows media player. Since it is a DVD format, the movie is crystal clear (hv tested it on my laptop [vista]). When i play it in windows 7, the movie shows a lot of grains and is not at all clear.! I've even tried a couple of codecs...

i played an xvid avi (700 m) movie in windows media player of windows 7 in my toshiba satellite l40-18x laptop . and i found that every 5 minutes (about 5 or 4 minutes) the movie slow down and the picture freeze for about 20 seconds and then it continue normal playing and then after another 5 or...

I haven't had luck with streaming recorded tv over the internet :( I've searched these forums (and others) with no luck. Both machines are running the RC (build 7100) and both have been secured using my windows live id. I even installed a codec pack on the laptop and I was able to play one...

Hello all, I have Windows 7 RTM and a lot of homemade movie clips in .MOV format. I have installed the Shark007 Codec Pack for Windows 7, and also have Quicktime 7 Pro installed. Nevertheless, I cannot view any of the .MOV files in Media Player 12 or in Media Center. Please tell me there is a...

so as some of you read i had to format my computer, and im all done doing that, my motherboard cd does not show any drivers to download anymore so im assuming that all of those drivers are too old to be recognized. anyone know of a site that shows drivers for windows 7? my old driver that was...

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I've been using the 7260 version for a week now and suddenly WMP12 won't play any audio. I have not installed anything to my knowledge that could have affected this. I haven't intalled any codecs or anything like that. Does anyone have any idea what may have happened and how I can remedy this? I...

I'm building a new dedicated media box, and have had issues in the past with some codecs crashing WMC ... So I thought rather than go through all the rigmerole of testing different packs and seeing which ones work ... I'd ask here! I have both a 64bit and 32bit windows 7 installs on 2...

I am running the RC and have recently started having problems with video rendering being very poor, either very jittery or a very low fps or the video just stops rendering but keeps playing then it comes back and plays about 10 seconds fine then it does it again. I have the latest video drivers...

I have this problem. Since yesterday, i noticed i cant listen any sound coming from sources as websites (youtube and such vstreaming video websites) tho sound looks fine thru mp3 player, and windows alerts. I read around this is related to Flash player, ive tried solutions presented but no...

After i installed vista sp2 and rebooted,it started installing the driver software for sigmatel high definition audio codec.Then a new window pops out and say it failed to install because a device attached to the system is not functioning.Now,i can't hear any sounds.I'm using a laptop running...

I am using Windows 7 RC Build 7100 on my desktop, mainboard is Asus P5GC-MX, chipset is 945GC, sound card is Realtek HD Audio. I installed their drivers successfully. Source Link Removed Link Removed due to 404 Error Direct X 11, too, although I don't see tab music? Link Removed due to...

When I open some specific folders windows freezes and i get the message "Windows Explorer has stopped working.". Then i click on "restart windows explorer" and it works fine. I havent noticed, but I think I get the error with folder where are .OGM files. I downloaded ogm file on my desktop and...

I have an HTPC setup and use the coaxial output on my computer for 5.1 surround sound. Worked fine when using XP, but since the switch to 7 I haven't been able to get it to work. All my other sound is fine. I was thinking it might have something to do with AC3 because the icon for AC3 used to...

Hi noticed quite a few problems with windows 7 sound, like myself, anyone who has SoundMax onboard audio might try downloading this updated driver, it worked for me. It seems to be for Asus boards so don't know if it will work with others, you also get message of no codec installed and that it...

Hello, Well over the last or so I have had some issues with Windows 7: "All Programs" not showing: I installed some games and they showed up until I restarted and they were gone with everything else. I have read about this bug and I don't seem to think anyone knows just why it is happening...

I've noticed this issue and caught on to it thanks to gameguard. But when I exit a program or game. It will still sometimes be running in the background and windows will just leave it there. It wont exit it completely until i go into the task menu and shut it down through that. For example. I...

I can't make ffdshow to work on my windows 7 RC1 x64. I installed both x86 and x64 versions and i get nothing. Either i use powerdvd9 or wmp

Every time I open a folder with an MPG ( or MPEG) file,((( In windows 7 Build 7000 & RC1 ))) Windows Explorer crashes.:( (don't Problem with wmv file) I used CCleaner, and even installed the Win7 Codec pack and removed broken codecs, and still, I am having the same problem. Anyone help please?