media playback

The world of high-definition media has never been more accessible for Windows users. With a growing library of 4K, Ultra HD, and HEVC-encoded videos, ensuring smooth playback without extra codec installations is a priority. The HEVC Video Extensions from Device Manufacturer version 2.2.33.0...

Keeping App Volumes Consistent in Windows 11: Mastering Volume Equalization Watching a heart-pounding thriller or even your favorite TV show on Windows 11 can sometimes feel like you’re on an audio roller coaster—quiet dialogues followed by blasting commercials. Fortunately, Windows 11 offers a...

Windows Media Player might be one of those old-school, reliable multimedia apps, but like any software, it’s not immune to hiccups. Whether you’re using Windows 11, Windows 10, or even Windows 8.1, encountering errors with Windows Media Player can throw a wrench into your digital entertainment...

In a significant shift aimed at modernizing its software, Microsoft has announced that legacy Digital Rights Management (DRM) services will no longer support playback in Windows Media Player, Silverlight, Windows 7, and Windows 8. This move, detailed on a recently updated support page by...

OK this is an obscure question- So, on my tv I have the VLC app. When I try to get VLC to connect to my windows 11 share it says: "Your input can't be opened: VLC is unable to open the MRL smb://WINDOWSDELL. Check the log for details." Your instinct is to say it's a problem with the VLC app...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are beginning to roll out the new Media Player for Windows 11 to all Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. We designed the new Media Player to make listening to and watching your multimedia content more enjoyable on Windows 11, and we’re really excited to...

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I use MPCHC to watch TV shows and movies on my, and I have it set to turn the monitor off when it reaches the end of the playlist. Recently I installed some video editors to try, and now when MPCHC turns off the monitor, it wakes up again after a couple seconds. I uninstalled the video editing...

Hi Recently I created a new program thinking it was an additional one. It wiped a lot of my original program files, some of which I reloaded from disk, but a number which I couldn’t. Today I ran a program called “Glary utilities” which analyses the system. In “disk space analyser” there are 2...

Hello I tried to install a software for iphone earlier. Since then my pc going crazy Once I log in, only the icons on my desktop showing up, it takes some minutes till icons on my taskbar showing up. Internet doesn’t work at all, cant even conncet it, only flight mode function is available. when...

When I try to open a file to play a video in Kodi, nothing happens with NO ERRORS. The file just won't play. However once I go to the sub-folder on my PC and Re-Share it (The main folder has already been shared) I can go into Kodi and play it no problem. I don't have either problems when I...

I just reformatted my pc with Win 7 home premium, and am not able to play files from my pc through my bluray player. Before the reformat it worked fine. I checked network , and it shows the player, but says it can not be added to the network. I can play Netflix, Hulu, etc fine, but can not play...

Hi, I am using a 4 year old Toshiba Satellite C855. In the past few months I have experiencing BSOD, but not that annoying, maybe 1x or 2x a week, the problem is, the BSOD is not during heavy task, just while watching youtube or movies. Now in the past few days I got it almost everyday, and not...

I have some problems with my sound which aren't site-related or due to my boxes. When i watch a movie/video on Netflix/ Youtube and other sites i can only hear the music of the film itself, i can't hear the actors talking at all. I think i may have pressed a button i do not know of? I hope you...

I was doing some things with CCleaner and then I installed some over due Windows updates, just the critical ones. After I restarted my PC(WIndows 7) I get no sound, nada. It seems like the drivers are installed, it says they are working properly and updated. For some reason I do have to types...

Hello there, I have a newer laptop that is running Windows 10. My desktop is a bit older and I have freshly installed Win 7 after trying on 10. I have several Movies that I have purchased (not rented) from the Win10 store. I would like to think that I can watch these on my big display, surround...

i can't watch any dvd in win 10. I get Windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged. any help would be appreciated :)

I recently built myself a computer, bought Windows 8.1, and immediately upgraded to Windows 10. I checked my GPU drivers, my monitor drivers, and (for my mental peace) my motherboard drivers. All are up to date. However, I encounter a BSOD: - When viewing a youtube video in fullscreen - When...

When I am watching a tv series off my hard-drive... after about 15 or so episodes... vlc starts to act funny... though it may be Windows. I have to manually un-click the watched episode, manually click on the next episode, then right-click and click on play. Plus the spacebar does not...