media playback

So ive never used wmc before and i just bough an xbox360 2 weeks ago. Today i did that code the 360 gives you and when i enter it in wmc it restarts itself. It recognizes the 360 but the code cant get out in. Any helps thanks so much!!

Is system capable enough to run windows 7 Home Premium ? My system Specs are - CPU - Intel E5200 Motherboard - DG31PR Ram - 2GB I mainly use my desktop for web browsing and playing media files thats all. Will my system become slow after installing W7? Any other tips,advice on upgrading...

A very interesting blog on how Windows 8 has improved over Windows 7 in relation to media application. Link Removed Link: Link Removed

I didn't used to have this problem before. For some unknown reason, all my video files have a separate PNG file next to it with a picture of the thumbnail. I don't remember changing any viewing options that may have triggered this. Anybody know how to fix this?

Microsofts 'Building Windows 8' blog carries an article concerning the use of IE10 with the new release preview. It has some useful tips and is well worth a read.. Reference: Link Removed

Hi When I hit on a video link and it opens in the video app, it has a play button in the middle and a lot of other stuff like a progress bar on the scree. These don't disappear when the video is playing. How do you get it to just show the video full screen without all the stuff on top...

Although my sound is fine in every other aspect it has suddenly gone very low on Utube videos even though the volume is at max.

Hello, I was wondering if somone could help me out. My dvd r, rw was allowing me to watch movies. but now windows 7 is only recognizing it as a burn and will not allow me to play dvds. If I put a DVD in to play it, the disc ejects and windows asks me to insert a a disc into d drive.

Hi all. I was recently having some bad video driver issues (getting frequent BSODs after updating to the latest drivers for my 560 Ti), so I did a system restore. After the restore, I'm not having any problems with that, but a new one has popped up: opening any photo or video file in Windows...

Hello, I am running Windows 7 64bit. I've some issue on my system which is driving me nuts. I can't view encryted films from Lovefilms. Internet purchases via credit card fails on the very last step .. the bit after the extra verification step for Visa Debit.. the page has reset... Well they...

Fixes an issue in which Windows Media Player 12 does not correctly play some AVI files that were created by a third-party application or by third-party hardware in Windows 7. This issue occurs when the AVI files include an AVI super index chunk. More...

I am using W7, home premium on 1 year old HP desktop computer. Recently, I was having trouble accessing videos from you tube, email and other sites. I had been using adobe flash player 9 and I was told to upgrade adobe flash and to get version 11. I installed version 11 but it would not play...

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...

So I decided to connect the xbox to my home network, but when I did so ALL of the shared files and folders got locked. Being locked I cannot watch the videos or play the music with manually unlocking them first. So is there a way to revert them back to their unlocked state? There has to be an...

Hi In response to another post here I tried to change the color settings, Saturation etc. in WMP. Just like the poster I find that while I can get to the sliders I can't get them to stay moved, as soon as you drag them they pop back to the center. Anyone know how to make them work? You...

Link RemovedLink RemovedLink RemovedLink RemovedLink Removed I think the problem is related to my graphics drivers. I persistently have issues with atikmpag.sys and atikmdag.sys. It has happened from the start and I finally am fed up with it. It can happen during web browsing. Playing video...

Hello first post with a problem :D the problem is that when i connect or disconnect a device on the PC WMP is pausing. and on windows media player plugin in chrome and Firefox is decreasing the volume also on connection of a device.

I got my computer six months ago and never bothered with Windows Media Center. In order to see TV on my computer, I needed a TV tuner. Since I am a member with Netflix and Microsoft promoted Netflix working on the Center, I tried to use it without the tuner and just play media from my hard drive...

Hi, new to this forum. got a slight problem. got an acer m5201 comp which i have changed a few parts and upgraded to windows 7 premium 32bit. i have a nividia 9800gt gfx card all the audio from films, websites and itunes are out of sync by about 1second. any help would be helpfull. i am...

[SOLVED] DVD+/-R/CD+/-R will not read or write Hey guys, So I built a Windows machine recently (~8 months ago). It has Windows 7 32 bit Professional Installed on it. Twice now I have had the DVD device die. The first time it was a Sony, no a Lite-On iHAS242. The first time I thought oh...