About this tag
Discussions on WindowsForum.com tagged with 'movies' cover a range of playback and compatibility issues. Users seek help configuring external DVD/Blu-ray drives for Windows 10 PCs, troubleshooting UHD movie playback on laptops with specific hardware like Intel HD Graphics 530 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M, and removing watermarks from videos using Windows Movie Maker 2012. Other topics include playing purchased movies from the Windows 10 Store on Windows 7, resolving Windows 10 app failures affecting the Movies & TV app, and addressing random freezes in Windows 8.1 that occur when pausing movies. Performance problems with Windows Media Player during movie playback are also discussed.
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    How to configure DVD/BluRay player to PC.

    I just purchased a new PC with Win 10 and only after taking it out of the box did I discover there is no DVD player in this unit. I kept my old unit from the previous PC (Win 8.1) and I would like to know if there is a way to rig it so I can use it as an external device? I know, most...
    • persius
    • Thread
    • bluray player cds dvd external devices installation movies pc configuration software tech support windows 10
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
  2. B

    VIDEO Star Trek: The Empath (1968) Shows The Future Of Superman & James Bond Movies!

    Star Trek: The Empath (1968) Shows The Future Of Superman & James Bond Movies!
    • bluescreen
    • Thread
    • 1968 film analysis future james bond media movies pop culture star trek superman the empath
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: The Water Cooler
  3. C

    Windows 10 Having trouble getting UHD movies to play - Can my Laptop handle it?

    I have been having trouble getting UDH movies to play on my laptop. I have a MSI GS70 Stealth Pro with the following specs: Integrated Graphics Card:Intel HD Graphics 530 (Skylake-H GT2) - Integrated Graphics Controller [S0/R0] [MSI] Processor: Intel Core i7-6700HQ Intel HM170 (Skylake PCH-H)...
    • CampNowhere
    • Thread
    • audio drivers freezing graphics intel laptop movies mpc msi nvidia performance powerdvd specs stuttering support troubleshooting uhd video video playback vlc
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
  4. dangerman1973

    How to remove watermark on videos using WMM 2012

    I wanna know how to remove a watermark on the lower right-hand side of a video using Windows Movie Maker 2012. I'd tried using Webdings and Windings text but it didn't cover the watermark completely. Need help.
  5. Bg260

    Windows 7 Watch Downloaded Videos

    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...
    • Bg260
    • Thread
    • compatibility desktop display downloaded videos drm frustration internet access laptop legal purchase movies older systems silverlight streaming surround sound tech support user experience video playback windows 10 windows 7
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Multimedia
  6. I

    Windows 10 Windows 10, cant open most windows apps e.g Mail, calculator, photos etc

    Hello all, I trust you are all ok! a few days ago I purchased a new Windows 10 PC (LENOVO "ideacentre") Everything was working great then all of a sudden most of the Windows Apps failed to start, from what I've seen so far - Mail, Calculator, Weather, Photos, Movies & TV ! There are probably...
    • Ian Ward
    • Thread
    • app calculator email error functionality installation issues lenovo movies new computer photos support system troubleshooting update users weather windows 10
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  7. hgjkg

    Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Random freezes

    My desktop computer sometimes freezes requiring a manual power off. It seems to happen randomly; when I'm browsing the web. when I pause a movie or a game and leave it for ~5 minutes. I have googled and poked around the internet for three days, but I'm stumped. I have upgraded the drivers that...
    • hgjkg
    • Thread
    • browser crash desktop diagnose drivers freezes games graphics hardware logs memory minidump movies power off random troubleshooting uefi upgrade verification windows 8.1
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
  8. SaschaCory

    Windows 8 Windows Media Player Help

    When watching a movie in Windows Media Player, every five seconds or so my FPS will drop significantly, both audio and video, for about a second. It steadily happens about every 5-6 seconds. Please help me out here, it's honestly making it really difficult to enjoy my movies.
  9. B

    Windows 7 Using Secondary HDD for Games and Movies: A Guide to Organization and Renaming

    Hello! I recently recieved a hand-me-down laptop from my Uncle after it was restored to factory settings. Basically I have a 270gb main HDD, and a 400gb HDD. The second HDD is (presumably) used for restoration, and I'd like to use it for games and movies. This is what is currently on the drive...
  10. Adem Sadiku

    Windows 8 BSOD ntoskrnl.exe 0x00000124.Please help

    im getting this error for more than 1 month,can't play any new game.only counter strike 1.6 sometimes i get BSOD while watching movies.(sorry for my english).a help would be appreciated.thanks
  11. whoosh

    VIDEO Rob Ford the Movie

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    Windows 8 Media Browser Windows 8

    Hello everyone, it is my first post here, my sentence may sound weird. I'm looking for a Media Browser for my Movies/tvShows, I have a lot of movies and tvshows and simply use the explorer to go through my files, but i like clean/good looking stuff. I imported picture of the show/movie in my...
    • Fabrice Gaudreau
    • Thread
    • app development file explorer media browser media management movies software streaming tv shows user interface windows 8
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Software
  13. Einar

    Another RAID 5 fails?

    i have googled the web but could not come up with any answers. I have a windows softwareraid "5" (yes plz hate me for this) with 3x3TB disks, one disk recensently failed. I have just replaced the bad disk with a new one. But i have still no way to add the new disk to the "old" raid, and the bad...
    • Einar
    • Thread
    • basic data recovery disk disk management dynamics failure gpt hardware raid mbr missing drive movies raid replacement smart software raid storage troubleshooting tv shows windows
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Server Forums
  14. R

    Windows 7 windows media player issues

    I downloaded a couple of movies and when I tried to play it I get a message to download webxvid codec to watch it. I download a codec-setup-123 but it still doesn't play the videos.I think it was just a scam cause nothing happens,is there a way to play this video?
    • revid
    • Thread
    • codec download media player movies scam video formats video issues video playback webxvid windows
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Multimedia
  15. Mousa

    VIDEO Master Windows Live Movie Maker For Beginners

    A tutorial on how to master windows movie maker:
    • Mousa
    • Thread
    • beginner editing live maker media movies software tutorial video windows
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Tutorials
  16. W

    Windows 8 Folders missing from the additional hard drive.

    Hello I have two Internal Hard disks in my system. First one is partitioned and used for system. i don't have problem on this hard disk. My second hard disk is 500 GB, and is not partitioned. I m using this drive for storing movies and music. The problem I faced is two of the folders are...
    • Watsmyname
    • Thread
    • chkdsk data loss data recovery disk space file management file search file system hard drive hidden files missing files movies music partition storage storage issues system files tech support used space user inquiry windows 8
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  17. seekermeister

    Windows 7 Movie Thumbnail Generator

    On rare occasions, I need to catalog a movie for which there is no thumbnail of it available. Usually I can find something, even if less than ideal, but that is not always the case. I've been Googling for some kind of software that could create an image, as well as a text overlay of the...
    • seekermeister
    • Thread
    • catalog custom editing generator image movies software text overlay the frame thumbnails
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Software
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 - Premium - Unexpectedly restarted the machine while watching movie or scaning

    Hi, I am using Windows 7 - Premium version. My machine got restarted unexpectedly while watching movie or Anti virus scanning is going on It takes me to the windows safe mode Can anybody suggest me the solution Thanks, Udhay
    • Udhay81
    • Thread
    • antivirus crash error movies restart safe mode scan support troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Software
  19. V

    Windows 7 Always happen during I watch a movie loaded from my Blu-ray drive

    I have generated all the files according to Link Removed I have problem uploading an attachment, so please follow my google drive link to the zipped file. The zip file should be downloadable by clicking File>Download Link Removed Please help. Thanks. Raymond
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    Windows 8 IE10 and streaming video

    I have tried to watch movies online from the site Movies2k and every single web-browser I have tried come up that its missing a pluggin to play hd videos I download and install it and it still comes up with the same error. What can I do?