playback issues

Fixes a problem with Windows Media Player in which some .wav files are not played to the end on a computer that is running Windows 7. More...

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...

Read here how to play YouTube videos in best possible quality in the Internet and on-demand in Windows Media Player. Description of the problem: I want to play a YouTube video on the Internet, but the clip does not start, or the quality is very poor. I... Link Removed

I am running Win7 32bit Professional on an Acer 8930 notebook. I have various USB storage solutions - including a 32MB flash stick and 2 usb external drives with 320mb drives - all of which work with no problem. I also have a media player which uses an internal 2GB Western Digital hard drive...

i bought a new computer and instal windows7 ultimate this is my specs Processor = Interl(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @3.40GHz, 3401 Mhz, 4 Core(s) MotherBoard = ASUS P8Z68-V LE VideoCard = MSI AMD Radeon HD 6770 1gbDDR5 my problem when i played a high quality movie in windows media player or...

Hi , I use Dell studio 1558 WIN7 x64 .And this problem showed up a couple of weeks ago. The problem is ,When I open any media file be it any video or mp3 on my laptop..the media player or any other player lets say realplayer crashes or gives and error saying "encountered some problem ".And at...

I got my laptop in October of 2011, and it has WMP12.0 but for some reason ever since I got the laptop I cannot play a full song or movie using Windows Media Player. Whenever I play a song it automatically skips to the next one after a few minutes. I thought maybe the songs were corrupted but it...

When the frame rate changes during video playback in Windows Media Center, WMC resets the video pipeline. This can sometimes cause the video to stutter. With some video streaming sources, frame rate changes can happen multiple times per second. Link Removed

Could someone please help me to sort out problems with windows media player.12/wmv9 (?uninstal/reinstal) on my brand new computer. The colours are garish, contrast is over-the-top and obviously wrong. This happens with *any program playing wmv files *any video file (wmv,avi,mpg) played by wmp...

Fixes a problem in which MPEG-2 Program Stream content does not play on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. Link Removed

Hi, First time posting here. I used to play all type of file such mp4,mp3,flv,wmv and etc with my wmplayer. Recently,i download 1 software for subtitle. After that,i cannot use my wmp to play flv files. So,i uninstalled the subtitle software from my pc. But still,my wmp cannot play flv...

I have just bought an alienware with windows 7 recently and i am dissapionted as windows 7 has made my video player quality very poor comparing to my windows vista. Link Removed due to 404 Error as you can see the windows media player has too much red and looks darker than the quicktime...

I add home video clips to dvd maker (windows 7) and burn a dvd. Problem: there is a slight freeze at the end of each clip causing breaks in overall continuity. Any help? Thanks.

Fixes an issue in which Hardware-accelerated video playback stops responding for more than 10 seconds and then runs fast in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7. Link Removed

Fixes an issue in which the video capture and playback stop, or most video frames are dropped, when you connect an IEEE 1394 digital video camera to a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. More...

Hi guys, I've installed Win 7 Ultimate x86. The problem I'm facing is that whenever I enable my sound card driver and try playing an audio, the audio stutters and the computer freezes. I have to restart, use safe mode to disable the sound card and then use my pc. I've looked all over the net for...

Hi. I am unable to view videos that are sent to me. This evening I received one that had AVI after it and that is a supported file type but I tried everything and still cannot get it to open. I get messages saying it may not be supported. Can anyone help?? Thanks. meajha

Hi I got a laptop with Windows 7 ultimate - upgraded from Windows XP. I use the laptop exclusively to stream video from: Link Removed - Invalid URL It used to play flawlesly under Windows XP but since I installed Windows 7 (with WMP 12), the WMP window shows for a couple of seconds "Opening...

Hi all, I recently changed my DVD Region setting to Region 2 to play a PAL DVD from Europe, and now it won't change back to Region 1. Everytime I try, it gives an error saying the drive needs Region 1 media to make this change so please insert Region 1 media and try again. I have Region 1...

Basically, it's like this- I put in a DVD into my computer, and I go to Windows Media Player to play the movie get to the menu it gives you if you have a movie in the computer, like how it shows the movie's chapters in the Library. However, I only get the sound that comes with the movie- I can't...