Re: Problem playing files on Windows Media Player

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From: Diana (Diana_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/26/04 

Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 00:01:01 -0700

That solved it! Thank you very very much, I was beginning to get very
aggitated :P

"zachd [ms]" wrote:

>
> If the video is only playing in situations where it is requiring a redraw
> (which is what you are describing), this is *probably* a problem with your
> video card driver.
> http://www.zachd.com/pss/pss.html#vdriver
> should help with that.
>
> However, if it is only happening with certain content, then that codec is
> likely broken, and you would be best off asking the codec maker about how to
> fix this.
>
> -Zach
> --
> (speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
> See http://www.zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> Following up to your post with the resolution is good netiquette.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> Now Playing: "Shunned And Falsified" by "Mike Doughty" in WMP10.
> --
>
> "Diana" <Diana@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FD740100-51AD-4A3B-BCD2-A696EAF798FF@microsoft.com...
> > The first problem was the decompressor, but I looked through here and
> > downloaded ffdshow and it seemed to fix it. But then when I played it
> > again,
> > the sound was normal but the video was slow and only seemed to work when I
> > moved the window around or would play normally for a couple of seconds
> > when I
> > minimized it. Then I got an error message; I can't remember what the
> > message
> > read but I checked in the help section and the only possible solutions had
> > to
> > do with internet speed and buffering. That didn't help because what I'm
> > playing is not off the internet but on a disk.
> > Does anyone know what he problem could be and better yet, how to fix it?
>
>
>

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