Re: WMP 11 problem with streaming video on Vista

I am also facing same problem, It's seem that problem happend with vista
only. I try to download encode, decode and codec but not useful. I see in one
forum they say to click on advance button in performance tab but I didn't see
any advance button in vista. uncheck the video accelator check box also not
help me. can any one tell me how to uninstall WMP11 in vista? so I will try
to reinstall

"jasepegg" wrote:



"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:33:01 -0800, Consolas
<Consolas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

One thing curious about this issue is that the video plays fine in the
miniature window once the WMP is minimized to the task bar. Does the player
re-neogiate with the server once it is swithced to or from miniature mode?

No, it doesn't do that.

How does the player render the video differently in window mode and miniature
mode?


So there's a chance that overlays may be involved here. In a small
window (toolbar player) there seems no requirement for the graphics
card to be involved in assisting the CPU by providing overlay playback
because that's not CPU intensive.

In full player mode, typically overlays and/or directX video
acceleration may be provided for performance reasons.

So at that point I'd check those values are set in WMP Tools ->
Options (or More Options in WMP11) -> Performance -> Advanced

You might also want to tweak the video acceleration slider down 1
notch to see if that helps. If either of those provide the desired
result, I'd consider updating the graphics card driver software to the
newest version available for your card.

Thanks for you help, Neil. Here is an URL to a video that has the problem
that I mentioned.
http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/nba/nbacom/recaps/recap08_371_sacmil.asx

I was able to play all the WMV files on my hard drive without any problem,
so I am not sure what's causing this.

I started to have trouble viewing stream videos (WMA format) with WMP 11. It
used to work fine until a few weeks ago. The audio plays fine but I don't see
the video in the player. The interesting thing is: when I minimize the player
to the task bar and turn on the mini-screen, the video show up fine in the
tiny window. So it doesn't seem to be a codec issue.


I'm not sure I have an answer for you right away - I'll have to think
about it for a bit. One thing I wonder though - does this only affect
videos streamed from the internet ? What happens if you find a Video
file (WMV) on your local hard disk somewhere - does that play OK ?
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I am having the exact same problem as CONSOLAS. i have sound when trying to
watch WM stream but no picture (except in the small toolbar).
i have attempted to intall/uninstall codec packs but all to no avail. i
have found work arounds for some of the other apps i have which use a wmp
stream (to watch online tv and sports) which allows me to open up the stream
in vlc player. this player works fine so am at a loss to the cause of the
"black" screen on wmp.
also standard wmv files play ok.
advise given on other forums have failed to solve the problem.
i have only had my present pc with vista home premium for about 2 months.
this issue did not start occuring until about 3/4 weeks ago. unfortunately
it is not possible to discover if the installation of any other apps could
have caused the problem as i have been constantly installing and uninstalling
and can't be sure of the exact date the problem started.
please somebody find the solution!!!

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