Windows Media Player hangs when i play movie files

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From: Frank Balgar (FrankBalgar_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/16/05 

Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 09:09:02 -0800

Whenever i try opening some of my movie files(avi,mpg,wmv), Windows Media
Player hangs and the movie it was playing freezes after about 1 second of
playing.
I noticed that this doesn't happen whenever i play most of my other movie
files, but only certain ones.
Why is this so? Can a kind soul please tell me how to rectify the problem?

I'm using Windows Media Player 9. My OS is Windows XP Home Edition.

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