Window Media Player problems

I was wondering if there was a way to uninstall WMP it stoped working and I wanted to try to reinstall it fresh as I have tried everything else.WMP does everything except show the movie I get sound I get music but no picture it was working fine but locked up on something and is now acting this way.No setting have been changed in the options.

 

I'd recommend you use VideoLan. You can download it free and it is known to play almost everything without problems. Its a plain and simple program to use so give it a try

 

Thanks i'll check it out but that doesnt solve the broken WMP problem.

 

You might not have the proper Codecs to play the movie you want to see.

If your music files and other media are working properly then dont worry about it.

What format is the movie you want to watch in?

 

Sidecutter wrote:

"OK, I found the fix, and wanted to share.

I found a reference after more extensive searching online to another person who had this sort of issue. Hi solution was to open WMP, go to Tools > Options > Advanced, and disable the "Use Video Mixing Renderer" option.

This worked, but the video would crap out again and go back to the same black screen after a few seconds. What I finally found worked in my case was to leave the Renderer enabled, check the "Use Overlays" box, and apply. Then close the player, reopen it, and disable the "Use Overalays" option, leaving the renderer enabled. This got the video running just as it should again."

See how that goes.

 

Turn off Media Player as your Default player and install whatever you want.

 

you can also use "right click" to the file then "open with..."

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