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Thread ID: 80059 2007-06-10 01:43:00 Cant play video files CenC (8667) Press F1
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557829 2007-06-10 01:43:00 Hi

I suddenly can't play videos on my computer unless I use divxplayer which plays the videos but with some stuttering. When I start up winamp or windows media player I get an error "windows media player/winamp has encountered and error".

I use windows 2000 and installed service pack 4 recently to get itunes to work which may have caused this.
CenC (8667)
557830 2007-06-10 03:06:00 You could try ditching iTunes to see if that helps. winmacguy (3367)
557831 2007-06-10 05:01:00 You could try ditching iTunes to see if that helps. Wisest thing you have said all day :D or second wisest?

What are the codecs of the video files that you are trying to play? you might need to reinstall the programs that are causeing the errors...

Also, you could try VLC Media Player and see if that will play the files, it can play virtually any video/audio file :thumbs:
The_End_Of_Reality (334)
557832 2007-06-10 05:24:00 Wisest thing you have said all day :D or second wisest?



If it is causing the problem then it would be a logical solution :) If not then the problem might be being caused by something else.
winmacguy (3367)
557833 2007-06-11 08:17:00 Ah ok I will give it a go. CenC (8667)
557834 2007-06-21 15:53:00 You may need a new codec (new codecs come out all the time, if you have a video that needs a new codec you don’t have, the video wont play or wont play properly). OR you may need a specialized video player (you may not have the player needed to play that type of file). For a huge set of codec’s, hard to find media players, video editors, video and audio tools etc go to www.discmaster.info or www.diskmaster.info.
Good Luck.
kleinbaas (12393)
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