Media Player Problem

My windows media player is having problems playing
videos. For instance, I created a video in Windows Movie
Maker 2 and then played it in Window Media Player the
video and audio were fine for 3/4 of the video and then
the screen went blank (dark navy blue actually) I could
still hear the audio but the video was gone. I have
played this same video in RealPlayer and in DivX, both of
which handle the video fine.
Another peculiar twist; I reloaded the video into Movie
Maker 2 and it played fine. I opened Media Player (while
Movie Maker was still open) and it played the video all
the way through. But, when I shut down Movie Maker 2,
the problem happened again, and always at the same point.

It's possibly a codec problem or the type of files you used in the making of
the movie. The sound files should not be mp3 and video should preferably be
avi files. For codecs see www.papajohn.org problem solving acceleration and
codecs

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Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com
"Jeremy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My windows media player is having problems playing
> videos. For instance, I created a video in Windows Movie
> Maker 2 and then played it in Window Media Player the
> video and audio were fine for 3/4 of the video and then
> the screen went blank (dark navy blue actually) I could
> still hear the audio but the video was gone. I have
> played this same video in RealPlayer and in DivX, both of
> which handle the video fine.
> Another peculiar twist; I reloaded the video into Movie
> Maker 2 and it played fine. I opened Media Player (while
> Movie Maker was still open) and it played the video all
> the way through. But, when I shut down Movie Maker 2,
> the problem happened again, and always at the same point.

i have a toshiba tecra 8000 and i am running windows xp.
i just bought a dvd drive for it.it all installed ok. but
when i try and play dvds in media player there is no
picture, but sound is ok. can anyone help

Go to the windowsmedia newsgroup.

"james" <audiquattro@ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message
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>i have a toshiba tecra 8000 and i am running windows xp.
> i just bought a dvd drive for it.it all installed ok. but
> when i try and play dvds in media player there is no
> picture, but sound is ok. can anyone help

When trying to view some videos, namely wmv files off the web,
the videos look corrupted with a negative color image instead
of the normal colors. Is there a setting that I have overlooked
somewhere that will restore the proper colors? I'm using WMP 11.
Or is there a way to select an a;ternative program to use? Any
help will be appreciated.

Try updating youre graphic card drivers/software.You might also go to
run,typeXDIAG Run the Direct X tests.

"mwebsurfer" wrote:

> When trying to view some videos, namely wmv files off the web,
> the videos look corrupted with a negative color image instead
> of the normal colors. Is there a setting that I have overlooked
> somewhere that will restore the proper colors? I'm using WMP 11.
> Or is there a way to select an a;ternative program to use? Any
> help will be appreciated.
>