WR - Video Playback

02-25-2006, 12:28 AM

Skyler7

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I have a P4 3.2 GHz, 1 GB of RAM, Win XP SP2 MCE. I normally use IrfanView 3.98 to look at pics and play videos. Since installing it on my new computer, it won't play videos. I installed the full set of plugins and an additional set of codecs. I get an error message suggesting I try more codecs. So I tried playing vids in Media Player, RealPlayer, and Nero's Media Player and ShowTime. Nada, zilch. Pics open, audio files play. No video.

I'm not Super Tech, but I'm not a total noob and I've tried checking everything I can think of -- reinstalling the players, checking for updates, temporarily disabling the firewall, anti-spyware, and anti-virus software, etc, etc -- and I'm out of ideas. WinXP and all the other programmes are fully updated. This problem has been happening for a while, so I don't think it's due to a faulty update as there have been subsequent patches installed, but I'm open to all suggestions.

For what it's worth, there's no video playback on my WinME machine either. The only things it has in common are IrfanView, AVG, and ZoneAlarm.

Any ideas or suggestions will be very welcome. Thanks in advance for your time and help.

Skyler

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02-26-2006, 07:44 PM	#2
icarus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wasington State USA USA Posts: 950/0.92 Threads: 58 Friends Network	Re: Video Playback Try VLC media player its played anything i've thrown at it. http://www.videolan.org/vlc

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02-27-2006, 10:29 AM	#3
odysseusignmail whore Join Date: May 2004 Location: Hawaii Posts: 286/0.17 Threads: 3 Friends Network	Re: Video Playback Have you tried DivxPlayer? They usually are up to date on all the codecs and such. What type of video are you trying to play?

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02-28-2006, 02:14 AM	#4
Skyler7 whore Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 16/0.02 Threads: 1 Friends Network	Re: Video Playback I've tried to playback .avi, .mpe, .mpeg, .mpg, .wmv, and probably some others. IrfanView will only play .avi and I can sometimes get Nero ShowTime to play some of the others, but it usually locks up right at the end of the clip and I have to do the 3-fingered salute to close it. Skyler

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03-01-2006, 10:42 AM	#5
odysseusignmail whore Join Date: May 2004 Location: Hawaii Posts: 286/0.17 Threads: 3 Friends Network	Re: Video Playback Do both computers have the same video card? Perhaps you have incorrect video drivers. I would try a different video player and update all your codecs or reinstalling all the video software.

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03-02-2006, 10:12 PM	#6
Skyler7 whore Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 16/0.02 Threads: 1 Friends Network	Re: Video Playback Different cards in each computer. I've tried IrfanView, Windows Media Player, etc and all share the same problem. I installed a new set of codecs, too. I've run full AV and spyware scans, cleaned the Registry, patched everything that has a patch available, and am out of ideas. Skyler

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03-03-2006, 03:29 PM	#7
xevious Owner of Newbs Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: movin around like the feds is after me Posts: 4,812/3.60 Threads: 427 Friends Network	Re: Video Playback i know this would be a bitch, but if you've tried everything else, try uninstalling EVERYTHING that has to do with video, and reinstalling.

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03-03-2006, 03:34 PM	#8
odysseusignmail whore Join Date: May 2004 Location: Hawaii Posts: 286/0.17 Threads: 3 Friends Network	Re: Video Playback Yeah. Take off ZoneAlarm and see if that works. A fresh build would probably work too and slowly add software to see what breaks it. Easier would be keep on uninstalling software until it starts working and once it works, then you know what prevented it.

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