Media Player 9 Issue

[John Picard]

I rarely use Media Player because it never works properly. Perhaps I should say, I never use it because it doesn't work properly.

The issue is that if I have a clip that Winamp cannot play, and I attempt to play that clip using Media Player, I get about 3 seconds of video before the screen on the player goes blank. The clip keeps playing, as evidenced by the sound proceeding to the end of the clip; however, no video. There doesn't appear to be any missing CODECS, so I'm wondering if upgrading to Media Player v.11 would be of any use.

 

[Sheep]

I rarely use Media Player because it never works properly. Perhaps I should say, I never use it because it doesn't work properly.

The issue is that if I have a clip that Winamp cannot play, and I attempt to play that clip using Media Player, I get about 3 seconds of video before the screen on the player goes blank. The clip keeps playing, as evidenced by the sound proceeding to the end of the clip; however, no video. There doesn't appear to be any missing CODECS, so I'm wondering if upgrading to Media Player v.11 would be of any use.

WMP isn't known for being able to play a wide range of formats even after you have the proper codecs installed.

For hard-to-play files, I use VLC which plays practically everything I've ever thrown at it.

 

[rType]

^ I've a handful of clips here that VLC doesn't like yet WMP has no issues with. VLC also has an unfortunate tendency to throw a fit when I move a currently playing video from one display to another.

 

[Noname Given]

I rarely use Media Player because it never works properly. Perhaps I should say, I never use it because it doesn't work properly.

The issue is that if I have a clip that Winamp cannot play, and I attempt to play that clip using Media Player, I get about 3 seconds of video before the screen on the player goes blank. The clip keeps playing, as evidenced by the sound proceeding to the end of the clip; however, no video. There doesn't appear to be any missing CODECS, so I'm wondering if upgrading to Media Player v.11 would be of any use.

When is the last time you updated your video card driver?

 

[John Picard]

I rarely use Media Player because it never works properly. Perhaps I should say, I never use it because it doesn't work properly.

The issue is that if I have a clip that Winamp cannot play, and I attempt to play that clip using Media Player, I get about 3 seconds of video before the screen on the player goes blank. The clip keeps playing, as evidenced by the sound proceeding to the end of the clip; however, no video. There doesn't appear to be any missing CODECS, so I'm wondering if upgrading to Media Player v.11 would be of any use.

When is the last time you updated your video card driver?

Probably when I had to execute a complete re-install of XP when I had a hard drive go TU last year. Maybe I'll give that a shot.