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Hi. I just did a format and installed XP SP2 in my T-23, I had saved all my video files on a cd, now none of my videos play on Windows Media Player10. The files open and sound plays but no video. They all worked fine before I had to wipe my hard drive. Avi files play as usual and DVDs play using WINDVD like before. As far as I can tell, only .WMA files will not show video content. Downloaded a couple WMA files and tried to play them but the problem isnt in the files.
Any help will be appreciated.

-AH

You need to update the codecs.

Thanks, but how do I do that?

-AH

You can start here.
http://www.free-codecs.com/guides/Codec ... ows_XP.htm

Updating the Codecs for Windows Media Player can be a pain, as I found out many times before; you could also try the VideoLAN player

See; http://www.videolan.org/#14_Nov_2002_0


Which works much better than Windows Media Player for just about all the files and doesn't seem to have any codec problems, at least none that I have encountered. WMP has grown to become a resource hog over the years crammed full with useless functions; WMP classic was better.

HTH

Actually, I always uninstall the windows player (amongst other msoft bloatware). I use the very light footprint of Media Player Classic.

Ok, I got rid of WMP10 and installed WMC. Now all my video files play.

I tried getting the codecs from MS installed but still could not play video from most of my WMV files when I was using WMP10.

Thanks for your assistance.