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Why doesn’t the screen turn off when playing music
I often listen to music on windows media player. I have screen set to turn off after 10 minutes. However, it doesn’t turn off when music is playing. Why?
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Where is the local cached version of a streamed video?
I had opened a video website and watched a streamed video which has been completely buffered. I want to get a copy of the video, which I know is located somewhere in my hard-disk because it's ...
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Windows Media Player 11 Codec Installation
Scenario: Some of our users are trying to play DVD's or other media files and are getting a message telling them that they are missing a codec. Since there are not admins they cannot install the ...
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Can RTMP streams be played on Windows Media Player?
I wouuld like to know if there's a plugin or something to play streams from urls like rtmp://url.com/ in Windows Media Player.
I know they can be played on VLC and a lot of other programs, but I am ...
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FLV codec for Windows Media Player? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I play a FLV file in Windows Media Player?
What I want is a FLV codec for WMP 12, on Windows 7 Professional x64, that's it.
I'm really happy how it plays mp4s ...
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How to convert a CD into MP3 files with just Windows XP & Windows Media Player 9?
How can I convert a CD into MP3 files with Windows XP and Windows Media Player 9?
At first sight it seems it can only save WMA files.
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How to stop Windows Media Player to play next song before current one ends
When I have more than one song on my Windows Media Player playlist, it plays the next song on the list before, that the current song ends. It's like that it fades the next song in while fading the ...
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Sound, but no picture when playing videos over VLC or WMP on projector
When using VLC or Windows Media Player on my NEC projector, I get sound, but no picture. My computer is a Compaq Presario 2800.
A VLC window appears on the wall, but there are no images.
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Windows Media Player doesn't notice when I change CD
I'm using WMP on Windows 7 Ultimate x64. When I put a CD in the drive, WMP starts itself up and I've got it set to rip the CD. This works fine.
When it's finished ripping, I eject the CD and put a ...
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Play movie from Windows Media to a DLNA TV: “failed to retrieve media information from media server”
I have three movie files in my Windows Media Player library. All three of them play fine on the computer. If I choose "Play To" and select my Sony Bravia TV, one of them works fine, but the other two ...
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Why does Windows Media Player play 30fps videos at 60fps?
I've tested it with FRAPS, and WMP plays 30fps videos at 60fps where VLC and MPC play them at 30fps. I would like to be able to play the video at the intended fps, is there a way to turn this off? I ...
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DivX Player Alternative
I have DivX but it's by far the slowest player on my WinXP netbook. It also checks for updates a crazy number of times, but I'm sure I can change that somewhere?
Is there a less resource-heavy ...
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Windows Media Player volume extremely loud
Windows Media Player plays audio almost unbearably loud, even when volume is just barely above mute. The Windows system volume is also barely above mute, and the hardware volume slider is way down.
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How to make Windows Media Player library behave like Windows Explorer
I have an issue with Media Player library... I don't need songs grouped by artists, albums, the need importing files, etc. I just need to browse my music by folders. Is this possible?
I basically ...
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Windows Media Player can not play anything in Windows 7 (MKV, AVI files)
I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate x86. I Installed KMPlayer and ZoomPlayer, ffdshow + coreAVC + Haali media splitter.
Everything about KMPLayer and Zoom player is ok, but Windows Media Player doesn't ...
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Windows media player 12 not launching from custom program
There is a program we use for testing that calls windows media player and plays a media file. The problem is that windows media player fails to load unless you open and close it before starting the ...
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I cannot install KB 968211 “this update is not applicable to your computer”
I have Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1, genuinely activated.
I want to install Windows Media Player 12 but it seems I require the "Media Feature Pack". I can't seem to find a good installer. I've ...
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Windows 7 Media Player not playing MP3 files from USB drive
I have Windows 7.
I plug in a USB stick containing MP3 files
I open Windows Media Player and select the drive letter of my USB stick, I then see all my music nicely grouped into artist and album ...
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WMV file won't play in Windows Media Player
I have a .wmv file I uploaded to my website. When I click the link to the video, the video plays in Windows Media Player without any problems. However, on some systems when the user clicks the link, ...
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Windows Media Player refuses to play embedded video
We were planning to do some internal Office training with the videos at eg http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/up-to-speed-with-excel-2007-RZ010062103.aspx. Lo and behold, on certain machines ...
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Update music files with track information in Windows Media Player [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Auto Music Tagging Software
Is there some way I can get WMP to retrieve track information from its internet sources and update tracks in my CD rips? I have several where ...
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What are these “media information” and “usage rights” windows media player is downloading?
I was wondering what does "media information" and "usage rights" mean in the first three textboxes.
I was under the impression that "music files" are my MP3 files so what does it mean to update my ...
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Playlist File Won't Stop Playing [closed]
One of my playlists is playing and I can't turn it off! There's no OFF or STOP button. I put in a different CD & it played at the same time as the other one (both playing at the same time).
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Which file formats can be played slower (or faster) than normal in Windows Media Player?
Some file formats (or some files that are coded used some codecs) can be played in Windows Media Player "slow" or "fast". I can enable this by right clicking on the movie while watching, clicking ...
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Windows Media Player will not let me burn CDs…
For some reason, I am not able to copy discs using Windows Media Player: when I tried to I get a message saying that the device is in use, and that I must wait until it is free (which it never is). I ...
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What is the icon in the bottom-left corner of Windows Media Player 12?
There is an icon in the bottom-left hand corner of WMP12 that looks kind of like a progress bar. If you click it, it disappears. If you then click the place in the interface where it was, it ...
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Vista media player behavior on Windows 7
Is there a way to get the (or a) media player on Windows 7 to behave like it did on Vista? In particular, given a folder of files, if you select one halfway down and then click Play All, the new media ...
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How to export music files of a playlist into one folder?
Over a period of time I have assembled mulitple playlists. I would like to export the songs of these playlists into corresponding folders. I have tried looking into windows media player but couldn't ...
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Copy playlists from Winamp to Windows Media Player
I have several large playlists on Winamp that I would like to transfer over to Windows Media Player.
Is it do able? Where are playlists stored? Do I have to convert them?
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How to reliably get Windows Media Server to update?
I'm running a DLNA media server to stream videos on my harddrive from my TV.
Is there a way I can force it to add specific files to the shared files?
I can't seem to figure out what needs to happen ...
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Windows 7 Media Player won't add MP3 files
I have a set of MP3 files that Windows Media Player just refuses to add to the library. They are placed in the standard My Music folder. I play them in media player. They just won't be listed in the ...
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How can I capture an Internet Radio Stream using Windows Media Player?
I have an internet radio stream that I need to capture: http://www2.mcot.net/radio/fm_1005.asx
For some reason I cannot open in using VLC Media Player.
But it opens just fine in Windows Media ...
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Windows Media Player 12 shows wrong cover art when playing
I have many MP3's with embedded cover art in them (bought them like that)
When Windows Media Player plays one of these, sometimes it displays the correct cover but most of the time, it displays the ...
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In Windows Media Player 12, how can I play a song simultaneously on my computer and on my “Play To” device
Here's the deal. I'm trying to play the same music on my Xbox and on my computer. I have the two linked up using Media Center Extender. How do I do this with Windows Media Player?
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Synchronize music ratings between iTunes and Windows Explorer
I want to synchronize my file ratings between iTunes and Windows Explorer. I have found one utility--Orzeszek Ratings--that synchronizes between iTunes => Windows Media Player => iTunes. However, it ...
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Old windows media player files are not working after formatting the laptop
I have lots of songs which are Windows Media Player files. All of these files were working fine. After I formatted my laptop, most of them stopped working with Windows Media Player. Previously I was ...
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Emulate 5.1 Surround Sound in Windows Media Player 12?
I have the VL Sound 5.1 plugin for Winamp which enables 5.1 surround sound emulation for stereo music files on Windows Vista/7. I'm just wondering, is there something similar for Windows Media Player ...
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disable 'play' key on media keyboard opening files in windows media player
Okay, this is admittedly a little obscure.
I have a standard Microsoft keyboard that includes 'media' keys - play/pause and volume adjust / mute. If Windows Media Player is open, pressing these keys ...
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Windows Media Player 12 stops importing metadata from large music collections
I'm experiencing a strange issue with Windows Media Player 12 on Windows 7. I'm quite sure it has a link with the following two posts:
Duckworth's post
Loza's post
Description of the problem
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H.264 (MTS) videos freeze in WMP 12? Fresh install
I posted a question earlier (http://superuser.com/questions/271028/win-7-computer-locks-up-when-dragging-large-video-files-in-explorer-or-closing) but it seems that the issue isn't with the codecs. By ...
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Windows Media Player Error - C00D11B1
I'm trying to play the video in the screenshot and it behaves like the Play button is useless. The strange thing is that it worked before, like a month ago, and now I don't know what changed.
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wma files will not play on 64 bit windows 7
My phone company emails me my voicemail as a wma file. I can open them just fine on my Ubuntu 32-bit netbook using Audacious or in a 32-bit Windows XP virtual machine [running on my Windows 7 64-bit ...
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Is there any problem opening 300MB+ audio files on Windows?
I just recorded about 6 hours of AAC streaming into a file, resulting in 300 MB approximately. The file doesn't play. I wonder if there was any problem with the file format and content, or it is just ...
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How can I open a video file with Windows Media Player without playing it automatically [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How to open a file in WMP 11 by command line without playing it?
I'd like to open a .avi file in Media Player, but I don't want to let it start playing automatically.
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WMP 11 - The file or device you are trying to use requires a component of Windows Media Player to be upgraded
So I got this dialog when starting to play a DRMd / more than questionable wmv file.
I instinctively clicked on it and then regretted doing so.
Did it download updates from Microsoft and nowhere ...
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Windows Media Player 12 Library import keeps dying
As per duckworth's post:
The large size of the library
The fact that the library is on the network
A specific file or file is causing it the player to crash
I have been working on this for months ...
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How to prevent media keys from calling Windows Media Player on Windows?
I have Windows 7 x64 on my laptop and I want to use media keys (specifically, prev/next track) with players that are different from Windows Media Player. But pressing prev/next track leads to starting ...
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How do I disable visualization in the Windows Media Player browser plugin?
I listen to ASX streams in my browser (Chrome 12.0.742.91). When I do, the stream opens a new tab and uses the Microsoft(R) Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin (1.0.0.8).
Unfortunately, the plugin ...
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Windows Media Player 11 fails to authenticate with proxy (ISA)
We have some users who need to use a 3rd party site that embeds Windows Media Player streaming video into a web page. Our users go through an ISA proxy server to connect to the Internet. The browser ...
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Closing Windows Media Player, after hanging, with the task manager caused PC to hang
If I'm not mistaken, this topic has not yet been addressed elsewhere.
The situation is as follows:
Occasionally, Windows Media Player freezes and I have to close it using the Task Manager.
After ...
