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SSDP Discovery service unexpectedly stops
I discovered this problem as my UPnP device (a Sony Bravia tv) constantly lost connection with the Windows Media Player sharing server (used as the DLNA media server for the Sony TV and apparently ...
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Windows Media Player 11 Not Detecting Autoplaylists
Every time I open Windows Media Player it fails to detect my autoplaylists stored in <my music library dir>\Playlists. This appears to lead to sync problems since I (exclusively) use ...
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Sync Music to External Hard Drive with Windows Media Player
I'd like to sync my music from my internal hard drive to an external hard drive.
Windows Media Player doesn't recognize my USB external hard drive as a syncable device. If I plug in any USB flash ...
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Uninstall storage heavy Windows applications like Windows Media Player
I currently have a 128GB SSD and want as much free space as possible. I want to uninstall some of the software installed by windows, because I use alternative applications.
This is what I want to ...
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Microsoft's Windows Media Player plugin doesn't register on Chrome (Windows)
After installing the "Windows Media Player plug-in for Firefox" (either automatically or by downloading wmpfirefoxplugin.exe manually) and running it, the WMP plugin still does not appear in ...
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Auto stopping windows media player when headphone is unplugged
Is a way to configure windows or at least the windows media player to auto stop playing when the headphone is unplugged from the jack ?
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Get the total amount of music files by folders, albums, genres, etc. in Windows Library
How can I get summaries from Windows Libraries (especially from the Music Library)?
I would like to get the total amount of music files, but also the amount of music files by folders, albums, ...
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How to view lyrics of FLAC audio files in WMP 12
I am using windows 7 having WMP 12. I have a flac song having lyrics in it. But I cant see them in my WMP. Lyrics of mp3 files are getting displayed without any problem. How can I view lyrics of flac ...
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Cannot modify MP3 metadata
I cannot change the metadata on some MP3s in Windows 7. I change the information, but it is lost later. Also, in Windows Media Player, I cannot see the tagging information and I cannot seek in the ...
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How can I make Windows Media Player 11 index an unindexed field in its “Library” window?
How can I make WMP 11 index an unindexed field in its "Library" window (as it does with Genre, Albums, Release Date, etc.) so it can be found using WMP's Search feature? What tells WMP which fields to ...
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Videos not playing in WMP if opened from attachment
If I try to open a video sent as an attachment in an email WMP will open but the video will not play. If I save the video attachment to my hard drive and then open WMP and manually run the video it ...
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how to stop Windows Media Player accepting image files
I know simply changing my music software will eliminate this problem, however, I would like to know if there is a simple way to just stop wmp from 'playing' image files. I have a lot of folders with ...
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How can I troubleshoot Windows Media Player being unable to play videos?
I have a Windows Media Player installation which is behaving strangely. I know I have the correct codecs installed for a piece of video,
because it is Windows Media Video
because the Zune software ...
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Alternate servers for the 'Find album info' feature of Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player has a feature to 'Find album info' which downloads tracks information and album covers. Often the online service that this feature uses by default ...
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how show “Delete From Library Only - Delete From Library And My Computer” dialog box in windows media player 12
how can i show "Delete From Library Only - Delete From Library And My Computer" dialog box in windows media player 12?
i could n't find a way in options menu!
i checked do n't show this message again ...
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Make media button on keyboard open Winamp instead of WMP
For the longest time the Media button on my keyboard used to launch Winamp. I don't remember having to do anything to set that up. But suddenly now the button launches stupid Windows Media Player when ...
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Windows Media Player 11 cannot play media files properly
When I try to double click on any media file (ie. mp3, wma) in Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Media Player 11 doesn't start to play the file although these file types are associated with WMP.
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How do you add new folders to be shared from Windows Media Player 12 via DLNA?
I'm using Windows Media Player 12 as a DLNA server in Windows 7. When I add new files to my %USERPROFILE%\Videos directory, they show up on my DLNA clients just fine.
However, I've tried adding ...
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How to copy and paste a Windows Media Player 12 playlist tracks to another location
I'm using Windows Media Player 12 and really like it. I have many playlists and I want to copy the music inside to another place on my hard drive.
"Open file location" menu of these tracks is not a ...
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Converting a streaming webinar into mp4
A recorded webinar using gotomeeting is available as a .asx file. I can view this in windows media player. How do I convert this to any other format so that I can view it offline?
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How to start WMP 12 Play all music?
If you pin Windows Media Player 12 to the taskbar in Windows 7, and right-click on it, there is a option: Play all music
But I don't want to right click and select it, I want to create a shortcut ...
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Windows Media Player lists every track in one album twice
Using WMP12 on W7. I downloaded a ZIP of MP3 files (a free album) and unzipped into one of the "My Music" scanned locations. WMP added it to the library, but most of the tracks are listed twice.
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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 ...
