Questions tagged [windows-media-player]
Windows Media Player is the media management and playback application that comes with Windows.
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Windows 10 K&N Edition Anniversary update - Media player update not working
I own a Windows 10 K or N Edition which doesn't include the media player package. My problem is: I want to have preview thumbnails in the explorer for my MP3s and videos.
I had the issue before when ...
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How rip audio files from CD again?
I've ripped music files from my CD but they were in .wma format and cannot play on my Android phone. So that I need to re-rip them into .mp3 files.
But the ripped button is disabled 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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How can I permanently delete My Folders in Windows 7?
How can I permanently delete the My Music, My Pictures, My Videos, etc. folders in Windows 7?
When I delete these folders manually, Windows Media Player 12 recreates all of them again, again and ...
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Disable Windows Media Player "media server" network locations
I'm running Windows 8 and in the Computer menu, I see a huge list of "media server" network locations of many of the PCs in my network (most running Windows 7).
Is there a way to either locally ...
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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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Windows Media Feature Pack not working correctly
I'm running Windows 10 Pro N on my desktop PC and I've installed the media feature pack ( http://www.microsoft.com/en-GB/download/details.aspx?id=48231 ) because it is apparently needed to connect to ...
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Recovered video files won't play
I have an SD card with pictures and video which malfunctioned. I was able to recover the files with Photorec. The pictures are OK, but wen I try to open the vide files (*.mov extension) in get the ...
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Windows media player gives error "Server execution failed" after trying to play file
Every once in a while when I try to play a file in WMP it'll hang for about 10 seconds, pop up an error saying "server execution failed." If try again it usually works. Any suggestions?
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No sound in any media player
No media player has any sound. If I try to play any video file there is only video, and no sound. This happens with Windows Media Player and Media Player Classic. I have K Lite Codec Pack version 8 ...
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Why won't regular CDs play on my Windows 7 system?
I've got some regular CDs that I cannot get to play on my Windows 7 (64 bit) system. When I try to play them I get the message:
"Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not ...
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How can I play a FLV file in Windows Media Player?
I'd like to play Flash video or "FLV" files in Windows Media Player. I've done this before using codec packs like K-Lite and CCCP, but I've found they cause too many problems and I'd really ...
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How to find out what Windows Media Player version I have?
Microsoft appears to be removing about boxes for its operating system apps.
How do you get the version of Windows Media Player?
I can't find it reported on any of the windows.
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How to download a video file in Google Chrome
I like to download some of the shows from Channel 9. This was no problem in Opera, but in Google Chrome I'm not quite sure how to do this. When I click on a link to a wmv file it starts to stream it ...
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For which codecs/containers does Windows Media Player now have inbuilt support with Windows 8?
Assuming WMP has been enhanced for more functionality, I'd like to know for what codecs/containers WMP now has inbuilt support in Windows 8 (which weren't already there in Windows 7) since I tend to ...
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Codecs to play .vob files in Windows Media Player?
I’m using Windows Vista Home Premium and I cant find codecs for Windows Media Player that allows it to play .vob files.
I know there are other media players that play these files, but I’d like to use ...
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How to open a file in WMP 11 by command line without playing it?
I need to open a file in "standby" mode from a shortcut, wait for an introduction speech and then play the file.
How can I open the file in Windows Media Player 11 by command-line without playing it?
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Windows Media Player 12 Library import keeps dying
I cannot get WMP 12 to import my library. I have searched around various forums and tried all the common solutions like disabling Media Sharing, deleted my %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Media Player ...
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how to disable Play with Windows Media Player contextual menu?
in Windows (Vista), when viewing a folder, when right clicking on a item, there's the menu “Play with Windows Media Player”.
How to set it so such submenu does not show?
(not sure I want to ...
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Run Multiple Instances of Windows Media Player
I want to use WMP to listen to music, but at the same time I'm sorting out some videos etc that I want to quickly preview in WMP. Is it possible to open another 'instance' of WMP without cutting off ...
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How to send VLC Player audio to headphones rather than PC speaker?
Similar to this question, except I'm on Windows 7. That question also has no accepted answer, and the answer doesn't work for me.
I've tried all the different "Output Module" settings in the Audio ...
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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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Choose an output audio device different from the default on WMP 11
I like to play my music through a Hi-Fi audio equipment and everything else (like windows sounds, web videos and such) through my default PC speakers.
On WIndows XP I had WMP 9 and I could do that ...
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How to remove "Add to Windows Media Player list" from context menu
When Windows Media Player is the default player in Windows, the right-click context menu for certain music files includes an item called "Add to Windows Media Player list". This is par-for-the-course ...
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Alternative to Windows Media Player [closed]
Does anybody know any alternatives to windows media player which will play dvds in high defintion?
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Play Apple Lossless (.m4a, ALAC) files in Windows 7 Media Player?
Is there a good plugin or codec that allows Media Player/Media Center on Windows 7 to play Apple Lossless (ALAC) encoded files? As the files are shared between multiple iTunes installations and one ...
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How can I configure Windows Media Player to manage my music library?
I'm currently using Windows Media Player 12 on Windows 7 Ultimate. I was using iTunes, but since I got my Android phone, I got rid of my iPod and uninstalled iTunes. I'm trying to do things like keep ...
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Stop Windows Media Player showing synchronization dialogue when USB device plugged
Every time I plug a USB stick into my PC, I get this synchronization dialogue in WMP. It's really annoying, and it also stops my Play/Pause shortcut keys working.
This is really starting to annoy me.
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How can I import h.264 encoded MOV files into windows movie maker?
I have a couple of digital camcorders that output .MOV files encoded in h.264 video/AAC audio. They won't load into Windows Movie Maker or Windows Media Player - I guess I need to install some codecs. ...
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Windows MediaPack not correctly installed
I was trying to install the Windows Media Pack for my Windows 10 Pro N Edition, which was necessary after updating to Version 1511.
The problem is now, that the MediaPack was successfully installed, ...
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Recommended free codecs to play DVD in Windows Media Player 11? [closed]
None of the MPEG-2 codecs recommended on the WMP help page are available free.
Without installing a codec pack, or (at this stage) installing another media player, are there any recommended free MPEG-...
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How to adjust "skip forward" in Windows Media Player?
How to adjust "skip forward" in Windows Media Player so that when I press the Right Arrow it will skip X seconds?
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How is media player playing midi .mid files?
Win7-64: I have to do a midi project, and I just realized my asus p5k motherboard has no midi device, just the ad1988b high def audio chip. There is no midi device listed in device manager. How then ...
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Windows 10 getting HEVC H.265 Codec to use Hardware Acceleration
Playing HEVC H.265 videos using Windows Media Player and GoPro Quik then the 4k 60 fps video appears all stuttering and becomes a slideshow. The CPU usage is going through the roof and it's not using ...
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Digital Music Rights - content usage rights
I recorded all of my CD's by burning them onto my PC with Windows Media Player. I have all of the .wma files and they cannot be opened by any media source I've tried, be it Groove Music or VLC or ...
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Adding more than one folder at once to the Music Library in Windows Media Player
I was adding folders to Windows Media Player Music Library (via Manage Music Library) and since I have too many music folders, I wondered if there is a way to add them all at once to the Library. It ...
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My WMP only plays sound for my .mov files. How to fix it?
My friend created some .mov files with his mac. Now I'm trying to play them in my Windows 7 machine with Windows Media Player and I only see sound but not image. There must be an encoding issue. But ...
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Can Windows 7 Task scheduler start a playlist in Windows Media Player 11?
I want to run a short list of wmv 's at certain times during each day for a week
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Does WMP or VLC have a way to choose whether or not to obey rotational metadata?
Does WMP or VLC have an option to choose whether or not to obey rotational metadata?
For example, here is a video http://ge.tt/78hJIb63 4 seconds , 10MB
I recorded it with my mobile phone ...
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Override high DPI settings for Windows Media Player?
I am using Windows Media Player for playing music files, because there does not seem any decent free music player for Windows. VLC's interface sucks. Groove Music, which Microsoft is replacing WMP ...
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"windows media player cannot play the file" mp4
We have an .mp4 video hosted on a web site. I can play back the video from the production version of the web site, but not the test version of the site.
The production web site has the .mp4 MIME ...
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Show all File Types in Windows Media Player (WMP)
I'm attempting optimize my setup between Windows Media Player and a SmartTV that uses Windows Media Player's playlist to display and stream files.
Even though my computer has the proper codecs and ...
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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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Windows Media Player took control on my play button
I'm using Windows 8 and I want to play / pause my Winamp's songs. However, when I press the Play button, media player launches.
I've changed the preference of Winamp shortcuts and it didn't help...
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Exclude an specific subfolder on Windows Media Player library
I have the following directory for my public music files:
That Public Music directory have at least contains 100 different Artist having each a respective sub-directory. Those music files that is yet ...
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Is it possible to start/pause video in Windows Media Player using the keyboard
I am frequently listening to tecnical video presentations (for example, from .NET Rocks TV) on my netbook. I watch a portion of the video, click the pause button using the mouse, Alt + TAB to my open ...
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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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Networking with Windows 7 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Which is the best application to Sync two folders?
I got several computers connected to my home wireless network and I want to make use of some of the features of Windows 7 ...
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Watch a partial WMV - partially downloaded in emule?
How can I watch a partial WMV, partially downloaded in eMule?
I know it can be done for MPGs.
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Win 7 - computer locks up when dragging large video files in explorer or closing them in WMP?
I have a library of 720 and 1080p videos of my son on my computer (Q6600, 3gb ram, ATI 2600 xt, up-to-date win 7).
The problem lately, is that if I view a video, it plays fine. However, once I close ...
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