Questions tagged [windows-media-player]
Windows Media Player is the media management and playback application that comes with Windows.
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"/fullscreen" argument does not work when launching Windows Media Player as part of a scheduled task with wake from sleep
I recently asked a question about using Windows 7 Task Scheduler to wake a computer from Sleep mode and play a video, Windows Task Scheduler to wake from sleep and play a video, and I got it to work, ...
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Windows Task Scheduler to wake from sleep and play a video
I am trying to follow the directions in Can Windows 7 Task scheduler start a playlist in Windows Media Player 11?, but it is not working for me.
It may be because
I want to play video rather than ...
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Including my Playlists in My Music library adds an ugly Unspecified artist
I finally got around to organizing My Music library and I'm having a problem with my playlists. As far as I can tell, Windows Media Player requires my Playlists folder to be included in the library. ...
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Avi does not play full screen
I have several avi video files. The files that have width x height as (512 x 288), (640 x 384) and (544 x 304) play full screen on Windows Media Player and Real Player, but the files that have w x h ...
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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 preview MP3s in the Preview Pane *without* WMP as default player?
I use Audacity as my audio file Open default, but I'd like to be able to preview MP3s in the Preview pane of the File Explorer. If I set my file open default to Audacity, I lose the Preview ability.
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Album arts are not updated in windows media library
I keep my audio files tagged in windows media library.
I have media information using a ID3 tag editor. Album Arts(thumbnails) are not updated in the media library. But correct album arts are ...
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How to get Win7 Windows Media Center reinstalled after uninstall
I made the mistake of uninstalling Windows Media Center, then changed my mind and tried to reinstall it.
I've tried the standard procedure over 6 times:
Go to Control Panel => Programs and Features,...
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Error 1075: The dependency service does not exist or has been marked for deletion
I'm unable to stream content to my TV anymore from Windows Media Player. It worked fine until about a month and a half ago. The only thing I can think that I did was I turned some Windows features off ...
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'Play to' feature on Windows 7: how to support more formats?
So, I can use 'Play to' on .m2ts (presumable decoded) or .avi to send it to smart tv; guessing it's done with Windows Media Player.
However, I want to support .mkv playback out of the box; what ...
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Minimize WMP12 to notification area in Win7 64-bit
I want to minimize Windows Media Player to the notification area in Windows 7 (64-bit) as is possible with alternate media players such as VLC. Is there an easy way to get this done?
P.S.: I'm not ...
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Constant video stuttering/freezing/buffering over LAN
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I just got a new computer, and for some reason I can't stream videos over LAN like I used to be able to with my old laptop. When streaming videos of any type, the video has to stop every ...
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Why won't the controls disappear in Windows Media Player?
Usually when I watch something with Windows Media Player, the controls automatically hide themselves after a few seconds of not touching them. The last few times, however, they have just stayed on ...
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What causes Windows Media Player on Windows 8 to not play the entire library?
Behavior 1:
Verify that the WMP playlist is clear of all songs.
Turn on the "Shuffle" and "Repeat" features.
Double-click on a music track in the Library.
Click the "Next&...
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Who are these in my Windows Media Player?
My laptop detects these people when I turn on my Windows Media Player. I guess these are the people connected to the same ISP as I am.
How do I block them ??
Note: I can actually open their libraries ...
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Why can't Windows Media Player 12 on Windows 7 play a file directly from a web server?
I have AVI files on a webserver. I can point to them from VLC (via Open Network...) and the file is showing.
However, it is not possible to play the file with Windows Media Player 12 on Windows 7.
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Blu-ray Windows Media Player
I would like to play Blu-ray disc that I purchased on my Windows 7 computer, using Windows Media Player.
I would prefer a method to make this happen with Windows Media Player and not another program ...
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Why some videos play only in a particular media player?
Our client sent us a couple of videos files for audio transcription work. They said that we should use Player Microsoft application 4.8.0.0 to properly run the two files [right clicking these files, ...
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Can I add MKV support to Windows Media Player in Windows 8 without installing anything?
Is it possible for me to just copy a codec file into a directory without having to install some janky codec pack filled with all kinds of nonsense? I just want to be able to play MKV files without ...
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Lots of AlbumArt_{*} files in my Music folder
I have recently migrated over my files from Windows to Mac OS and have noticed that my Music folder contains many AlbumArt_{*}.jpg files.
First of all I would like to know where these files are ...
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Windows 8, Media Player, K-lite 9.9 (Full) Using Pay to function
I have K-lite installed and I can now view the SRT file Subtitles with the movie in Windows 8 media player. When I use play to to send the video to my wireless DVD payer the subtitles don't show. ...
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How do you change the artist catalogue image in Windows Media Player?
I would like to customize my artist catalog album cover. What I mean is when you select Music/Artist, all artists of which you 2+ albums have their music appear in what is essentially a subfolder ...
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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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No sound with particular video (WMV) file(s)
I've encountered an issue and can't seem to find a solution. I get no sound when I play a video, I've tried a lot of stuff, nothing yields a working file.
Codec packs, KLite Mega, CCCP
Tried players, ...
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Windows Media Player (v12) seek position won't play from a chosen position
For example, if I drag it to a certain point, it will snap to a position nearby, rather than the exact position.
Is this a 'feature' and if so, how can I turn it off?
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Quality issues with mov to mp4 video conversion through handbrake
I am converting mov video files to mp4 through handbrake tool but the video quality is getting disturbed in the windows media player. It is working fine with the vlc player. How do I resolve this ...
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Audio momentarily dropping
I keep getting the following error message in Windows Media Player
An audio device was disconnected or reconfigured. Verify that the audio device is connected.
the weird thing is, if I immediately ...
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Windows Media Player won't let me add album art
When I go to add album art to Windows Media Player (via dragging and dropping) it won't let me. Any idea why this is?
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SearchIndexer.exe faulting on Windows 8
I've had Windows 8 running on my laptop since it went RTM, but since about 2 or 3 days ago I haven't been able to use my Windows Media Network Sharing Service to watch movies on my Xbox. I finally ...
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Windows Media Player not showing any songs
I have just got a Windows Phone 8, and so I can put music on, I have started to use Windows Media Player. I had a small number of tracks on my computer initially (about 20 or so) which were added to ...
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How to create a playlist after trimming down another based on rating?
I want to create a mp3 playlist after trimming down another playlist (m3u). New playlist should contain only those mp3 whose "RATING WMP" ID3 tag value is 4 or 5 (this ID3 tag is used by WMP & ...
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Windows Media Player 12 doesn't recognize RTSP protocol
I am trying to stream a live feed through RTSP to Windows Media Player 12 and get the error:
"Windows Media Player cannot play the file because the specified
protocol is not supported. If you ...
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Using Windows 7 libraries without automatic import into Media Player
Is it possible to use Windows 7 libraries for Music, Videos, Pictures and Documents, but selectively prevent images in the Pictures library (for instance) from being imported into Windows Media Player?...
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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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Backing up Windows Media Player star ratings?
I'd like to make sure my Windows Media Player star ratings are backed up. I've noticed that Windows Explorer shows the star ratings as well.
Where are these ratings stored? Are the files ...
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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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windows media player doesn't play rtsp stream
I am trying to play RTSP stream with Windows Media Player. I succeeded to do this with VLC player, but WMP says that there is a network error. In network options of WMP all possible protocols are ...
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Audio plays in GraphEdit but not WMP
I have trouble with only one file format. I can play my files just fine in GraphEdit and GraphStudio, but WMP absolutely refuses them. In typical Microsoft fashion, it gives no helpful error. In fact ...
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How to play a ONE song repeatedly by Windows Media Player
There is a repeat button on the player but there is no repeat current song only button.
I want to repeat a specific song in a list but I cannot do it with Windows Media Player
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WMP choppy file playback
Recently i've been having issues with Windows Media Player like certain files playing choppy. This doesn't happen the first time i play the files but after a few playbacks
I have enough processing ...
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Have to eject and reinsert DVD for it to show up in WMP 12 library
When I exit Windows Media Player 12 it forgets that I have a DVD in the drive. After restarting WMP I have to eject and reinsert the disk for it to show up in the media library. Is there a way to fix ...
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Uninstalling Media Feature Pack for Windows 7 N
I installed Windows 7 Ultimate N on my laptop which I got from MSDN. The N version of windows comes with no media software preinstalled which is fine by me but I need it just one time so I installed ...
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How to break DRM protected files [closed]
Recently I downloaded a video file from a torrent site. I is protected with DRM. The file dowsn't even plays. When I opened the file WMP says ' getting media information...' and a window appears. It ...
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Windows Media Player doesn't add files to the library automatically except for playlists
Recently I've moved the music from a portable drive to the hard drive. Ever since then Windows Media Player can't detect the files in the music folder no matter what I do. I tried to delete the ...
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How to reinstate "playback speed" control in WMP?
I've recently reinstalled Windows 7 and been watching movies via out-of-box Windows Media Player (with all out-of-box codecs). In particular, i liked WMP's ability to change playback speed. Recently, ...
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Why does Windows Media Player keep starting songs part-way through?
I'm running Windows 7, WMP12.
I've noticed loads of times I select to play an album, and it jumps into the 1st track part-way through. I'd always assumed it was remembering where I'd got to last time,...
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Why are WMP playlists incomplete when streamed over network?
My DLNA receiver (Marantz 1602) does not display all items from my Windows Media Player (v12.0.7601.17514) playlists. Some playlists show all, some show only a few, some show none. This applies to ...
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Why do avi files not play from windows media player from one drive but do play when copied to another drive?
I'm running Windows 7 Pro and added a new external USB drive. I move some avi files over to the drive and now they won't play when I try to play them using Windows Media Player. If I copy an avi ...
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Unable to play in WMP when converting to ID3v2.3 with eyeD3
I store my MP3s on my NAS. I mount a CIFS share on my Raspberry Pi running Raspbian and manage my music using Beets. However, I also access my MP3s through my Windows desktop using Windows Media ...
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How can I import MP3 tracks/folders into Windows Media Player?
How can I import MP3 tracks/folders into Windows Media Player so that they appear in anything other than the 'Other' folder?
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