Windows 10: windows media player won't play wmv files

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  1. windows media player won't play wmv files


    windows media player won't play wmv files. I get audio only but no video.

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    PamKlingensmith, Jan 18, 2020
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  2. trodas Win User

    WMV file clean up?

    I would like to know, if anyone can recommend me a good WMV file clean-up program that strip the file from all crap that was get added into it.

    The problem?

    I tried to fix video play pauses with video from Panasonic TZ3 camera by updating the BSplayer to v 2.21 or so... It not fix the issue, but it added a troyan to my system. When I get rid of it, some WMV videos (rather perverted and rare, so to add) get busted - eg. it is not possible to play them anymore with old WinMedia player 7, or BSplayer Pro 1.41.
    Media Player Classic and WinMedia player 9 can play them, tough.

    I tried the ASF-AVI-RM-WMV Repair v1.82 ( repairvideo.com ) but it did not help me with this particular issue - but it did speed-up playing start of some RM files, so it does work somewhat...

    Any ideas, suggestions?

    If necessary I can upload on rapidsh*t some tame files, like:
    Realtickling - Vibcharlotte3.wmv
    ...to be inspected *Big Grin windows media player won't play wmv files :D 88 240 450 bytes, tough...

    Anyone?
     
    trodas, Jan 18, 2020
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  3. GeorgeCB Win User
    Windows 10 does not play WMV video files


    Hi

    Having recently updated to Windows 10, I am astonished (annoyed) to discover Windows 10 does not play WMV video files, particularly those created using Windows Movie Maker. There doesn't seem to be very much advice on this on the net and the following is short list of the tried and failed suggestions:


    • Turning on/off WMP through Control Panel>Programs>Programs & Features>Turn Windows Feature On or Off.

    • Repeating the above then restarting my laptop twice, after which running sfc/scannow at the Command Prompt.



    • Disabling / enabling "Turn on DirectX Video Acceleration for WMV files" in WMP Options.



    • Troubleshooting Fix via Control Panel>All Control Panel Items>Troubleshooting>All Categories>Windows Media Player Settings - this just returns the message "Configuration settings might be set incorrectly" - but doesn't expand on what settings are wrong.


    I also came across this "FIX: Updade to enable DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) of Windows Media Video content in Windows Media 10" at Windows 10 help and how-to - Windows Help.

    However after downloaded the 'fix' (Download the WindowsMedia10-KB888656-x86-Global-ENU.exe package now.) it doesn't install - instead I get the error message "Not enough storage is available to process this command".

    I appreciate that there are third party free WMV players available, but I liked WMP and cannot understand why it won't work on Windows 10. Any suggestions will be much appreciated.

    Thanks

    George
     
    GeorgeCB, Jan 18, 2020
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  4. windows media player won't play wmv files

    Windows Media Player no longer plays .mp4 or .wmv files after upgrade


    After upgrading to Windows 10, Windows Media Player no longer will play .mp4 or .wmv videos. They played fine in Windows 7, but now, when I try to play a video in WMP, I get an error message saying that WMP is unable to play the file. I am using the latest Shark007 codecs which say are fully tested and supported for Windows 10. Is there a newer version of WMP for Windows 10, or is there something else I need to do?
     
    Chinaman3750, Jan 18, 2020
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