Windows 10: Windows Media Player not able to play wmv via URL on some systems

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  1. LS9385472 Win User

    Windows Media Player not able to play wmv via URL on some systems


    I have a large fleet of windows 10 systems and a subset of them are not able to play wmv files in windows media player but the same URL works fine on the majority of systems. The kicker is that if I navigate to the network share where this wmv file lives, I can launch it without issue on the same systems where URL doesn't work. I compared all the windows media player settings against working and non-working systems and can't find any difference.
    Has anyone else experienced this?

    :)
     
    LS9385472, Dec 17, 2018
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  4. GeorgeCB Win User

    Windows Media Player not able to play wmv via URL on some systems

    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, Dec 17, 2018
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