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Hi,
* WMP 9 plays only sound but NO VIDEO (black screen) for .wmv and any other
microsoft compatable video format. When I open WMP, movie trailers are
advertised in WMP itself (not in any browser). Also those video
files/trailers from microsoft.com do not show any video - only sound - in the
WMP. Strange thing is that I have the same problem with Quicktime when
playing .mov files, only sound - video is horizontal bright colorfull lines
that shake a bit. *.mpg files do play correctly with Quicktime, though.
* I upgraded WMP to 10 and then 11 but no solution. After that I removed
all WMP updates back to WMP 9 but still no positive result. However, the MWP
and Quicktime PLUGIN versions work very well within a web (html) page. Hence
WMP and Quicktime as a stand-alone player are a problem. I've installed Real
Player which reads and plays any video format correctly whithout any problem.
* Two weeks ago I've reinstalled the entire HD, that is, winXP from scratch
following a reformat of the HD. After winXP I installed immediately SP2 - I
skipped SP1 but that should be ok. However, the problem with WMP 9 and
Quicktime wasn't resolved - WMP and Quicktime (for .mov files) still do not
show video and only sound. I've removed and reinstalled Quicktime a few time
but still no positive result. I've also done all DirectX Diagnostic Tool
test and everything is ok. I have now update wmp9 to wmp11 but still no
video and only sound.
* The first time I had problems with WMP and Quicktime was after the first
time I skipped SP1 and went immediately to SP2 after a winXP reinstall, that
must've been beginning this year.
Could it be that the skipping of SP1 is at the basis of the WMP and
Quicktime problems?
What can be done to resolve the WMP (and Quicktime) problem without having
to reinstall WinXP?
Is it possible to run SP1 again AFTER SP2 has been installed? I am not
gonna try that until I know for sure SP1 is not going to mess up my system.
Thanks
* WMP 9 plays only sound but NO VIDEO (black screen) for .wmv and any other
microsoft compatable video format. When I open WMP, movie trailers are
advertised in WMP itself (not in any browser). Also those video
files/trailers from microsoft.com do not show any video - only sound - in the
WMP. Strange thing is that I have the same problem with Quicktime when
playing .mov files, only sound - video is horizontal bright colorfull lines
that shake a bit. *.mpg files do play correctly with Quicktime, though.
* I upgraded WMP to 10 and then 11 but no solution. After that I removed
all WMP updates back to WMP 9 but still no positive result. However, the MWP
and Quicktime PLUGIN versions work very well within a web (html) page. Hence
WMP and Quicktime as a stand-alone player are a problem. I've installed Real
Player which reads and plays any video format correctly whithout any problem.
* Two weeks ago I've reinstalled the entire HD, that is, winXP from scratch
following a reformat of the HD. After winXP I installed immediately SP2 - I
skipped SP1 but that should be ok. However, the problem with WMP 9 and
Quicktime wasn't resolved - WMP and Quicktime (for .mov files) still do not
show video and only sound. I've removed and reinstalled Quicktime a few time
but still no positive result. I've also done all DirectX Diagnostic Tool
test and everything is ok. I have now update wmp9 to wmp11 but still no
video and only sound.
* The first time I had problems with WMP and Quicktime was after the first
time I skipped SP1 and went immediately to SP2 after a winXP reinstall, that
must've been beginning this year.
Could it be that the skipping of SP1 is at the basis of the WMP and
Quicktime problems?
What can be done to resolve the WMP (and Quicktime) problem without having
to reinstall WinXP?
Is it possible to run SP1 again AFTER SP2 has been installed? I am not
gonna try that until I know for sure SP1 is not going to mess up my system.
Thanks