Windows Media Player 9

[Guest]

I just installed windows media player 9 and now playing mp3s freeze my computer regularly. Also, visualizations do not play constantly anymore, after every song it turns off and has to be turned back on again between tracks

 

[Mike Lynch]

Yep, thats right. WMP 9 has DRM built in. I refuse to
install it and stay on wmp 8.

You might be able to revert/uninstall it & go back to
v8.

Mike.

I just installed windows media player 9 and now playing mp3s
freeze my computer regularly. Also, visualizations do not
play constantly anymore, after every song it turns off and
has to be turned back on again between tracks

 

[Guest]

----- Matthew wrote: -----

I just installed windows media player 9 and now playing mp3s freeze my computer regularly. Also, visualizations do not play constantly anymore, after every song it turns off and has to be turned back on again between tracks. Any help on fixing these problems so windows media player runs smoothly would be much appreciated!

 

[Chris Lanier]

Hi, Does mplayer2 work?
C:\Programs Files\Windows Media Player\mplayer2.exe

I just installed windows media player 9 and now playing mp3s freeze my

computer regularly. Also, visualizations do not play constantly anymore,
after every song it turns off and has to be turned back on again between
tracks

 

[Chris Lanier]

Hi, nothing to OP said would have anything to do with DRM! Nor would it
cause you any problems in day to day use. You only have to worry about it
if you are playing content with DRM.

 

[noone]

read this, it's just about the best source of info on WMP9.

http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html

tho your problem does sound odd; perhaps a reinstall is in order. Do note
that the visualizations, especially in full screen, do eat up lots of cpu
time, and work best on a very fast machine.