.wmv files

[Jim Scott]

Tried to open a .wmv file which I thought was video, but
Irfanview and Winamp just gave me a sound file.
Was I wrong or do I need something else to play it?
If so, what?

 

[Bebop & Rocksteady]

Tried to open a .wmv file which I thought was video, but
Irfanview and Winamp just gave me a sound file.
Was I wrong or do I need something else to play it?
If so, what?

WMV = Windows Media Video
Try opening it in Windows Media Play as it


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[Jim Scott]

WMV = Windows Media Video
Try opening it in Windows Media Play as it

Tried v6.4, but it don't like it.
I may be forced to install v9. Ho hum.

 

[Jim Scott]

there is a huge probabilty that this file might just be an
audio file with incorrect extn. normally WMP 6.4 picks up
and plays .wmv without problems. u may try installing WMP 9
though Sanjay

Done it and I was right, there are pictures, which on my
Pentium 300 with 128 Ram just coughs and splutters slowly
along. Now I remember why I uninstalled WMP 9 (

 

[Terry]

Done it and I was right, there are pictures, which on my
Pentium 300 with 128 Ram just coughs and splutters slowly
along. Now I remember why I uninstalled WMP 9 (

Having installed WMP9 you may well find you have the necessay .wmv
codecs.
Have another go at opening the file in MP6.

 

[news.iprimus.com.au]

Sounds like you don't have the correct video codec to display it, and hence why you're only getting audio...

 

[Terry]

Yep that was the problem, and I can now play it in winamp and
Irfanview, but my m/c is too slow to play it properly.
MP6 has gorn - overwritten by MP9

Go and get media player classic from here:

http://fileforum.betanews.com/browse.php3?setcategory=Video`Viewing

 

[bob]

"Bebop & Rocksteady"wrote:
Tried v6.4, but it don't like it.
I may be forced to install v9. Ho hum.

This may be unrelated to your problem but I'll put it out there anyway. I
found I couldn't get all files to play with WMP 6.4, so I installed v7.0
codecs and can play most all WMV files now. Here's where I got the info
(and a 7.0 codec download link):

http://grc.com/media.htm

bob