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Name: Erik Date: August 5, 2003 at 14:48:18 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: 700 megs/440 ram
Comment:
I have a problem playing certain video files in media player 9. When I try to play files like .wmv, .asf, and some .avi files, the sound is fine but the video is very slow and choppy. I tried to download some codecs but that didn't work. Is it my video card? I have plenty of ram in my system.
This is the reason I have yet to go to WMP 9.0 I did early on and had nothing but problems and there are a lot of folks out there that continue to have problems.
The problem does not always occur. It only happens with certain files and the only fix I have found is to dump WMP 9.0 which I still feel is junk.
Just my opinion and nothing more.
KTTD
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Response Number 3
Name: Dr. Nick Date: August 5, 2003 at 19:47:20 Pacific
Reply:
I agree with Kevin. I actually downloaded WMP 9 just so that it would install some of the new MS codecs, but I sill use Windows Media Player 6.4 for pretty much every video out there.
Everyone that has Windows NT4 or higher has it. It's in the C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\ directory and is called mplayer2.exe. You can run it from the Run box by just typing mplayer2.
It's small, quick, and has a very nice, compact footprint. I have yet to find a better free player for almost any video format. If you know of one, tell me!
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Response Number 4
Name: chill-e Date: August 7, 2003 at 07:00:50 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks guys for your help. I'll try everything you told me and I'll tell you what happens
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