Why can't Windows Media Player 12 play its own WMV files?

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netspanner

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Topic # 96256 23-Jan-2012 20:17
I have a ton of instructional videos I need to use and my MP12 on Win7 keeps telling me I can't play them, which are in Microsoft's own format. Windows Media Video (WMV) "Windows Media Player cannot play, burn, rip, or sync the file because a required audio codec is not installed on your computer." Windows Media Player error C00D11C7Windows Media Player can't play, burn, or sync the file because a required codec isn't installed on your computer. Yet its their own file type!!!! Its really pissing me off, I have scoured the net looking for a solution, and everyone talks around the topic but so far have not found a single solution. Years of programming videos are at stake. Does anyone have a solution? I am running stock Win 7 home, but its also been reported on Win7 professional as well.

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Reply # 572525 23-Jan-2012 21:10
Relax!!!! WMV is just a container you need a codec for whoever encoded the files Where did the files come from?

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Reply # 572526 23-Jan-2012 21:16
Grab a copy of MediaInfo (http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en) and paste the output here, we'll be able to let you know which CODEC you are missing. Workstation: Intel DH67CL ~ i5-2500 ~ 4GB Corsair RAM (x2) ~ Intel X25-M 80GB SSD Laptop: Dell Inspiron 1564 ~ i5-520M ~ 4.00GB RAM ~ 500GB SATA HDD ~ Win7 Home Premium x64 Common misconceptions.

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Reply # 572539 23-Jan-2012 21:54
Woah people still use Windows Media Player? I can't even remember what it looks like. Could give VLC Media Player a go, plays almost everything you chuck at it, opensource and available at http://videolan.org/vlc Michael Murphy [Twitter] [Last.fm] [IPv6 Sage] Anything written up there is my own view on life, the universe and everything.

netspanner

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Reply # 572541 23-Jan-2012 22:00
Thanks guys :-) VLC didn't open them either Here is the output from the program General Complete name : D:\Media\2559B_02d005.wmv Format : Windows Media File size : 3.92 MiB Duration : 2mn 50s Overall bit rate : 192 Kbps Maximum Overall bit rate : 206 Kbps Encoded date : UTC 2002-01-29 02:47:39.296 Video ID : 2 Format : Screen Video Codec ID : MSS1 Codec ID/Info : Windows Screen Video Codec ID/Hint : Windows Description of the codec : Windows Media Screen V7 Bit rate : 187 Kbps Width : 804 pixels Height : 604 pixels Display aspect ratio : 4:3 Bit depth : 8 bits Audio ID : 1 Format : ACELP Format profile : .net Codec ID : 130 Codec ID/Hint : Sipro Description of the codec : ACELP.net - 16 Kbits/s, 16000Hz, Mono Duration : 2mn 50s Bit rate : 18.3 Kbps Channel(s) : 1 channel Sampling rate : 16.0 KHz Bit depth : bit0 Stream size : 382 KiB (10%)

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Reply # 572543 23-Jan-2012 22:01
Download the Shark007 codec pack from the below link. Any file you will open in WMP will run flawlessly including .mkv format http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=5959 Microsoft\|Outlook\|Skydrive\|Windows Live Admin Center\|Skype\|Office Web Apps\|Office 365\| Windows Phone\|Windows 8\|Xbox\|Hyper-V\|Office2013\|Bing\|Security Essentials\|Server 2012

vexxxboy

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Reply # 572565 23-Jan-2012 23:18
or try the Klite codec pack which will also install the classic media player which plays anything, i have used it for years and haven't come across a media file it wont play. i just use the standard pack but they all work http://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm

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Reply # 572568 23-Jan-2012 23:35
looks like its using pretty old video and audio codecs - mss1 and acelp.net - and its probably that you dont have these codecs installed. try the following codec download from microsoft.com: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=4621 Need help implementing Microsoft CRM? Give OA Systems a shout. Winners of CRM Solution of the Year at the 2010 Microsoft NZ Partner Awards

qfreddie

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Reply # 609784 16-Apr-2012 04:47
Hi there Any solution to this problem? I am confrunted with the exact same issue: have a lot of edu material i cannot play. Known codec packs do not help. VLC plays audio only - with a huge impact on my CPU, All other media players with a LOT of codec packs, play video only. Windows Media Player gives error - and this is one of the biggest misleads i have ever seen, and one MS rule proves to be right again: MS products sometime are not backward compatible (eg the monster called IE - a webdevelopers nightmare - is not compatible with itself - it needs a button and comp. mode - grrrr). It is like a file made in Photoshop5 cannot be opened in Photoshop7 :) Anyways, after hours of research i found out that MSS1 is a screencast codec from MS what is NOT included in Windows 7 or Windows Media Player 12, and cannot be downloaded either - from anywhere. A big dead end! I hope others could do something about this, and i am really interested in a solution! Converting videos is not an option from 2 main reasons: converter also needs to decode video first so needs a codec, and who will want to convert hundreds of hours of videos? Cheers!

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Reply # 609823 16-Apr-2012 09:07
you could try KMPlayer , havent found anything that it wont play. http://download.cnet.com/KMPlayer/3000-13632_4-10659939.html

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Reply # 610206 16-Apr-2012 20:14
did you try the download link I put in my post? http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=4621 if that's not working, perhaps you can post a link to some content that you're having trouble accessing and we can take a look at it? Need help implementing Microsoft CRM? Give OA Systems a shout. Winners of CRM Solution of the Year at the 2010 Microsoft NZ Partner Awards

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Reply # 610213 16-Apr-2012 20:27
Note, if you're downloading torrents with .wmvs, some of them are actually viruses and have a link for you to click to "download a codec". Of course, that link is actually a link to a website that will try to exploit your browser and install malware on it.

qfreddie

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Reply # 610231 16-Apr-2012 21:19
Hi Yes i tried that link, no help. Yes i tried KMplayer - same: plays video only, no audio. The files are like 40MB vids, so i cannot really add as attachment, but i will try to upload on a file sharing site somewhere. Thanks for the replies! PS: any reliable fileshare website where i could upload? Did not found any.

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Reply # 610246 16-Apr-2012 21:41
qfreddie:...PS: any reliable fileshare website where i could upload? Did not found any. mediafire.com works well for me. I have about 4GB of file there. All legal GPS maps. Easy downloading and no waiting.

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Reply # 610300 17-Apr-2012 02:58
Thanks for the info. Here is a video file: http://www.mediafire.com/?dat211y2be42p8v Speech is hungarian but if you get there to hear it, it will not matter, as the problem will be solved :)

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Reply # 610301 17-Apr-2012 04:18
if they wont play in VLC then they are either corrupt or encoded with very strange codecs that almost nobody uses.

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