Windows Media Player 10

[Captain Sensible]

Suddenly my WMP 10 "cannot play the file", with code error ref of 1199. The MS error help page says they're looking at the problem, and there's no solution I can find anywhere else, but it can't play any audio or video file anymore, not sure when this happened, as I usually use Itunes for the Ipod.

[DG101]

Capt'n

If you don't already have it, go to http://winamp.com/ and download Winamp 5. Works a treat for all WMP files.

DG

[DomFel]

Download K-Lite Mega Codec Pack (http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Mega_Codec_Pack.htm). Have fun!

[DeepC]

Or just roll back to WMP 9.

DeepC

[Captain Sensible]

How do you do that? My first System Restore is very recent, but I found the WMP 9 reinstall file in the WMP 10 folder, did that and it just says "found more recent WMP, unable to continue install"!!!

[DeepC]

From Microsoft
Can I uninstall Windows Media Player 10?
You can use either Add or Remove Programs or System Restore to roll back to the previous version of the Player that was part of your original version of Windows. To roll back from Windows Media Player 10 to a previous version using Add or Remove Programs, do the following:
1. In Control Panel (Category View), click Add or Remove Programs.
2. Click Add or Remove Programs again, and then do one of the following:
i) If you are running Windows XP Service Pack 2, select the Show updates check box (at the top of the list), click Windows Media Player 10, and then click Change/Remove.
- or -
ii) If you are running Windows XP Service Pack 1 or earlier, click Windows Media Player 10, and then click Change/Remove. To roll back from Windows Media Player 10 to a previous version using System Restore, see the Use System Restore to Undo Changes if Problems Occur Web page.

You can also remove access to Windows Media Player by using the Set Program and Access Defaults feature. Note that this only removes links to the Player. It does not remove the Windows Media Player software. To remove access to Windows Media Player, do the following:
1. In Control Panel, double-click Add or Remove Programs.
2. Click the Set Program and Access Defaults button, and then choose a configuration (such as "Non-Microsoft" or "Custom").

Hope this helps.

DeepC

[Captain Sensible]

Tried that, but didn't work, thanks anyway

[maxell]

Try VLC media player it is a freebie and plays most if not all types of video files

[A-V-8R]

I've had this same trouble....

Sometimes it's a case of stolen file associations.....

Start/Run MPLAYER2.EXE, click on View, Options, Formats and recheck all the boxes and apply.

After doing this, right click on the file and click on Open With (your choice of programs....)

Occaisionally, that didn't work to me; if you have DSL simply go to Microsofts home and download WMA 10.

I am searching for a way to lock file associations to programs. The biggest offender seems to be MusicMatch, although I really like the program.

Winamp will also steal the associations to.

For Internet Radio, I prefer Winamp.

(By the way, try http://www.radioparadise.com for some eclectic music to listen too....)

But for movies, I prever WMA 10......

[NG708]

Try downloading and installing 'ffdshow' from http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow or another mirror.

Worked a treat for me when I had the same problems with WMP10. Apparently it turns off post processing and allows most codecs to be played that WMP might usually throw an error message up for.

Takes a moment to install and is free. Good Luck.

[Captain Sensible]

Sorry to be a pain ,but which file exactly did you download; there appear to be several, thanks.