n1ghts Posted July 16, 2004 Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 Here is the problem, I tried to watch movies but some of them caused windows explorer and windows media player to close down itself by popping windows explorer and windows media player error and some of the movies works fine. Any idea to solve this issue. Thanks in advanced Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted July 16, 2004 Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 Where did you get these movies from?Was it from Kazaa (or one of its clones)?Please post more details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhat Posted July 16, 2004 Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 Maybe posting the error would help some :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n1ghts Posted July 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 I got it from anime website, all of the anime are free to be downloaded. Some of them worked just fine, others led me to windows explorer error. The pop up error is the usual windows error where your application (in this case my windows media player) has to be closed and asked whether this error is to be sent to microsoft or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted July 16, 2004 Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 http://www.windowsforum.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=11896 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n1ghts Posted July 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 I have used Mega Codec and I can play most of the movies in Internet....some of the movies which my windows media player does not support tells me a notice of error only and no automatic shutdown for the application which I experienced it for some of the movies. Anyway, one quick question, do we have to uninstall our codec in order to use another codec say mine now is mega codec and i want to use the one you recommend, should I uninstall it first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted July 16, 2004 Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 Yes.Also upgrade windows media player.http://www.windowsmedia.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n1ghts Posted July 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 hmm I did what you said, the result is the same...by the way, sometimes when I downloaded movie files, some of the files led me to windows explorer error when I highlight that specific file (I even had not opened it yet)...anyone has solutions for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Smith Posted July 16, 2004 Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 Is it possible that you have web content enabled for Windows Explorer, so that it is trying to preview the file when you click on it?If so, try to disable web content (Tools>Folder Options) and see what happens.Mr. M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n1ghts Posted July 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 Thx for the advice...but it appears to be not what you said...this has been my issue for quiet sometime...i wish there is a solution for this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n1ghts Posted July 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 scarecrow man...I have installed K-lite codecs but somehow I managed to play some .avi files (some of .avi files cannot be played) but not .wmv files (all of .wmv files cant be played) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 Which program are you playing media with?wmv is windows media video. It's probably best to play it in windows media player. right click it and go to open with...Also, with the Codec Pack, I believe a player comes with it. BSPlayer. I find it plays a LOT of video codec's, and I've never had a problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 Scan your comp for viruses as well... Kazaa is full of 'em.http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 try this site as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n1ghts Posted July 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 yeah I did use windows media player but still only some .avi files which could be played... no virus in my pc, I have checked it.......and I couldn't play wmv files with windows media player...strange but true :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n1ghts Posted July 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 plus I am not using kazaa heeh since I can download lots of anime from website :D I dont trust kazaa anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 Well you've got me.Have you done anything that you can think of that may cause this to happen?can you remember what happened before the 1st time this happened? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n1ghts Posted July 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 hmmm it was like what I had described before in the first place.....even I cannot play online yahoo video music.... :o ah is there someone can give me a clue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 Have you tried uninstalling IE and then re-downloading it and installing a fresh version? You may have some corrupt files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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