tgamble Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 When I play a video on Windows Media Player the computer will lock up and I will have to Manually kill power to restart.Any ideas on why this is happening and what I can do to make it stop. I like to view videos with Media Player on my PC.I do not know where to start.Thanks for the help.Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coreper Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 which version of WMP do you have?have you tried a reinstall?did you try installing a previous version?since when did this problem occure?another way of solving this might be installing another media player, such as the DivX Player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgamble Posted January 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 I have Version 11 installed. This problem existed when I used version 10 however I have upgraded about a month ago.I have tried a reinstallation with no prevail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cozofdeath Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 Does any type of video/codec make your computer freeze? types( avi, mpg, wmv, etc ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgamble Posted January 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Yes, but is seems to be random.For example, I can play a video four times and it may not lock up until the fourth time.I do not see what is different for it to lock up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cozofdeath Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Thats weird. It sounds like something else is causing this. If it happens often you could run Process Monitor to see what other programs are "talking" while Media Player is running. These kinds of random problems are usually the hardest to solve. It could be a driver or something not installed or corrupt or a codec problem. Downloading another player would also tell you if its just media player, which it probably is. In that case I would get a program like gspot and keep track of what codec is causing it. Looking in Device Manager (Sound, video and game controllers) could also tell you which one could be having a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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