Media Players Freeze

LadyPisces · #1 06-15-2005, 01:13 AM

None of my media players will work. When I double click a song/video file, Windows Media Player/Media Player Classic will show, but nothing will play. It eventually just stops responding and freezes, along with my computer. I also tried opening Media Player Classic/Windows Media Player and tried to open the file from within them, but they still freeze up.

I even tried to run dxdiag, but that froze as well. DxDiag said it had a problen with DirectSound and DirectMusic.....whatever that means?!?! I unistalled and reinstalled the players, along with all the codec and divx stuff I had before..and again...nothing.

I now know for sure that installing Logitech QuickCam Communicatoins STX messed up my media players because it happened right after I tried to install the webcam software. It didnt fully finish because it had an error. The webcam has a built-in audio with Directx files on the cd. Do you think that maybe the files are still on my computer somewhere preventing my media players from working.

LadyPisces · #2 06-17-2005, 12:06 AM

Any suggestions?

s7p9a2m4 · #3 06-17-2005, 01:27 AM

Well. Try uninstalling direct sound and direct music. Reassociate the file types with your media player. If you have installed a whack of different codecs, get rid of them for now. Run dxdiag again and see what is up. Your directx could be giving trouble.

IamGerhard · #4 06-22-2005, 10:35 PM

Sorry can't help but hopefully these bright colors will cheer you up.