Windows Media Player - No Video

[Jedi Knight]

Hi all,

I'm sorry if this particular problem was discussed before, I did a search and didn't find anything that could help me with it.

Let's say I'm playing a video file (mostly DivX and MPEG). I close Media Player. I reopen it later to play any video file, then my video is gone (black screen) but sound is okay. I really don't know what's causing this. The first time after a reboot, it will always work correctly, then it'll screw up sooner or later, and I need to reboot.

I've also tried ZoomPlayer, Ace DivX Player and even PowerDVD to play the same files and it does exactly the same thing - black screen, but audio plays well. It will happen with any file.

I'm really wondering what's the problem. Is it a corrupted codec or something? Even stardard MPEG files won't play.

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

[ssweet]

I've got the exact same problem, except my vids won't play even once after a reboot. Have you gotten any help???

[LooseChippings]

What are your system hardware specs?

[rpfree]

Same thing for me, Windows 2000 system with WM9. Video just won't play, though I did get a static picture (the first frame?) once, but it just wouldn't play and is normally a black screen. Audio is fine.

[Cache]

sounds like corrupt codecs as suggested in the first post. try uninstalling your codecs and reistall them again. kazaa lite codec pack is good, especially you dont know much about codecs. nemo codec pack is good too but not for codec "newbies".

[diablo7877]

Originally Posted by lee.1

sounds like corrupt codecs as suggested in the first post. try uninstalling your codecs and reistall them again. kazaa lite codec pack is good, especially you dont know much about codecs. nemo codec pack is good too but not for codec "newbies".

I agree, sounds like you lack the codecs necessary to play the videos. Try getting FDDShow. I use that, and I can play almost any video... Except some "special" ones... I have like a billion and a half codecs, lol. You could aos try installing Media Player Classic, my favorite player...

Hope that helps, and good luck.

[Cache]

also if you suspect you are missing a codec needed to play a file then you should use a great little program called AVIcodec. it will tell you everyhting you need to know about a media file and more. plus its free.

this is a quote from there site:
"AVIcodec v1.1 - Free multimeda files analyser :
Gives detailled information, especially the codecs needed to play the file, and where to download those codecs if they are missing on your system."

you can download it here: http://avicodec.duby.info/

[jameslupas]

TRY TO DOWNLOAD AGAIN AND SAVE TO DEFFERENT DIRECTORY/FOLDER AND RE-INSTALLED AGAIN

Originally Posted by Jedi Knight

Hi all,

I'm sorry if this particular problem was discussed before, I did a search and didn't find anything that could help me with it.

Let's say I'm playing a video file (mostly DivX and MPEG). I close Media Player. I reopen it later to play any video file, then my video is gone (black screen) but sound is okay. I really don't know what's causing this. The first time after a reboot, it will always work correctly, then it'll screw up sooner or later, and I need to reboot.

I've also tried ZoomPlayer, Ace DivX Player and even PowerDVD to play the same files and it does exactly the same thing - black screen, but audio plays well. It will happen with any file.

I'm really wondering what's the problem. Is it a corrupted codec or something? Even stardard MPEG files won't play.

Any help will be greatly appreciated!