Hello there,

Recently my WMP10 cannot work properly. Whatever .wmv link I click, it
always returns the following message:

"Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support the
file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the file."

I suspect that there has something to do with my downloading of software
ALCOHOL recently.

Can somebody help?

Thanks a lot.

Do WMA and WMV files work if played back locally?

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(speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
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"sw" <sw@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:893C3EB6-EDF4-446C-881B-F5E373FA09EC@microsoft.com...
> Hello there,
>
> Recently my WMP10 cannot work properly. Whatever .wmv link I click, it
> always returns the following message:
>
> "Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support
> the
> file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the
> file."
>
> I suspect that there has something to do with my downloading of software
> ALCOHOL recently.
>
> Can somebody help?
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
>
>

no, it can't play any file! help!

"zachd [ms]" wrote:

>
> Do WMA and WMV files work if played back locally?
>
> --
> (speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> --
>
> "sw" <sw@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:893C3EB6-EDF4-446C-881B-F5E373FA09EC@microsoft.com...
> > Hello there,
> >
> > Recently my WMP10 cannot work properly. Whatever .wmv link I click, it
> > always returns the following message:
> >
> > "Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support
> > the
> > file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the
> > file."
> >
> > I suspect that there has something to do with my downloading of software
> > ALCOHOL recently.
> >
> > Can somebody help?
> >
> > Thanks a lot.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>

Good - that's nice information to know.

Can it play local MP3, WAV, and MPEG files?
Can mplayer2.exe play these files?

-Z
--
(speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
--

"sw" <sw@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E7B350D8-98C9-43B7-A0CB-F44E4F0430FF@microsoft.com...
> no, it can't play any file! help!
>
> "zachd [ms]" wrote:
>
>>
>> Do WMA and WMV files work if played back locally?
>>
>> --
>> (speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
>> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>> --
>>
>> "sw" <sw@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:893C3EB6-EDF4-446C-881B-F5E373FA09EC@microsoft.com...
>> > Hello there,
>> >
>> > Recently my WMP10 cannot work properly. Whatever .wmv link I click, it
>> > always returns the following message:
>> >
>> > "Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not
>> > support
>> > the
>> > file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the
>> > file."
>> >
>> > I suspect that there has something to do with my downloading of
>> > software
>> > ALCOHOL recently.
>> >
>> > Can somebody help?
>> >
>> > Thanks a lot.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>

hi Zach, I figured out the problem myself. It turned out that the speaker was
not located by WMP. I went to Options|Devices|Speaker and locate it manually.
And it works.

anyways, thanks for your help.

sw

"zachd [ms]" wrote:

>
> Good - that's nice information to know.
>
> Can it play local MP3, WAV, and MPEG files?
> Can mplayer2.exe play these files?
>
> -Z
> --
> (speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> --
>
> "sw" <sw@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E7B350D8-98C9-43B7-A0CB-F44E4F0430FF@microsoft.com...
> > no, it can't play any file! help!
> >
> > "zachd [ms]" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Do WMA and WMV files work if played back locally?
> >>
> >> --
> >> (speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
> >> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> >> rights.
> >> --
> >>
> >> "sw" <sw@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:893C3EB6-EDF4-446C-881B-F5E373FA09EC@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hello there,
> >> >
> >> > Recently my WMP10 cannot work properly. Whatever .wmv link I click, it
> >> > always returns the following message:
> >> >
> >> > "Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not
> >> > support
> >> > the
> >> > file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the
> >> > file."
> >> >
> >> > I suspect that there has something to do with my downloading of
> >> > software
> >> > ALCOHOL recently.
> >> >
> >> > Can somebody help?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks a lot.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>