Media Player 10 Won't Play ANYTHING Any More. Help!

I have Window XP and Media Player 10.

Media Player was working beautifully up until it suddenly stopped playing
any kind of media content (local MP3 files, streamed audio, local MPG video,
etc.)

It starts by showing "Opening Media" when I attempt to play local media or
"Connecting to Media" when I attempt to play streamed media and in a few
seconds I get the following error:

"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 have not deleted any codecs and have used several utilities to check and
verify that the codecs exist (they do).

I have unintalled and reinstalled Media Player twice (both times downloaded
directly from Micrsoft).

I can't seem to find a solution to this anywhere. Your help would be
greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

James.

How to Make WMP10 Your Default Player
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=271949
--
XP-WNP
Today is the first day of the
rest of your life.


"James W." wrote:

> I have Window XP and Media Player 10.
>
> Media Player was working beautifully up until it suddenly stopped playing
> any kind of media content (local MP3 files, streamed audio, local MPG video,
> etc.)
>
> It starts by showing "Opening Media" when I attempt to play local media or
> "Connecting to Media" when I attempt to play streamed media and in a few
> seconds I get the following error:
>
> "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 have not deleted any codecs and have used several utilities to check and
> verify that the codecs exist (they do).
>
> I have unintalled and reinstalled Media Player twice (both times downloaded
> directly from Micrsoft).
>
> I can't seem to find a solution to this anywhere. Your help would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> James.
>
>

Thank you for your reply but that didn't change anything. All of those
formats were already selected.

Still no luck.

Can Apple Quick Time be interfering?

"Byte" wrote:

> How to Make WMP10 Your Default Player
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=271949
> --
> XP-WNP
> Today is the first day of the
> rest of your life.
>
>
> "James W." wrote:
>
> > I have Window XP and Media Player 10.
> >
> > Media Player was working beautifully up until it suddenly stopped playing
> > any kind of media content (local MP3 files, streamed audio, local MPG video,
> > etc.)
> >
> > It starts by showing "Opening Media" when I attempt to play local media or
> > "Connecting to Media" when I attempt to play streamed media and in a few
> > seconds I get the following error:
> >
> > "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 have not deleted any codecs and have used several utilities to check and
> > verify that the codecs exist (they do).
> >
> > I have unintalled and reinstalled Media Player twice (both times downloaded
> > directly from Micrsoft).
> >
> > I can't seem to find a solution to this anywhere. Your help would be
> > greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you in advance.
> >
> > James.
> >
> >

Uninstalling and reinstalling is never the best plan - the software was
written to be installed on top of the existing install, so any uninstall
first is highly counterproductive. [I wrote the code, so anybody else
suggesting otherwise is indeed wrong.]

What exact error code number did you get?
http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#isolate

From that little information, I'd suspect the wrong output selected under
WMP's Tools:Optionsevices:Speakers... ?

--
(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.
--

"James W." <JamesW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CCBF4151-4DB2-448B-91E1-1B04E6DB5E7F@microsoft.com...
>I have Window XP and Media Player 10.
>
> Media Player was working beautifully up until it suddenly stopped playing
> any kind of media content (local MP3 files, streamed audio, local MPG
> video,
> etc.)
>
> It starts by showing "Opening Media" when I attempt to play local media or
> "Connecting to Media" when I attempt to play streamed media and in a few
> seconds I get the following error:
>
> "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 have not deleted any codecs and have used several utilities to check and
> verify that the codecs exist (they do).
>
> I have unintalled and reinstalled Media Player twice (both times
> downloaded
> directly from Micrsoft).
>
> I can't seem to find a solution to this anywhere. Your help would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> James.
>
>

The error code I get is:

"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 click "more information" and the Error ID displayed on the next page is:

"Error ID = 0xC00D1199, Condition ID = 0x00000000"

"zachd [ms]" wrote:

>
> Uninstalling and reinstalling is never the best plan - the software was
> written to be installed on top of the existing install, so any uninstall
> first is highly counterproductive. [I wrote the code, so anybody else
> suggesting otherwise is indeed wrong.]
>
> What exact error code number did you get?
> http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#isolate
>
> From that little information, I'd suspect the wrong output selected under
> WMP's Tools:Optionsevices:Speakers... ?
>
> --
> (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.
> --
>
> "James W." <JamesW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CCBF4151-4DB2-448B-91E1-1B04E6DB5E7F@microsoft.com...
> >I have Window XP and Media Player 10.
> >
> > Media Player was working beautifully up until it suddenly stopped playing
> > any kind of media content (local MP3 files, streamed audio, local MPG
> > video,
> > etc.)
> >
> > It starts by showing "Opening Media" when I attempt to play local media or
> > "Connecting to Media" when I attempt to play streamed media and in a few
> > seconds I get the following error:
> >
> > "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 have not deleted any codecs and have used several utilities to check and
> > verify that the codecs exist (they do).
> >
> > I have unintalled and reinstalled Media Player twice (both times
> > downloaded
> > directly from Micrsoft).
> >
> > I can't seem to find a solution to this anywhere. Your help would be
> > greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you in advance.
> >
> > James.
> >
> >
>
>
>

OK, I went to Tools: Options: Devices: Speakers and guess what?

It shows "speakers" but when I go to "properties" there is NOTHING listed in
the "Audio device to use:" drop-down box.

I think we're getting somewhere but now what?

Any thoughts?


"zachd [ms]" wrote:

>
> Uninstalling and reinstalling is never the best plan - the software was
> written to be installed on top of the existing install, so any uninstall
> first is highly counterproductive. [I wrote the code, so anybody else
> suggesting otherwise is indeed wrong.]
>
> What exact error code number did you get?
> http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#isolate
>
> From that little information, I'd suspect the wrong output selected under
> WMP's Tools:Optionsevices:Speakers... ?
>
> --
> (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.
> --
>
> "James W." <JamesW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CCBF4151-4DB2-448B-91E1-1B04E6DB5E7F@microsoft.com...
> >I have Window XP and Media Player 10.
> >
> > Media Player was working beautifully up until it suddenly stopped playing
> > any kind of media content (local MP3 files, streamed audio, local MPG
> > video,
> > etc.)
> >
> > It starts by showing "Opening Media" when I attempt to play local media or
> > "Connecting to Media" when I attempt to play streamed media and in a few
> > seconds I get the following error:
> >
> > "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 have not deleted any codecs and have used several utilities to check and
> > verify that the codecs exist (they do).
> >
> > I have unintalled and reinstalled Media Player twice (both times
> > downloaded
> > directly from Micrsoft).
> >
> > I can't seem to find a solution to this anywhere. Your help would be
> > greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you in advance.
> >
> > James.
> >
> >
>
>
>

Then WMP doesn't know that you have a working sound card... are you getting
sound with other apps?
http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#dsound
may help.

--
(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.
WMP10.
--

"James W." <JamesW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F570870C-DFFB-4ADE-8B34-26C49544E9AC@microsoft.com...
> OK, I went to Tools: Options: Devices: Speakers and guess what?
>
> It shows "speakers" but when I go to "properties" there is NOTHING listed
> in
> the "Audio device to use:" drop-down box.
>
> I think we're getting somewhere but now what?
>
> Any thoughts?
>
>
> "zachd [ms]" wrote:
>
>>
>> Uninstalling and reinstalling is never the best plan - the software was
>> written to be installed on top of the existing install, so any uninstall
>> first is highly counterproductive. [I wrote the code, so anybody else
>> suggesting otherwise is indeed wrong.]
>>
>> What exact error code number did you get?
>> http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#isolate
>>
>> From that little information, I'd suspect the wrong output selected under
>> WMP's Tools:Optionsevices:Speakers... ?
>>
>> --
>> (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.
>> --
>>
>> "James W." <JamesW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:CCBF4151-4DB2-448B-91E1-1B04E6DB5E7F@microsoft.com...
>> >I have Window XP and Media Player 10.
>> >
>> > Media Player was working beautifully up until it suddenly stopped
>> > playing
>> > any kind of media content (local MP3 files, streamed audio, local MPG
>> > video,
>> > etc.)
>> >
>> > It starts by showing "Opening Media" when I attempt to play local media
>> > or
>> > "Connecting to Media" when I attempt to play streamed media and in a
>> > few
>> > seconds I get the following error:
>> >
>> > "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 have not deleted any codecs and have used several utilities to check
>> > and
>> > verify that the codecs exist (they do).
>> >
>> > I have unintalled and reinstalled Media Player twice (both times
>> > downloaded
>> > directly from Micrsoft).
>> >
>> > I can't seem to find a solution to this anywhere. Your help would be
>> > greatly appreciated.
>> >
>> > Thank you in advance.
>> >
>> > James.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>

Zach,

All of my other applications (QuickTime, system sounds, etc.) all play
properly over my speakers.

Media Player is the only one that doesn't work.

I have reinstalled several times but the program still doesn't see my
speakers and won't play music or video.

So, if my computer sees my audio devices and if it worked before... what
could be going on now?

Thanks in advance for your help.

"zachd [ms]" wrote:

>
> Then WMP doesn't know that you have a working sound card... are you getting
> sound with other apps?
> http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#dsound
> may help.
>
> --
> (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.
> WMP10.
> --
>
> "James W." <JamesW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F570870C-DFFB-4ADE-8B34-26C49544E9AC@microsoft.com...
> > OK, I went to Tools: Options: Devices: Speakers and guess what?
> >
> > It shows "speakers" but when I go to "properties" there is NOTHING listed
> > in
> > the "Audio device to use:" drop-down box.
> >
> > I think we're getting somewhere but now what?
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> >
> > "zachd [ms]" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Uninstalling and reinstalling is never the best plan - the software was
> >> written to be installed on top of the existing install, so any uninstall
> >> first is highly counterproductive. [I wrote the code, so anybody else
> >> suggesting otherwise is indeed wrong.]
> >>
> >> What exact error code number did you get?
> >> http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#isolate
> >>
> >> From that little information, I'd suspect the wrong output selected under
> >> WMP's Tools:Optionsevices:Speakers... ?
> >>
> >> --
> >> (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.
> >> --
> >>
> >> "James W." <JamesW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:CCBF4151-4DB2-448B-91E1-1B04E6DB5E7F@microsoft.com...
> >> >I have Window XP and Media Player 10.
> >> >
> >> > Media Player was working beautifully up until it suddenly stopped
> >> > playing
> >> > any kind of media content (local MP3 files, streamed audio, local MPG
> >> > video,
> >> > etc.)
> >> >
> >> > It starts by showing "Opening Media" when I attempt to play local media
> >> > or
> >> > "Connecting to Media" when I attempt to play streamed media and in a
> >> > few
> >> > seconds I get the following error:
> >> >
> >> > "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 have not deleted any codecs and have used several utilities to check
> >> > and
> >> > verify that the codecs exist (they do).
> >> >
> >> > I have unintalled and reinstalled Media Player twice (both times
> >> > downloaded
> >> > directly from Micrsoft).
> >> >
> >> > I can't seem to find a solution to this anywhere. Your help would be
> >> > greatly appreciated.
> >> >
> >> > Thank you in advance.
> >> >
> >> > James.
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

Right, actually the dsound link below does point out that you can't compare
WMP to other programs. =) Try the link again and follow the steps - WMP
does sound differently than anything else you're likely to compare it to.

-Zach
--
(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.
--

"James W." <JamesW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2A6EB317-B12F-4FC7-9293-229A04185ECE@microsoft.com...
> Zach,
>
> All of my other applications (QuickTime, system sounds, etc.) all play
> properly over my speakers.
>
> Media Player is the only one that doesn't work.
>
> I have reinstalled several times but the program still doesn't see my
> speakers and won't play music or video.
>
> So, if my computer sees my audio devices and if it worked before... what
> could be going on now?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> "zachd [ms]" wrote:
>
>>
>> Then WMP doesn't know that you have a working sound card... are you
>> getting
>> sound with other apps?
>> http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#dsound
>> may help.
>>
>> --
>> (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.
>> WMP10.
>> --
>>
>> "James W." <JamesW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:F570870C-DFFB-4ADE-8B34-26C49544E9AC@microsoft.com...
>> > OK, I went to Tools: Options: Devices: Speakers and guess what?
>> >
>> > It shows "speakers" but when I go to "properties" there is NOTHING
>> > listed
>> > in
>> > the "Audio device to use:" drop-down box.
>> >
>> > I think we're getting somewhere but now what?
>> >
>> > Any thoughts?
>> >
>> >
>> > "zachd [ms]" wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Uninstalling and reinstalling is never the best plan - the software
>> >> was
>> >> written to be installed on top of the existing install, so any
>> >> uninstall
>> >> first is highly counterproductive. [I wrote the code, so anybody else
>> >> suggesting otherwise is indeed wrong.]
>> >>
>> >> What exact error code number did you get?
>> >> http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#isolate
>> >>
>> >> From that little information, I'd suspect the wrong output selected
>> >> under
>> >> WMP's Tools:Optionsevices:Speakers... ?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> (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.
>> >> --
>> >>
>> >> "James W." <JamesW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:CCBF4151-4DB2-448B-91E1-1B04E6DB5E7F@microsoft.com...
>> >> >I have Window XP and Media Player 10.
>> >> >
>> >> > Media Player was working beautifully up until it suddenly stopped
>> >> > playing
>> >> > any kind of media content (local MP3 files, streamed audio, local
>> >> > MPG
>> >> > video,
>> >> > etc.)
>> >> >
>> >> > It starts by showing "Opening Media" when I attempt to play local
>> >> > media
>> >> > or
>> >> > "Connecting to Media" when I attempt to play streamed media and in a
>> >> > few
>> >> > seconds I get the following error:
>> >> >
>> >> > "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 have not deleted any codecs and have used several utilities to
>> >> > check
>> >> > and
>> >> > verify that the codecs exist (they do).
>> >> >
>> >> > I have unintalled and reinstalled Media Player twice (both times
>> >> > downloaded
>> >> > directly from Micrsoft).
>> >> >
>> >> > I can't seem to find a solution to this anywhere. Your help would
>> >> > be
>> >> > greatly appreciated.
>> >> >
>> >> > Thank you in advance.
>> >> >
>> >> > James.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>

Zach,

Thank you for your quick response. I read through the links and feel kind
of dumb but I can't find anything that looked like "steps to a solution" but
I worry that I just missed it.

It really sounds like you are on to something here and I'm sure that I'm
close but can you give me some more information as to where to look for the
specific steps or what those steps may be?

Thanks again for all of your help.

Jim

"zachd [ms]" wrote:

>
> Right, actually the dsound link below does point out that you can't compare
> WMP to other programs. =) Try the link again and follow the steps - WMP
> does sound differently than anything else you're likely to compare it to.
>
> -Zach
> --
> (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.
> --
>
> "James W." <JamesW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2A6EB317-B12F-4FC7-9293-229A04185ECE@microsoft.com...
> > Zach,
> >
> > All of my other applications (QuickTime, system sounds, etc.) all play
> > properly over my speakers.
> >
> > Media Player is the only one that doesn't work.
> >
> > I have reinstalled several times but the program still doesn't see my
> > speakers and won't play music or video.
> >
> > So, if my computer sees my audio devices and if it worked before... what
> > could be going on now?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help.
> >
> > "zachd [ms]" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Then WMP doesn't know that you have a working sound card... are you
> >> getting
> >> sound with other apps?
> >> http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#dsound
> >> may help.
> >>
> >> --
> >> (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.
> >> WMP10.
> >> --
> >>
> >> "James W." <JamesW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:F570870C-DFFB-4ADE-8B34-26C49544E9AC@microsoft.com...
> >> > OK, I went to Tools: Options: Devices: Speakers and guess what?
> >> >
> >> > It shows "speakers" but when I go to "properties" there is NOTHING
> >> > listed
> >> > in
> >> > the "Audio device to use:" drop-down box.
> >> >
> >> > I think we're getting somewhere but now what?
> >> >
> >> > Any thoughts?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "zachd [ms]" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> Uninstalling and reinstalling is never the best plan - the software
> >> >> was
> >> >> written to be installed on top of the existing install, so any
> >> >> uninstall
> >> >> first is highly counterproductive. [I wrote the code, so anybody else
> >> >> suggesting otherwise is indeed wrong.]
> >> >>
> >> >> What exact error code number did you get?
> >> >> http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#isolate
> >> >>
> >> >> From that little information, I'd suspect the wrong output selected
> >> >> under
> >> >> WMP's Tools:Optionsevices:Speakers... ?
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> (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.
> >> >> --
> >> >>
> >> >> "James W." <JamesW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:CCBF4151-4DB2-448B-91E1-1B04E6DB5E7F@microsoft.com...
> >> >> >I have Window XP and Media Player 10.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Media Player was working beautifully up until it suddenly stopped
> >> >> > playing
> >> >> > any kind of media content (local MP3 files, streamed audio, local
> >> >> > MPG
> >> >> > video,
> >> >> > etc.)
> >> >> >
> >> >> > It starts by showing "Opening Media" when I attempt to play local
> >> >> > media
> >> >> > or
> >> >> > "Connecting to Media" when I attempt to play streamed media and in a
> >> >> > few
> >> >> > seconds I get the following error:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > "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 have not deleted any codecs and have used several utilities to
> >> >> > check
> >> >> > and
> >> >> > verify that the codecs exist (they do).
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I have unintalled and reinstalled Media Player twice (both times
> >> >> > downloaded
> >> >> > directly from Micrsoft).
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I can't seem to find a solution to this anywhere. Your help would
> >> >> > be
> >> >> > greatly appreciated.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Thank you in advance.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > James.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>