need help with wmv files

pokernut6231 · #1 (**permalink**) March 30th, 2005

how do i get wmv files to play on windows media player 10 ? i am going nut's. it tells me i need a license can anyone help me with this ? thanks.

#2 (**permalink**) March 30th, 2005

I have the same problem! Can anybody help us out?

Thanks

Lord of the Rings · #3 (**permalink**) March 30th, 2005

Which p2p client are you 2 involved in. I'm not sure what your issue has to do with General P2P Network Discussion . It sounds more like a Tips & Tricks section issue. Thus I will move it there.

wfdrouinjr · #4 (**permalink**) March 31st, 2005

before u go any further see this warning which i believe applies to wmv as well as wma files.
that said please note my post in that same thread.
still want your videos? here goes......if u dare!

the "License Acquisition" takes awhile even on fast connection (but my hardware's slow) don't know why but usally no complaint from my security apps. some may send ur browser window to their site for "free trail" or buy "membership" (?porn vids maybe?) i have opted out of all and still got to watch vid...go figure! if your security is too tight this process will never even get started...too loose and u get flooded with spyware. i use a lot of "ask me" and "notify me" settings in my security to get what i want and still keep out the bad stuff but u have to know and understand "what's what".
moral here is that u either "invest" money for ur tunes/vids
or u "invest" time to learn about security, protocols, ports, formats, ect...ect...ect...
or u pay later to ur tech when uv buggered everything up...lol.

many vids still won't work but we're not done yet....
now we have to learn about "CODECS" (?media compression??) i'm just getting started on this subject myself so forgive my errors and SEARCH/READ around for more info...still i think i know this much:
codecs are a lot of different "compression" methods used on media that do not change the "format"/extention of the file (unlike our mp3s,zips,rars,ect...) they still look like wma/wmvs (and other player formats as well) but ur player can't read the file untill u install the proper codec on ur system. bad part is i have never seen a player inform the user of this much less tell us which codec is needed!!!!! i learned all this when i "trippped" over a DivX link by accident recently...after installing it 3/4 of my unuseable/"corrupt" vids now work fine! no i wont find/paste a link to DivX here run ur own SEARCH!!! but it does seem to be most common codec needed.
also i recently found/dl from gnutella/limewire some zips rars claiming to have ALL (yeh right) codecs but havent had time to investigate them yet so dl/unzip/install these at ur own risk!

now that u know almost as much as me (YOU WISH!) on this subject have fun and happy viewing!

Lord of the Rings · #5 (**permalink**) March 31st, 2005

Nice advice! Another is to get a backup player like DivX player & also VLC which has built in codecs & is free & plays all but the odd wmv generic file: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ (choose nearest mirror site)

Perhaps also see this: Setting Default video app

wfdrouinjr · #6 (**permalink**) March 31st, 2005

hey yall just noticed there is a codec link amongst all that stuff in ursula's sig...don't know about it but she's got some great stuff there...findd one of her posts and see what i mean

wfdrouinjr · #7 (**permalink**) April 1st, 2005

thank u LOTR
didnt see ur prompt response earlier...sry bout that

will check out those links myself after i solve other problems of my own

thanks again!

ursula · #8 (**permalink**) April 1st, 2005

Quote:

Originally posted by wfdrouinjr
hey yall just noticed there is a codec link amongst all that stuff in ursula's sig...don't know about it but she's got some great stuff there...findd one of her posts and see what i mean

kiss kiss

wfdrouinjr · #9 (**permalink**) April 6th, 2005

just a hug will do...my wife is watching