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Windows Media Player shutdown problem (AR31S)

jeffer
Visitor

Windows Media Player shutdown problem (AR31S)

I'm running Windows Vista on AR31S and have a problem with Windows Media Player 11.

Sometimes when I open a media file to play, it plays in the background and the player doesnt appear and all I can hear is the sound - the interface does not appear. Somehow WMP is already running when I look at the task manager.

I have to manually go to open WMP from the start menu to bring it up, and the media will continue to play and the interface will appear.

And when I got to close or shutdown WMP, it disappears off screen but it still plays in the background! I have to go to Task Manager again to shut it down.

Anyone know of a fix to this or if they are experiencing similar behaviour? I think it's a Vista thing rather than a Sony thing as I have seen mentions of this on other forums.

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kee-lo_
Member

What type of file are you playing, or does the happen with everything?

jeffer
Visitor

Any media file, wmv, mp3, anything really.

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rich912
Contributor

Hi jeffer,

Check what you have in the way of Plug-ins (Tools > Plug-ins – any active Plug-ins will be ticked). Try disabling all and restarting Media Player.

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kee-lo_
Member

Try uninstalling the DivX codec, I had this problem once and it was due to a bad install. I just reinstalled the codec and it was fine.

ZHQ
Visitor

hi im having a similar problem with my windows media player 11 im running it on a ar31m.


mine openma nd all it even polayes teh file.....there dound but no picture. it says coded acured but it still doesnt play the video all i can c is the visuali\zation and hear teh soudn in teh movie....can u plz tell me what to do


thanks