Crashed on win xp using wmp

[decryptit]

i have recently encoded a new video ,but each time i paly it on wmp it crashes.On other players it works fine .Any suggestions.

[Enchanter]

Sounds like a codec problem. Perhaps you could try reinstalling some of the codecs that you think are suspicious.

[decryptit]

How come it works fine on other players.

[zx50]

Do you have ffdshow installed on your pc?? if not then try that. There is a known incompatibility issue with WMP9, my DivX films started to shake all the time (yes i know, yours crashed) and when i installed ffdshow they played fine.

<a href="http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/codecs_and_filters/ffdshow.cfm"target="_"blank">here</a>

[decryptit]

yeah i obviously have ffdshow if i didn't it wouldn't play very fine on my other player.

[zx50]

On what player ????????

P.S and what version of ffdshow have you got. Is it the latest one

[decryptit]

on power dvd and win dvd worked fine on wmp9 no.

FFDSHOW bulilt in 28th nov.

[hacker_on_fire]

I think wmp9 is just a rubbish player, only good for the occasional streaming video as most stremaing videos are specially desgined for it (encoded in the wm codec) thus the good playback when streaming music video's form launch.com

However i recommed trying windows meida player classic. Try it for yourself and discover its vast array of benefits/features. You'll be suprised and never want to go back.

[zx50]

Hmmn, i have to disagree there, i think that WMP9 has 2 thing's going for it and they are a) great picture b) brilliant sound.

[hacker_on_fire]

But its cluttered, uses up alot of cpu and they are better players such as windows media player classic. You have to try it before you can compare.

[zx50]

Uses a lot of CPU, are you kidding me? when playing a film the most CPU that ever gets used is 30%. And what do you mean by cluttered???

P.S i have tried windows media player classic. And the sounbd is'nt as good as WMP9 and on my machine the CPU is about the same.

[hacker_on_fire]

You'll notice it most when you are running alot of tasks at the same time and your computers been on for 4/5 days. wmpc can aslo play ogm/mkv/realmedia/quicktime files which wmp9 cannot.
It doesn't really matter, its just a personal preferance.

[zx50]

Originally posted by hacker_on_fire

wmpc can aslo play ogm/mkv/realmedia/quicktime files which wmp9 cannot.

Yeah there is that, but like i say i have to have the sound and the picture.

Originally posted by hacker_on_fire

It doesn't really matter, its just a personal preferance.

Yeah people like different thing's.

[hacker_on_fire]

btw, you can configure wmpc to use your desired video and audio filters. so the picture could equal wmp9 if you select the right codecs/filters. For example i could configure it to use Poweverdvd's video filter (Cyberlink video/sp decoder) for mpeg2 playback instead of it's default internal one.

[decryptit]

Power dvd is quite a good player.