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by never_say_never_69

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Hi. I have wmp 10 and it won't play any wmv files at all, can someone please tell me what I need to do so I can view them. Thankyou

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by computercookie

Have you tried to uninstall and download a new copy!

What happens when you try to play the file?

by never_say_never_69

No i haven't tried to uninstall and get a new copy, but i will. The files i am trying to play are sapphic erotica files, i download them using BitTorrent 6.0.1 (Is this a good program?) and they start downloading, but when i go to play them while they're downloading to view what theyre like media player comes up and says 'the file you are attempting to play has an extention (.wmv)that does not match the file format. Playing the file may result in unexpected behaviour'then it gives a yes or no option to play and when i press play it says 'windows media player cannot play the file. The player may not support the file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the file'
I hope this makes sense :)

by computercookie

last time I download a porn film, I had to go back to the website and play it there, result was a codec update that installed a trojan!!!!!!!!

The film never played, as I had a ghost image to restore from in about 10 minutes, I tried it a couple of times to see what was the best way to get rid of the trojan and it was a lot of work.

You can get rid of the DRM only if you do a clean install of XP and leave WMP at version 9.

by never_say_never_69

I am sorry, I actually wmp 11 not 10, but all the info i have given still applies, it wont let me play wmv.

by Former member

This happens with DRM in Media Player 10 and 11. The files you are DLing are protected media. There are a few programs that will strip the DRM out, but you have to have a licence to the material. You can try installing MP 9 but this will probably not work because uninstalling MP 10 or 11 does not remove the DRM files.

Be more careful of what you download or the RIAA might send you a subpoena.

by never_say_never_69

Thankyou for all your help guys, but I'm not really sure what your trying to say. Is there a way to get these movies/videos at all or should I just forget it?

by computercookie

an update to your media player as you've downloaded via a bit torrent the reason is that the files have been tampered with.

So to play these files you need to go to the source that the files were originally downloaded from.

This will download and install the codec you need and once you try to play it will install the virus on you PC and the movie still will not play.

I can't be absolutely sure, but try it and prove me wrong!!

by tonythetiger

Depending on how it was encoded, you might not be able to play it until the download is complete. A lot of AVI files are like that.

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