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Cannot view MPEG video files

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by cary44

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Interesting and frustrating video problem....
I never had any problems playing MPEG video files until recently....(Use Windows Media Player 7)
Now all I get is a split second glimpse of the video and then the screen is blank, audio is OK.
When IRight-Click the blank portion and the context menu appears, I can see the video behind the context menu.

Now I discover that I have the same problem with DVDs.
I have used many players for MPEGs, but the Windows Media Player is my primary.

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by kent.j.cogan

Try to uninstall the Windows Media Player 7.0 and install an older ver. to see if this works. It is possible your video card may have problems with the 7.0 I had the same problem. I was not able to get 7.0 to work until I upgraded my video card.

by cary44

No..I am using a very good video card....but in any case, this was working in ALL my viewing apps including MediaPlayer for a long time and stopped all of a sudden.
Thanks anyway for your input

by nomadss1

win media to fight piracy has weakened the codec files if you updated them recently they could be the problem if you are looking at copywrite material.go to divx page and find better update. MS ugh

by dimm

Try Download windows media player as that play mpeg and wma files plus mov and divx

try downloading quicktime 5

try download the playa (div3 divx)

go here has software for mpeg just look for mpeg in the file ex gropu under m look for mpeg and click on the entery next to it for mpeg software here is the website for u : http://filext.com/ goodluck

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