can t play video media player 11

When I double click on a wmv file to open media player to play the video. It only have sound. Is there any function I forgot to turn on? Thanks.

Hmm... sounds like you might need codecs installing. I had some troubles with videos, mainly .wmv and .avi files, so I downloaded and installed DivX - everything works great since that.
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When I double click on a wmv file to open media player to play the video. It only have sound. Is there any function I forgot to turn on? Thanks.

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Hmm... sounds like you might need codecs installing. I had some troubles with videos, mainly .wmv and .avi files, so I downloaded and installed DivX - everything works great since that.
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--- Original message follows --- "®ü¥Í" wrote in message When I double click on a wmv file to open media player to play the video. It only have sound. Is there any function I forgot to turn on? Thanks.

Because the codecs are used to decode video and play on pc , the sound is decoded by windows.Like a mp3....you don't need codecs to play music
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"Zack Whittaker (R2 Mentor)" wrote in message Hmm... sounds like you might need codecs installing. I had some troubles with videos, mainly .wmv and .avi files, so I downloaded and installed DivX - everything works great since that.
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--- Original message follows --- "®ü¥Í" wrote in message When I double click on a wmv file to open media player to play the video. It only have sound. Is there any function I forgot to turn on? Thanks.

There are video codecs and audio codecs. Windows needs both.
Marian Andrei wrote:

Because the codecs are used to decode video and play on pc , the sound is decoded by windows.Like a mp3....you don't need codecs to play music
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message So why is he getting sound? -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
"Zack Whittaker (R2 Mentor)" wrote in message Hmm... sounds like you might need codecs installing. I had some troubles with videos, mainly .wmv and .avi files, so I downloaded and installed DivX - everything works great since that.
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--- Original message follows --- "®ü¥Í" wrote in message When I double click on a wmv file to open media player to play the video. It only have sound. Is there any function I forgot to turn on? Thanks.

And he needs DivX video codecs - remember Windows XP couldn't play certain file types without a third party DVD codec pack :o)
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There are video codecs and audio codecs. Windows needs both.
Marian Andrei wrote: Because the codecs are used to decode video and play on pc , the sound is decoded by windows.Like a mp3....you don't need codecs to play music
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message So why is he getting sound? -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
"Zack Whittaker (R2 Mentor)" wrote in message Hmm... sounds like you might need codecs installing. I had some troubles with videos, mainly .wmv and .avi files, so I downloaded and installed DivX - everything works great since that.
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--- Original message follows --- "®ü¥Í" wrote in message When I double click on a wmv file to open media player to play the video. It only have sound. Is there any function I forgot to turn on? Thanks.

As mentioned before, you'll probably need additional video codecs. I'd recommend the K-Lite Mega Codec Pack, which will satisfy every Video/Audio-Codec need :-) www.codecguide.com
There's also a WindowsMedia-CodecPack for those who don't have WMP installed (eg. for the Windows N edition) :-)