Audio and Video in WMP11 and Media Center

I'm not sure where to start.

When I try to play a media file in WMP11, I don't hear any sound. System
sounds and audio from other applications work fine.

When I try to play a video file in Media Center, it starts out okay, but
then seems to stall after just a few seconds. The video slows down to a crawl
and the audio stops playing.

Like I said, I'm not sure where to start diagnosing this problem. Is it
possible there is a conflict from incompatible drivers?

Try to download Media Player 11 from this link. That should overwrite the
one you have and fix the problem .

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...Downloads.aspx

Are you sure it would be wise to download Windows Media Player 11 for XP when
I already have WMP11 for Vista installed? Is there a difference between the
Vista and XP versions or are they identical?

"kayusee" wrote:

>
>
> Try to download Media Player 11 from this link. That should overwrite the
> one you have and fix the problem .
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...Downloads.aspx
>
>

Get ffdshow from the internets, it is most likely a codec issue.

"GreggP" <NospamTemp003@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
news:4BFBC8B8-126D-42E6-8AFF-4B61453E969A@microsoft.com...
> I'm not sure where to start.
>
> When I try to play a media file in WMP11, I don't hear any sound. System
> sounds and audio from other applications work fine.
>
> When I try to play a video file in Media Center, it starts out okay, but
> then seems to stall after just a few seconds. The video slows down to a
> crawl
> and the audio stops playing.
>
> Like I said, I'm not sure where to start diagnosing this problem. Is it
> possible there is a conflict from incompatible drivers?

Why ffdshow? Just adding another codec to the mix may actually make things
worse. Have you experienced the same problem and found ffdshow to be the
solution? I know ffdshow is a pretty good decoder, but I don't see any Vista
references on the sourceforge site.

"Adam Dorado" wrote:

> Get ffdshow from the internets, it is most likely a codec issue.
>
> "GreggP" <NospamTemp003@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
> news:4BFBC8B8-126D-42E6-8AFF-4B61453E969A@microsoft.com...
> > I'm not sure where to start.
> >
> > When I try to play a media file in WMP11, I don't hear any sound. System
> > sounds and audio from other applications work fine.
> >
> > When I try to play a video file in Media Center, it starts out okay, but
> > then seems to stall after just a few seconds. The video slows down to a
> > crawl
> > and the audio stops playing.
> >
> > Like I said, I'm not sure where to start diagnosing this problem. Is it
> > possible there is a conflict from incompatible drivers?
>