itunes corrupted .wmv files can't play with Media Player or itunes

I can't play my video files any longer with either itunes (just installed as
got an ipod for my birthday yesterday) .

I downloaded itunes then said add files to library. It took both music and
video(my own from my camera made with Wmovie maker they are .wmv and some
..avi)

Now itunes doesn't have them in library and can't play them nor can media
player.

What I really want to do is get back my videos , then get rid of itunes and
find some software to play music and videos without going through itunes.

BUT first I need to recover my video. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Where did you keep the files? Are they still there on the hard drive?

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"danny" <danny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I can't play my video files any longer with either itunes (just installed
>as
> got an ipod for my birthday yesterday) .
>
> I downloaded itunes then said add files to library. It took both music and
> video(my own from my camera made with Wmovie maker they are .wmv and some
> .avi)
>
> Now itunes doesn't have them in library and can't play them nor can media
> player.
>
> What I really want to do is get back my videos , then get rid of itunes
> and
> find some software to play music and videos without going through itunes.
>
> BUT first I need to recover my video. Any help is greatly appreciated.

I keep the files on the hard drive. They went through some kind of long
conversion when itunes was 'importing' the videos. They are still there
although can't play with itunes or with media player.

"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:

>
> Where did you keep the files? Are they still there on the hard drive?
>
> --
> Speaking for myself only.
> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> --
>
> "danny" <danny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E012FF84-2140-42F9-AF63-332D6634F536@microsoft.com...
> >I can't play my video files any longer with either itunes (just installed
> >as
> > got an ipod for my birthday yesterday) .
> >
> > I downloaded itunes then said add files to library. It took both music and
> > video(my own from my camera made with Wmovie maker they are .wmv and some
> > .avi)
> >
> > Now itunes doesn't have them in library and can't play them nor can media
> > player.
> >
> > What I really want to do is get back my videos , then get rid of itunes
> > and
> > find some software to play music and videos without going through itunes.
> >
> > BUT first I need to recover my video. Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
>
>

What file extension are they at this point? If they're still WMV, they
likely won't work with iTunes. If they're something random, they might not
work in WMP.

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"danny" <danny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9910988B-5E0B-44B8-A129-15FD9E727C69@microsoft.com...
>I keep the files on the hard drive. They went through some kind of long
> conversion when itunes was 'importing' the videos. They are still there
> although can't play with itunes or with media player.
>
> "zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>>
>> Where did you keep the files? Are they still there on the hard drive?
>>
>> --
>> Speaking for myself only.
>> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>> --
>>
>> "danny" <danny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:E012FF84-2140-42F9-AF63-332D6634F536@microsoft.com...
>> >I can't play my video files any longer with either itunes (just
>> >installed
>> >as
>> > got an ipod for my birthday yesterday) .
>> >
>> > I downloaded itunes then said add files to library. It took both music
>> > and
>> > video(my own from my camera made with Wmovie maker they are .wmv and
>> > some
>> > .avi)
>> >
>> > Now itunes doesn't have them in library and can't play them nor can
>> > media
>> > player.
>> >
>> > What I really want to do is get back my videos , then get rid of itunes
>> > and
>> > find some software to play music and videos without going through
>> > itunes.
>> >
>> > BUT first I need to recover my video. Any help is greatly appreciated.
>>
>>
>>

With Vista I couldn't easily tell the file type. But itunes nor windows media
player would play them.
I decided to uninstall itunes and quicktime. Now they will at least play
with media player, but are extremely slow to load and start playing.
I may have to try to restore my files if the speed becomes too annoying.

Next I am going to have to find a substute for itunes that will work with my
music files, .avi and .wmv files and download them to my nano ipod.

Thanks for taking the time to respond.

"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:

>
> What file extension are they at this point? If they're still WMV, they
> likely won't work with iTunes. If they're something random, they might not
> work in WMP.
>
> --
> Speaking for myself only.
> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> --
>
> "danny" <danny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9910988B-5E0B-44B8-A129-15FD9E727C69@microsoft.com...
> >I keep the files on the hard drive. They went through some kind of long
> > conversion when itunes was 'importing' the videos. They are still there
> > although can't play with itunes or with media player.
> >
> > "zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Where did you keep the files? Are they still there on the hard drive?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Speaking for myself only.
> >> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> >> rights.
> >> --
> >>
> >> "danny" <danny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:E012FF84-2140-42F9-AF63-332D6634F536@microsoft.com...
> >> >I can't play my video files any longer with either itunes (just
> >> >installed
> >> >as
> >> > got an ipod for my birthday yesterday) .
> >> >
> >> > I downloaded itunes then said add files to library. It took both music
> >> > and
> >> > video(my own from my camera made with Wmovie maker they are .wmv and
> >> > some
> >> > .avi)
> >> >
> >> > Now itunes doesn't have them in library and can't play them nor can
> >> > media
> >> > player.
> >> >
> >> > What I really want to do is get back my videos , then get rid of itunes
> >> > and
> >> > find some software to play music and videos without going through
> >> > itunes.
> >> >
> >> > BUT first I need to recover my video. Any help is greatly appreciated.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

"With Vista I couldn't easily tell the file type."

Do you mean the file extension is not shown? Menu (Alt key if not visible >
Tools > Folder Options > View tab > uncheck "Hide extensions for known file
types".


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"danny" <danny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news9FD4B30-194B-4FA2-B4D4-3FEC98AA2F51@microsoft.com...
> With Vista I couldn't easily tell the file type. But itunes nor windows media
> player would play them.
> I decided to uninstall itunes and quicktime. Now they will at least play
> with media player, but are extremely slow to load and start playing.
> I may have to try to restore my files if the speed becomes too annoying.
>
> Next I am going to have to find a substute for itunes that will work with my
> music files, .avi and .wmv files and download them to my nano ipod.
>
> Thanks for taking the time to respond.
>
> "zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>>
>> What file extension are they at this point? If they're still WMV, they
>> likely won't work with iTunes. If they're something random, they might not
>> work in WMP.
>>
>> --
>> Speaking for myself only.
>> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>> --
>>
>> "danny" <danny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:9910988B-5E0B-44B8-A129-15FD9E727C69@microsoft.com...
>> >I keep the files on the hard drive. They went through some kind of long
>> > conversion when itunes was 'importing' the videos. They are still there
>> > although can't play with itunes or with media player.
>> >
>> > "zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Where did you keep the files? Are they still there on the hard drive?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Speaking for myself only.
>> >> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
>> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> >> rights.
>> >> --
>> >>
>> >> "danny" <danny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:E012FF84-2140-42F9-AF63-332D6634F536@microsoft.com...
>> >> >I can't play my video files any longer with either itunes (just
>> >> >installed
>> >> >as
>> >> > got an ipod for my birthday yesterday) .
>> >> >
>> >> > I downloaded itunes then said add files to library. It took both music
>> >> > and
>> >> > video(my own from my camera made with Wmovie maker they are .wmv and
>> >> > some
>> >> > .avi)
>> >> >
>> >> > Now itunes doesn't have them in library and can't play them nor can
>> >> > media
>> >> > player.
>> >> >
>> >> > What I really want to do is get back my videos , then get rid of itunes
>> >> > and
>> >> > find some software to play music and videos without going through
>> >> > itunes.
>> >> >
>> >> > BUT first I need to recover my video. Any help is greatly appreciated.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>