My pc wont play videos !

dazftw

Everytime I try to play a video my pc just freezes and I have to turn the thing off and its starting to annoy me !

Its happened before but it went away now its back :mad:

Any ideas ?

Endurance Man

, could be a million things, more details are needed tbh...

dazftw

I thought this would happen... em k I get a vido mpg. or wmv etc... go to play it in windows media play and everything just freezes... Its not codecs cause I downloaded the divx one awhile ago and it seemed to do the job

I had uninstalled it to see if that would work but it didnt !

Need more ?

Endurance Man

DeafVision wrote:

I thought this would happen... em k I get a vido mpg. or wmv etc... go to play it in windows media play and everything just freezes... Its not codecs cause I downloaded the divx one awhile ago and it seemed to do the job

I had uninstalled it to see if that would work but it didnt !

Need more ?

Uninstall media player, install media player 11, see if that sorts it.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/default.mspx

Ruu_Old

Give us a few system details please. What OS are you running? Try downloading K-Lite Codec Pack for a start.

dazftw

P4 3.00ghz
1 gig pc3200
nvidia geforce 6200
windows xp home edition

I need Windows SP2 for 11 I had already had it... SP2 screws my pc up :mad: lol !

Endurance Man

DeafVision wrote:

P4 3.00ghz
1 gig pc3200
nvidia geforce 6200
windows xp home edition

I need Windows SP2 for 11 I had already had it... SP2 screws my pc up :mad: lol !

Something is wrong with your pc man, how long since you formatted the thing? I reckong you should do a fresh install, you need sp2 in this day and age .

Ruu_Old

Download what I mentioned above and if that still doesnt work, get GSpot. It will help you identify what codec is used in the media you are trying to play and whether or not it is installed on your computer. You really should get SP2 and keep your machine updated.

DonkeyStyle \o/

DeafVision wrote:

nvidia geforce 6200

Sounds very much like a problem I and many people have had with our 6600GTs... you should go into your GeForce properties and have a look under the main page with the driver versions on it... in there, have a look for what it lists under "Bus:" ... mine is supposed to be running under "AGP 8X" ... but when I have the problem you have it's listed as PCI or something.
The fix was basically to install the graphics card drivers and then install the motherboard chipset drivers... which changed the "Bus" listing and cleared the whole video problem right up.

dazftw

I havnt formatted in awhile cause I had to get a new mobo awhile ago to fix it (fried the other one) and I dont think I can reformat it now... lol

Endurance Man

DeafVision wrote:

I havnt formatted in awhile cause I had to get a new mobo awhile ago to fix it (fried the other one) and I dont think I can reformat it now... lol

If you have the motherboard drivers you can format. You do have the XP disk right?

dazftw

I have the mobo driver cd... but I don't have the XP cd, I have this other cd (for my actual pc) that I had used to reformat every 6 months !

As mentioned above, check that your AGP GART miniport driver is installed (if its an AGP card). This is provided by the motherboard's chipset manufacturer. If its PCI Express you shouldn't need to to anything (but then its a problem I'm not aware of).

dazftw

Windows SP2 and Windows media player 11 Works now !

That Guy 901

Ah thats good news. I was about to mention to system restore your PC!