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Windows Media Player no video
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You can use the Gspot codec finder to tell you what codec the video needs.
chevyfever hi
I had this same problem just last night with a video I downloaded from Youtube. Sound but no video. This is how i fixed it.
I have vista codec pack installed.(not everyone likes codec packs) but I think they are ok. Using revo uninstaller I went through the motions of uninstalling vista codec pack which brings up the options of uninstalling or repairing. I chose the repair option and when finished exited revo.
The video then played perfectly on both windows media player and vlc.
You may want to try and reset your Gamma/Video color settings to defaults. Ive seen it where video disappears if you set one of the sliders the wrong way. This is usually under Control Panel > Display Settings > Advanced Settings > Graphic Properties. A simple yet overlooked fix. Hope this helps
I have checked all over and found that maybe SP2 was the cause so I
uninstalled it with no results.On another site said to scan with the
System File Checker and I did.I got this-"Windows Resource Protection
found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them","Details
are included in the CBS.Log".Checked the log and it is empty.
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