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    Vista WMP crashes when I play movies

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by MonsterMaxx, Aug 14, 2007.

  1. MonsterMaxx

    MonsterMaxx Notebook Evangelist

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    I've got some movies that I ripped and compressed into AVIs with Divx and AC3 filters.

    These work fine in XP (latest WMP) but every single one crashes in Vista.

    I've updated to the latest free Divx codex and AC3Filter. No difference. Crash Crash Crash.


    Any bright ideas?
     
    MonsterMaxx, Aug 14, 2007
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  2. minimalism

    minimalism Notebook Geek

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    Driver issues, maybe? Or perhaps that pesky DRM thinks you're doing something piratey. In either case, I'd suggest downloading the CCCP, and trying the vids through MPC.
     
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  3. MonsterMaxx

    MonsterMaxx Notebook Evangelist

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    Oh, and if I use Cyberlink PowerDVD5 (not for Vista, which complains when PDVD is fired up) it seems to work fine. So I don't think it's the codex
     
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    CCCP fixed it. Thanks a bunch.
     
    MonsterMaxx, Aug 14, 2007
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    It's most likely Vista's DRM. Especially seeing as it only happens in Windows Media Player (have you tried it in the Media Center?), it's likely that it's seeing that the discs are DVD movies with the CSS encryption and region coding stripped.
     
    Paul, Aug 14, 2007
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