WMV file wont play

[mr1shaggy]

Hi all,
Im fairly new to the whole video media and I downloaded a movie file yesterday and its a WMV, when I try to play it with VLC it plays the entire file in less than 1 second even tho the file size is over 900mb. Does any body know why it does this? This is not the first time I've come across a file like this.

[smrpix]

1)Try a different player like MPC-HC.
2)Post a mediainfo report of the wmv and let's see if there's anything off.

[davexnet]

Lot of fakes around, especially wmv. In some cases, they contain scripts and redirects so be careful with that.

[mr1shaggy]

Lot of fakes around, especially wmv. In some cases, they contain scripts and redirects so be careful with that.

Thats probably what it is, the file I downloaded also came with a text file saying you need Windows Media Player to play the file and it should update all the codecs automatically. Im deleting it.

[davexnet]

Lot of fakes around, especially wmv. In some cases, they contain scripts and redirects so be careful with that.

Thats probably what it is, the file I downloaded also came with a text file saying you need Windows Media Player to play the file and it should update all the codecs automatically. Im deleting it.

That's a wise move. Somewhere within the Microsoft WMP player options, you can disable script activity found in
Windows Media. You can also disable automatic codec download. Look at the options/security tab.