No picture only sound with Windows Media Player

[Lynxer]

I have been using Windows Media Player to play avi format films for sometime - however, yesterday, for no known reason it started only playing sound with no picture. I have tried re-downloading, uninstalling and reinstalling codecs but with no luck - can anyone shed any light

Many thanks

[celtic_druid]

Is this all avi's? Because avi's can use many different codecs for video compression.

[R55B]

Re: WMP playback problem

Try installing the Microsoft codec pack for WMP (you might have to upgrade first to the latest release):

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/format/codecdownload.aspx

[crazy14muzic]

I have a similar problem that started a few months ago. I'm not sure if its hardware or software related but when I click and drag the player for just a quick second the video pops up playing just fine. I have dual monitors with extended desktop enabled. I usually have media player on the secondary display which is on a 19 inch monitor. But thats what works for me. It is annoying but with little effort it is fixed temporarily. It doesn't do it all the time and when it does its just a black screen not that funky swirl display that you get with just audio. I feel it is time for a reload of the os. Good luck.

[Lynxer]

Iv just noticed that none of my video players are working BSPlayer, PowerDVD, Windows Media Player - all doing the same thing sound but no picture and as far as I know I havent changed anythin and it was all working a couple of days ago

[R55B]

Lynxer:

Have you updated the latest Voodoo drivers, or are they still supported?
Ditto for the Abit MB...

[Krispy Kritter]

Sounds like a corrupt codec.