Mpeg-2, Xvid, Divx suddenly stops playing WMP11 Vista 32bit

This suddenly occured yesterday after I installed Adobe premiere elements 3.
I have unistalled it since and reinstalled mutiple codecs and codec packs and
uninstalled them. I have tried xvid codec, ffdshow, DirectShow etc. Tried
uninstalling codecs. These files also failed in Media Player Classic, but
since I changed it from DirectShow to RealMedia, it works, so it probably
something wrong with DirectShow. All files play fine in other programs like
VLC, but I want to play them in Vista Media Center.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have spent many hours trying to fix
this.

Codec packs cause more problems than they solve:
http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#divx

What happens when you try to play them in Media Center? Do they still play
in Windows Media Player? That's what should be providing Media Center
playback services...

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See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
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"shaneob1" <shaneob1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:707DFA9C-AF02-492D-B75F-907BC722C1B8@microsoft.com...
> This suddenly occured yesterday after I installed Adobe premiere elements
> 3.
> I have unistalled it since and reinstalled mutiple codecs and codec packs
> and
> uninstalled them. I have tried xvid codec, ffdshow, DirectShow etc. Tried
> uninstalling codecs. These files also failed in Media Player Classic, but
> since I changed it from DirectShow to RealMedia, it works, so it probably
> something wrong with DirectShow. All files play fine in other programs
> like
> VLC, but I want to play them in Vista Media Center.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have spent many hours trying to
> fix
> this.

Thanks for your reply.

The videos don't work in WMP or VMC. When I try them in Media Center, they
just say cannot play file.

I have made a new admin account, and everything works fine there, so ill
live with it by putting media on C drive and accessing it there. Is there any
way to import settings from one account to another?

I had to manually add ffdshow codecs using DS filter and it worked in Media
Player Classic, but still not WMP, which is odd.

"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:

>
> Codec packs cause more problems than they solve:
> http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#divx
>
> What happens when you try to play them in Media Center? Do they still play
> in Windows Media Player? That's what should be providing Media Center
> playback services...
>
> --
> Speaking for myself only.
> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> --
>
> "shaneob1" <shaneob1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:707DFA9C-AF02-492D-B75F-907BC722C1B8@microsoft.com...
> > This suddenly occured yesterday after I installed Adobe premiere elements
> > 3.
> > I have unistalled it since and reinstalled mutiple codecs and codec packs
> > and
> > uninstalled them. I have tried xvid codec, ffdshow, DirectShow etc. Tried
> > uninstalling codecs. These files also failed in Media Player Classic, but
> > since I changed it from DirectShow to RealMedia, it works, so it probably
> > something wrong with DirectShow. All files play fine in other programs
> > like
> > VLC, but I want to play them in Vista Media Center.
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have spent many hours trying to
> > fix
> > this.
>
>
>

Windows Media Player should have more useful error handling than Media
Center, I would think.
Media Player Classic is very different that Windows Media Player.

It sounds like some bogus filter is inserting itself on the broken account.
GraphEdt.exe might list that filter... =\

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"shaneob1" <shaneob1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F5E88F38-1F0B-4F0C-80CA-43BA8945AEA4@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> The videos don't work in WMP or VMC. When I try them in Media Center, they
> just say cannot play file.
>
> I have made a new admin account, and everything works fine there, so ill
> live with it by putting media on C drive and accessing it there. Is there
> any
> way to import settings from one account to another?
>
> I had to manually add ffdshow codecs using DS filter and it worked in
> Media
> Player Classic, but still not WMP, which is odd.
>
> "zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>>
>> Codec packs cause more problems than they solve:
>> http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#divx
>>
>> What happens when you try to play them in Media Center? Do they still
>> play
>> in Windows Media Player? That's what should be providing Media Center
>> playback services...
>>
>> --
>> Speaking for myself only.
>> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>> --
>>
>> "shaneob1" <shaneob1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:707DFA9C-AF02-492D-B75F-907BC722C1B8@microsoft.com...
>> > This suddenly occured yesterday after I installed Adobe premiere
>> > elements
>> > 3.
>> > I have unistalled it since and reinstalled mutiple codecs and codec
>> > packs
>> > and
>> > uninstalled them. I have tried xvid codec, ffdshow, DirectShow etc.
>> > Tried
>> > uninstalling codecs. These files also failed in Media Player Classic,
>> > but
>> > since I changed it from DirectShow to RealMedia, it works, so it
>> > probably
>> > something wrong with DirectShow. All files play fine in other programs
>> > like
>> > VLC, but I want to play them in Vista Media Center.
>> >
>> > Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have spent many hours trying
>> > to
>> > fix
>> > this.
>>
>>
>>