Windows Media Player crashing on wmv files.?

Question

For some strange reason recently when I visit a webpage that has a wmv file embeded in it, it causes either WMP or IE to crash. I get this message

The program ["C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe"/OCX/NoLibraryAdd/Play "http://www.thewebsiteurl.com/videoname.wmv"/Prefetch:10] caused a problem and is going to close.

I have tried updating IE to 7 and I have updated WMP to 11. Neither works. Also, the player will not play wmv files that I have stored on my computer, but the DiVX player will.

Any help that any of you could give would be appreciated.

Thank you.

I'm sorry but did any of you ACTUALLY READ WHAT I WROTE?

How is downloading winamp going to help me view wmv files EMBEDED in a webpage?

Answer 1

winamp

Answer 2

try downloading an alternitive, such as:

iTunes, which will play all popular music types, WMA, MP3, and now movie files (although i have not tested this myself :))

Realplayer/MusicMatch - these are more 'pro' software, and will only give you basic things unless you pay.

(musicmatch is now known as Yahoo! Music: MusicMatch)

WinAmp, which was totaly free and great, but is starting to head towards being the same as Real and MusicMatch... although much better (in what you get for nothing) than the other two :)


hope you find one that works well with your system, i recomend either iTunes or WinAmp, although i prefer iTunes :)

:)