how come i cannot watch movie trailers with windows media player?

Question

whenever I try to watch a trailer, the following message appears:
No suitable plugins were found.
Unknown plugin (Application/x-mplayer2).
I went to Microsoft's site to manually install the plugin, but all that wound up happening was me upgrading to windows media player 11.

And I still cannot watch trailers.

Answer 1

That's probably because Windows Media Player 11 is quite new right now. It may take some time before you find them when they become available.

I am holding off for at least a good year before I consider upgrading to Media Player 11. I use Media Player 10 for now.

There are a list of plugins for Windows Media Player 10
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/10/default.aspx

There's always quick time as well and you can either purchase it or download it for free.
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/win.html

If these two aren't what you want then maybe check into another media player.

You can always try out some trials to see which one suits your needs.

http://www.download.com/Media-Players/3150-2139-0.html
http://www.ask.com/web?q=media+players&qsrc=0&o=0&l=dir

Answer 2

I'd try using QuickTime from apple

Answer 3

because you have to download certain files and it might think that u are trying to listen to video instead