Hide playback menu in Windows Media Player 12 when the video is paused.
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I'm trying to get rid of the playback menu (bar buttons which includes play, Pause, Stop, etc.
PC Specs OS: Microsoft Windows 7 (build 7600) x 64 The WMP Version: Indicated in the title When you stop, the controls will disappear if you move your mouse out of the window. Don't forget that the location is set to allow controls to hide: In WMP, press Alt to display the menu, and then choose Tools > Options. In the Player tab, make sure that the 2nd to the last checkbox is enabled, "enable auto-hide of the playback controls. If it solves your problem, click on the link "Propose as answer" below and vote as useful by clicking on the green triangle for the lelft. Thank you! Tags: Windows Windows Media Player cannot play the videos Since the last 2 months I find that my Windows Media Player cannot play the videos. After having tried many, I installed the third-party Codec such as GOM Player, GOM DECODER and GOM converter on an experimental basis. For all its operation I installed that for the second time (test period = 1 month). Now, I found some unusual - the entire screen with prop-up Windows began to appear "foggy, unusually large screen, Visuality fuzzy." So GOM was 'uninstalled' in the menu 'program & feature. When he learned from the Microsoft Forum I installed k - lite Codec system. Now, some of my videos recorded under 'Image' menu works fine. But the videos stored in the "library" of WMP is not reacting. I need your advice. Again, in a prop-up window of K-Lite has asked to opt feither for: (i) (ii) repairs, (Iii) remove or change. I opted for changing file Windows Vista Codec - was the selection was appropriate? Should I opt for Vista Codec file repair? BASAB ROY, * address email is removed from the privacy * Hi SONIA ROY. · What happens when you try to play videos in Windows Media Player? · You get the error message? · Did you do changes on the computer before the show? Follow these methods. Method 1: Follow the steps in the article. Solve problems in Windows Media Player http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/troubleshoot-problems-in-Windows-Media-Player Method 2: Update the latest codecs and look for the question. Codecs: Frequently asked questions http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/codecs-frequently-asked-questions Windows media player closes when the music is selected. Windows media player closes when the music is selected. I see I'm not the only one with this problem HELP! It is indeed an event corresponding to a WMP crash thanks :) The details of the accident, the accident is caused by a damaged DRM system. I suggest that reset you the DRM system, following the instructions in the http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929642 (the article mentions the Zune software, but can be applied in more general cases too). Windows media player does not automatically open a video file on a Web site but I save it and open the file with Windows media player to play the video or audio recording. I used to be able to play any video or audio file in any site! Hello Try resetting the default associations for WMP and IE. How to set default Associations for a program under Vista If necessary: How Unassociate a Type of Extension file in Vista - and a utility to help ==================================== Also follow these steps: Follow these steps to remove corruption and missing/damaged file system repair or replacement. Run DiskCleanup - start - all programs - Accessories - System Tools - Disk Cleanup Start - type in the search box - find command top - RIGHT CLICK – RUN AS ADMIN sfc/scannow How to analyze the log file entries that the Microsoft Windows Resource Checker (SFC.exe) program Then, run checkdisk - schedule it to run at next boot, then apply OK your way out, then restart. How to run the check disk at startup in Vista ------------------------------------------------------------ Then, if necessary: Have you recently installed another player? Reset your associations for WMP and IE. How to set default Associations for a program under Vista --------------------------------------------- Do this to reregister the Jscript.dll and Vbscript.dll files. Start - type in the search box - find command top - RIGHT CLICK – RUN AS ADMIN type or copy and paste-> regsvr32 jscript.dll type or copy and paste-> regsvr32 vbscript.dll Restart and if all goes well, it will run now. -------------------------------------------------------------- Have you recently added stores or ANY application from Stardock? Using 64-bit Vista? Can you think of recent things you did in WMP which could be the cause? You added another When I try to use Windows Media Player 11, the program does not start, or some UI elements Maybe something here
Check here the news of WMP11 I hope this helps. I hope this helps. Rob - bicycle - Mark Twain said it is good. My Windows media player cannot play the videos / movies. My Windows media player cannot play the videos / movies. When I try to play a video/movie it gives me just the fixed image of the starting part but the sound continues to play. How can I fix it? Hello Method 1: method 2: Follow the given link: Method 3: (a) with the right button on the desktop and choose personalize. I do video editing. I transferred my camera video file and Windows Media Player played the video and audio very well at the beginning. I edited the file with editing software and exported the file again. Now, the sound will not play using WMP but it will play if I use video editing software. As a result, I've uploaded new files from the camera and now WMP not give me sound on those either. If something seems to be affected by my WMP. Any help you can give would be much appreciated. Hi rgosmond, (a) don't you get any specific error message when you play the video? (b) what is the file format of the resulting video file after editing by using the video editing software? (c) you are able to play the files on the computer? You hear the sound? I suggest you try the following steps: O make sure that windows MediaPlayer is not muted, press F7 on the keyboard to turn the sound back on. Ø check if the volume is at a minimum in Media Player, press F9 on the keyboard to increase the volume. Verify that the default audio device is correctly set 1. click on start, type Sound in the box to start the search. 2. click on sound in the results of search at the top of the start menu. 3. click on the tab reading notice the check mark next to the default device. For most users, the default device is speakers. Make sure that the audio settings are configured as expected. Follow these steps: 4. on the playback tab, select the playback device, click Properties, click the Advanced tab and make sure that the default Format is set to the value you expect. When you are finished, close this window to return to the previous window. 5. on the playback tab, select the playback device, click on configure and make sure that the configurations are set correctly. 6. If the sound settings are well positioned, you are using speakers as the audio device and your speakers are already set as the default device, go to method 5 now. 7. Select the audio device you want as the default audio device and then click on set as default. 8. click OK to save your settings and close the sound dialog box. Now, check if the problem is resolved. Thank you, and in what concerns: Ajay K Microsoft Answers Support Engineer Visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think. Windows Media Player 11 plays the video in the negative form. Windows Media Player 11: Video The video played from WMV files fate resembling a negative form of rhe photo. How to return normal image? Hi Jim,. · Since when are you facing this problem? · You did changes to the player before the show? Step 1: Try reducing video hardware acceleration in Windows Media Player. a. in Windows Media Player, on the Tools menu, click Options. b. on the performance , under video Accelerationtab, move the slider more close votes to zero, and then click OK. If this allows you to play videos very well, this indicates that there is a problem with your graphics card or driver. Step 2: You can get an updated driver from the manufacturer of the display adapter. Windows media player will play the video... Movie won't play in windows media player. Opening an AVI Viewer piece rises. The closure of the Viewer to piece that audio is heard on WMP. What could be the cause of this? Hi masterkidder, 1. it happens with all movies you try to play? 2. did you of recent changes on the computer? 3. What is the format of the movie file? 4. are you able to play the movie in any other player? 5. you receive an error message? AVI segment viewer is installed as well as the codec that you install on the computer. Check if uninstall you any third-party codec installed on the computer and check if it works. Uninstall or change a program http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/uninstall-or-change-a-program I hope this helps! Halima S - Microsoft technical support. Visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think. Using Windows Media Player to download the video in an Apple ITouch/IPod Help! Is it possible, using the 'Sync' feature to download video stored in Windows Media Player in an apple ITouch/IPod? I tried to create a playlist, and then using the synchronization function, but it doesn't seem to work. Help, please! Hi Yosimitesam36, Windows Media Player is not compatible with the iPod. You may need to purchase a plug-in to sync the IPod to your windows media player. Or you need to get help from Apple try to download iTunes from the IPod website: Hope this information is useful. Jeremy K If this post can help solve your problem, please click the 'Mark as answer' or 'Useful' at the top of this message. Marking a post as answer, or relatively useful, you help others find the answer more quickly. BlackBerry Smartphones Windows Media Player cannot play the videos recorded on Storm 9530 I have a Windows Vista laptop. My Storm 9530 OS is v5.0.0.419, when I try to watch videos recorded on my Storm 9530, on my Vista computer, I get a message Windows Media cannot play this video (3GP). Is there a way to see these videos on Windows Media Player? Hello! You need the codec appropriate to do so. I think that QuickTime can be read natively. Or you can search free converters to translate them into a format that WMP will play. Good luck! How can I block Windows media player-all function or video? OK, I have one of four newspapers-ons in my pc that is locked down pretty tight where the only thing I want to work is word processor (WordPerfect and starting Word version). My teenage son has impulse control issues, which gives more access means that it is wandering and not on the task. Theoretically, he likes to play music while working on school assignments (writing) on the computer. The problem is that apparently in addition to the execution of music files already resident on our pc and external drive, he inserted DVD in the dvd player and movies run (secretly) that are played to use the features of Windows media player. My preference would be to hell video functionality or the ability to use the DVD drive under this opening of session and leave the ability of audio file. Is there a way to do this? Alternatively, if I install another drive, can I block the video features of a different player and block the drive windows completely? Hi Akphoneguy, We understand that you want to restrict your teenager using Windows Media Player to play the video file but without impact on music files. However, the feature that you are curious about is currently not available in Family Safety. It can only restrict the entire working application and not a specific feature within the application. If you think that restrict certain features of any application is a convenient feature to have safe family, we suggest that submit you it as a feature request to Microsoft who appreciates your comments and considers that the suggestion of a future versions. Here is the link where you can fill out our feedback form. In regards to your idea to install a new drive and Windows Media Player blocking completely, as now, we have no information for the player who can perform the function you are looking for. We can only suggest what to look for any media player that may able to do using your search engine preferred. If you have any other questions, do not hesitate to reply to this message and we will do our best to help you. Thank you. * Original title: wrong Region Windows Media Player will not play CD - advise "Windows Media Player cannot play the DVD because the disc prohibits playback in your region of the world. You must obtain a disc that is intended for your geographic region. " Note I am eager to play a CD and it is recognizing a DVD? can anyone help Hello 1. what version of Windows is installed on the computer? 2. what version of Windows Media Player is installed on the computer? 3. what region is your currently defined DVD player on? 4. are you able to play other DVDs? Please follow the provided steps and update us with the results. Note: All the steps apply to Windows 7 Method 1: Try to change the region of the DVD player and check the result. To do this, try the following steps: a. Click Start, click computer. Method 2: Uninstall the DVD player and check. a. Click Start, type devmgmt.msc and press to enter. b. develop DVD players, right click on the sub element and click on uninstall. c. restart the computer and check the result. Once you restart the computer, the DVD driver will be loaded automatically. d. try to play the DVD and check the result. You can run the troubleshooting Windows Media Player DVD Troubleshooter and check that it helps. Open the Windows Media Player DVD Troubleshoot utility http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/open-the-Windows-Media-Player-DVD-Troubleshooter Let us know if it helps! How to add "Add to Windows Media Player list" to the context Menu of the specific file types I use Windows XP Professional 64-bit and I can't understand how to do this, even after hours of reading on google. When I right click. MP3 files or. AVI files, they give the option to context menu "Add to Windows Media Player list" but other files that I wish it would show for such as. MKV or. AAC, I can't show him for. I have searched everywhere in the windows registry and cannot for the life of understand me this. It works perfectly well and appears on our windows vista computer and the old 32-bit windows xp computer, but it does not appear on my new current. How I'd go about adding this choice "Add to Windows Media Player list" when I right click on. MKV and. AAC files? If possible, I would like to do this without having to install any software. I don't have a problem with the registry change and prefer it if possible. Hello You can follow the steps in the link: You can also post your request in the link: http://social.msdn.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/windowsgeneraldevelopmentissues/threads "Windows Media Player cannot play the DVD because the disc prohibits playback in your region of the world. You must obtain a disc that is intended for your geographic region. "I'm getting it on all the DVD and video files now. Have downloaded new codacs did not help. Have you tried the fix auto, has not helped. Tried to download Media Player 11 but keep getting redirected to the checkout page. I have a valid version of windows Vista 32-bit. original title: windows media player The following article might be worth a visit. Windows Vista - change DVD region Please be aware that when you used all permits Windows media player dvd region After you apply an update to the media player, I now get the error message "Windows Media Player cannot play the DVD because the disc prohibits playback in your region of the world. You must obtain a disc that is intended for your geographic region. » natuarally ive checked the area defined for the reader and even tried to re applying the region I then noticed its doing the same thing with dvd stored on my media server, and while he would not even play MPEG or avi stored on my hard drive I went to my comments to logon (standard user) media player works fine so I'm back and tried to reinstall the mediaplayer to my admin login, it wouldn't let me not delete it, ran Media Player microsoft penalty shooter, he said everything ok so I changed the guest account on an admin account to try to remove it from there, but as soon as I did this mediaplayer stopped working in the feedback connection that leads me to believe its a sort of level access virus, that has permeated the media player or a defect in this connection required to complete admin update media player Hello · Have you tried the steps in method 1 of troubleshooting? · Do you have any code or an error message when you try to uninstall Windows Media player? 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1. you receive an error message?
2. What is the file format of videos you're trying to play?
3. it happens with a particular video or it occurs with all the other videos?
Please follow the given link:
You receive an error message of codec or audio plays video but does not play when you play media files in Windows Media Player 11 (also applies to WMP 12)
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/926373
Update video drivers and check.
Updated a hardware driver that is not working properly
http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/update-a-driver-for-hardware-that-isn ' t-work correctly
Reduce hardware acceleration and check
(b) click on display settings.
(c) in the display settings window, click on advanced settings.
(d) display the Troubleshooting tab.
(e) click on change settings.
(f) to reduce hardware acceleration.
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b. right click on the DVD drive, and then click Properties.
c. click on the Hardware tab, click the properties button and modify the DVD of the region.
http://grok.LSU.edu/article.aspx?articleid=2334
changes (5 max) region... it will stay on the last region.
(b) click Start, type cmd in the Search text box, right-clickcmd.exe, click run as administrator, and then click on continue.
(c) at the command prompt, type regsvr32 wmp.dll press ENTER.Maybe you are looking for