New WMP not playing audio of its own demo .wmv file

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Forest Jackson - 22 Feb 2005 04:21 GMT

Hi, I'm on an imac G5, Mac OS 10.3.7, and just downloaded WMP 9 for Mac. For
any .wmv files, it plays video, but no audio, even for the demo .wmv file
that comes with the download.

I get a message at the beginning that says "This file may not play correctly
because it was compressed with a code that is not supported," which I find
rather interesting, because it ought to be able to play it's own demo file.

Can anyone shed some light on this issue? It's very much appreciated!

Much warmth, forest

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Corentin Cras-Méneur [MVP] - 23 Feb 2005 01:58 GMT

Hi,

> Hi, I'm on an imac G5, Mac OS 10.3.7, and just downloaded WMP 9 for Mac. For
> any .wmv files, it plays video, but no audio, even for the demo .wmv file
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> Much warmth, forest

I've seen similar prolems, but not with this warning. You should try
deleting the pref file and the .plist file that are in
/Users/you/Library/Preferences
then try repairing permissions on the drive using Disk Utility.
Hopefully it should be enough to at least play the demo file ;-))

Corentin

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Forest Jackson - 23 Feb 2005 02:55 GMT

Thanks Corentin,

that did the trick!!

"Corentin Cras-Méneur [MVP]" wrote:

> Hi,
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> Corentin

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Corentin Cras-Méneur - 23 Feb 2005 20:42 GMT

> Thanks Corentin,
>
> that did the trick!!

I'm glad it did :-))
Repairing permissions for instance very often corrects weird problems
with a bunch of apps. People should think about doig this at least once
oa month or before and after any major install...

Corentin

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New WMP not playing audio of its own demo .wmv file