Tell Dell this is a known isue.
The VoiceAge Sipro ACELP.net codec is not Media Foundation compatible at
this time. They are aware of the issue. You would need to contact VoiceAge
for further updates.
-Zach
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See
http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
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"John Gitz" <JohnGitz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:48044DD6-326B-4E3D-A810-97620B3E4BED@microsoft.com...
> This has been answered. After over an hour of work by Dell, it was
> determined
> that Windows Media Player 11 and Vista can not run Microsoft's WMV files
> because of codex problems. To view WMV files from Microsoft, you must use
> XP
> and an earlier version of WMP (9 works well).
>
> "John Gitz" wrote:
>
>> This question was asked way back in 2006 and never answered.
>>
>> I have several WMV files I downloaded from Microsoft for Visual Studio
>> training. When loaded in Windows Media Player 11, I get a notice to
>> install a
>> new codec. Fine, I downloaded it, installed it successfully, but these
>> WMV
>> files still do not run. WMP keeps asking for the same stupid codec
>> regardless
>> of how many times I've installed it.
>>
>> The codec is "Sipro Lab Telecom ACELP.net". I get a "media changing"
>> message
>> in the lower left corner of WMP before it claims the codec needs to be
>> installed.
>>
>> Any ideas on how to make WMP work or an alternate application that may
>> work
>> better?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>