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Old 06-09-2008   #6 (permalink)
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Re: Windows Media Player error "cannot play file"

I have the same problem too
it just stopped working one day
another problem, all my games now have no sound!!




"CoDy" wrote:
Quote:

> all of my media is failing =[
> and none of my media is bad, cause it all seems to work in real player but i
> don't really like real player
>
> i don't think anything changed prior to things starting to not work, at
> least not to my knowledge
> and the tech support info said to check my device and make sure its working
> fine, which it is
>
> i was thinking of trying to re-install WMP maybe tis jsut a corupted file in
> WMP but i cna't it says that because i have a new version it won't re-install
> it
>
> "zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
>
Quote:

> >
> > Hm:
> > Error Number: 3222091444 (0xC00D36B4)
> > Symbolic Name: MF_E_INVALIDMEDIATYPE
> > Text description: The data specified for the media type is invalid,
> > inconsistent, or not supported by this object.
> >
> > What's the extent of this error? What *is* working, and what is failing?
> > Are local audio files broken? Do MP3, WAV, MPEG, or WMA files work?
> >
> > What changed previous to this happening... ?
> > What are the results of WMP's Help:About:Technical Support Information menu
> > tool?
> >
> > --
> > Speaking for myself only.
> > See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> > --
> >
> > "CoDy" <CoDy@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news1DB968B-D097-4C9F-B3FB-0EB2CBDCA5C5@xxxxxx
Quote:

> > > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...nalid=C00D36B4
> > >
> > > "zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >> What was the URL of the page that the Web Help took you to?
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Speaking for myself only.
> > >> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> > >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> > >> rights.
> > >> --
> > >>
> > >> "CoDy" <CoDy@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> > >> news:252E70E4-A575-4F64-A9AD-7E541F58284A@xxxxxx
> > >> > i've been using WMP 11 for vista for a while now and then one day i go
> > >> > to
> > >> > listen to a song and it says it cannot play file so i went to the web
> > >> > page
> > >> > it
> > >> > said to go to and it said i experienced a "C00D11B1" error and i
> > >> > followed
> > >> > the
> > >> > steps to try and fix the problem, i tried updating the file, and i
> > >> > tried
> > >> > running a dianogstics to see if anything was wrong with ym device but
> > >> > everything works fine, like i said it was working fine one day and now
> > >> > its
> > >> > suddenly not working
> > >> >
> > >> > any idea as to wahts wrong or how i can fix it?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> >
> >
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