WMP9 Variable Bit-Rate Media Problem

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You can download the WM9 Series encoder from microsoft,
then select, convert .Even if a file is WMP9 ready you can still
convert and adjust the variable bit rate for it to reprocess the file.

"Luke" wrote:

> Everytime I try to play a media file that is Variable Bit-
> Rate, WMP plays it messed up. It looks like it plays less
> than 256 colour and it lags quite alot. I am using
> Windows Movie Maker 2 to make a vid, but it encodes as
> VBR and I can't seem to find a way to change that, and
> WMP isn't playing any VBR media properly.
> I'm running XP Pro, WMP9, all updates, Raedon 9500 Pro
> AGP. Can anyone help me?
>