Windows Media Player hangs when i play movie files

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Which ones are you having trouble with and which play from the list you
supply, or is it just some avi's some wmv's some mpeg's play and some don't.
In which case have you checked the file codecs used to ensure they are the
same.

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"Frank Balgar" <FrankBalgar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Whenever i try opening some of my movie files(avi,mpg,wmv), Windows Media
> Player hangs and the movie it was playing freezes after about 1 second of
> playing.
> I noticed that this doesn't happen whenever i play most of my other movie
> files, but only certain ones.
> Why is this so? Can a kind soul please tell me how to rectify the problem?
>
> I'm using Windows Media Player 9. My OS is Windows XP Home Edition.
>