I am not been able to play themovie on window media player that i have downloaded from the net

Try Upgrading windows media player

Windows Media Video, or WMV files, is a type of video that can be played on your computer and portable media players. In the past, computer users have been known to have difficulties opening these files due to a flaw in Windows Media Player or the WMV file. These issues have since been resolved with the newer versions of Windows Media Player and other similar media players. WMV files should now open and play with ease.

Begin by downloading the latest version of Windows Media Player (see link in Below). http://www.filewin.net/Windows-Media-Player/download/?p=AU-DNM Windows Media Player is the default player for Windows Media Video files. If you have just purchased a new computer, the computer probably already has the latest version of the program. Right click on the WMV file you want to play. Select "Open With." Several different programs will appear in a small box. Choose "Windows Media Player." Windows Media Player will then open on your computer. Wait for the WMV file to load. When it does, a message may appear in Windows Media Player informing you that the WMV file is missing an extension. Click "Yes" and Windows Media Player will still attempt to load the file. The WMV file should then begin playing in Windows Media Player. Hope this helps.

the reason for this is that you dont have the apropriate video CODEC . you can download VLC player and make it your default media player, it opens allmost every thing :
http://sourceforge.net/projects/vlc/files/1.1.10/win32/vlc-1.1.10-win32.exe/download

and this is a codec pack for windows mediaplayer in case you dont want to use VLC:

http://shark007.net/index.html

I like GOM, a free player you can download from the net (try download.com). It will play every video format I have come across.

Here you can download flac decoder

http://flac.sourceforge.net/

Right click on the original movie file and select "Open With" and then select Windows Media Player.

Hi Jai,

Visit the link below to configure your media player to play flv files

http://www.mediacollege.com/adobe/flash/video/windows-media-player/


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vlc plays all sorts of videos
but wmp doesnt recognize most of the videos
what you have to do is convert the videos to .dat or .wmv or something using total video converter or something like that and then try

you can download total video converter from the net

To play RM file you need to download and install Real Player. Click RealPlayer.com to download.

You need to play these files on VLC or in Media Player Classic. You can play almost any media file through them.
If you don't have any then you can download VLC media player from the following links:
for windows os zip file 16mb: http://videolan.cdn.cacheboy.net/vlc/0.9.9/win32/vlc-0.9.9-win32.exe
windows 26mb:http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/videolan/vlc/0.9.9/win32/vlc-0.9.9-win32.zip

& for mac 19mb: http://mirror.leaseweb.com/pub/software/videolan/vlc/0.9.9a/macosx/vlc-0.9.9a-intel.dmg

And if you want media player classic here is a link to download it: http://mirror01.x264.nl/x264/mpc2kxp6490.zip (212mb)

If these players cant play your files then might not have given enough time to download your torrent or must have downloaded corrupt file.