How do I find out why Windows Media Center won't play a movie?
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Mar 15, 2026444 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I have a very very old movie (The Thing from Another Planet) that I have saved in AVI format. It plays perfectly through Windows Media Player. When I select it through the Pictures and Videos in Windows Media Center and play it, I get a completely black screen and nothing happens. In order to get o…
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This is happening cause you have different directshow codecs for X32 and X64, media player will fire up with the x32 version when you click it from the desktop. However, Windows Media Center runs in X64 mode only, and can not use any x32 codecs. gra…
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