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title: "Windows Media Player problem? here's a very good FAQ page"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/4/5/windows-media-player-problem-heres-a-very-good-faq-page.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/4/5/windows-media-player-problem-heres-a-very-good-faq-page.html"
published: "2004-04-05T23:50:00"
updated: "2004-04-05T23:50:00"
tags: ["Off Topic"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Bleh . I'm trying to watch an all important streaming video of some really important things (no, not that), and windows media player 9 only plays audio and no video. Coolness. Always wanted to know what its like to be…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
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# Windows Media Player problem? here's a very good FAQ page

By Roy Osherove April 5, 2004 In [Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic)

**Historical article** · Originally published April 5, 2004; technical details may be outdated.

**Bleh**. I'm trying to watch an all important streaming video of some really important things (no, not that), and windows media player 9 only plays audio and no video. Coolness. Always wanted to know what its like to be blind, but after 5 seconds it gets **really** old. So now what? Google Google.

While I still have not found the answer I was looking for(maybe you know?), I came across this wonderful media player FAQ page:

[Windows Media Player: WMP mini FAQ](http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html)

**\[Update:**

_OK. I somehow fixed it. The solution was:_

_\- open Tools-Options-Performance-Advanced_

_\- uncheck “use video mixing renderer”_

_That's it. Go figure. It used to work, but now it does not. Never actually “checked” it myself._

_Some windows problems are best left unanswered I guess...\]_

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