what wrong with the media player on my computer?

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Edited Date/Time 7/6/2012 6:54pm
I try to watch alot of videos on here, like the 2013 kx450 first ride, and the new nick wey video and i am getting static and green lines. Bad enough where you cant even watch it. Do i need to download something that i am missing?
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ocscottie 7/6/2012 9:40am
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hmmm, is it only Vital vids? does everything on youtube, Vimeo etc play fine?
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racerx217 7/6/2012 9:41am
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youtube is fine, some of the Vimeo videos do it not all of them though
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FastEddy 7/6/2012 9:43am
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racerx217 wrote:
youtube is fine, some of the Vimeo videos do it not all of them though
youtube is fine, some of the Vimeo videos do it not all of them though
What version of flash player are you using?
http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/

I believe 11,3,300,262 is the latest release for firefox.

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racerx217 7/6/2012 9:46am
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cant be that, i have the latest version.... maybe its my browser.... ill try firefox
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FastEddy 7/6/2012 9:51am
7/6/2012 9:51am Edited Date/Time 7/6/2012 9:55am
racerx217 wrote:
cant be that, i have the latest version.... maybe its my browser.... ill try firefox
Also I have had instances where the player became corrupt ,and I just reinstalled it and it worked fine.

Here is one,someone else having a somewhat similar problem.... http://forums.adobe.com/message/4349761
Disabling of the hardware acceleration fixed the issue for this guy.
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racerx217 7/6/2012 9:59am
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firefox didnt work, google chrome doesnt work, internet explorer brought it up in media player and it works fine
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racerx217 wrote:
I try to watch alot of videos on here, like the 2013 kx450 first ride, and the new nick wey video and i am getting static...
I try to watch alot of videos on here, like the 2013 kx450 first ride, and the new nick wey video and i am getting static and green lines. Bad enough where you cant even watch it. Do i need to download something that i am missing?
Just grab some foil & a metal coat hanger and hook it into the back of your computer, you'll be square.
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FastEddy 7/6/2012 10:05am
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firefox didnt work, google chrome doesnt work, internet explorer brought it up in media player and it works fine
That's cool.
I wonder if the vids you described were like DivX vids....to where you also needed the Divx webplayer or windows media player plugin for firefox or chrome....
Those are the only 2 plugins I have on any of my comps that are video related other then shockwave flash.
And then silverlight for watching the first motos streaming online.
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ocscottie 7/6/2012 10:10am
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internet explorer brought it up in media player

why would they be opening up/playing in "media player"?

Are you referring to "Windows Media Player"?
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FastEddy 7/6/2012 10:21am
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ocscottie wrote:
internet explorer brought it up in media player

why would they be opening up/playing in "media player"?

Are you referring to "Windows Media Player"?
That is weird ,since the script is calling to "x-shockwave-flash".

It's possible he has some default settings ,set to ,open up media in a stand alone player or some shit.
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racerx217 7/6/2012 10:37am
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ocscottie wrote:
internet explorer brought it up in media player

why would they be opening up/playing in "media player"?

Are you referring to "Windows Media Player"?
yes , it defaults to windows media player
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ocscottie 7/6/2012 10:44am
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Well there is your problem, they should be playing right in the browser. Does it do the same thing in FF and Chrome? (open in media player)
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Premix4Life 7/6/2012 11:24am
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download and install VLC Media Player. It's bundled with a popular codec pack and is normally able to handle whatever media I throw at it.
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Restart computer, reinstall windows, shut down computer, throw computer out window, restart.
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I think honestly you need to update your Adobe Flash. Just go to there website. That should fix it. You don't need to download any codecs, etc.

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racerx217 7/6/2012 5:12pm
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ocscottie wrote:
Well there is your problem, they should be playing right in the browser. Does it do the same thing in FF and Chrome? (open in media...
Well there is your problem, they should be playing right in the browser. Does it do the same thing in FF and Chrome? (open in media player)
it only opens in windows media player in explorer, all the other browsers try to play it but its like scrambled
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FastEddy 7/6/2012 5:25pm
7/6/2012 5:25pm Edited Date/Time 7/6/2012 5:37pm
ocscottie wrote:
Well there is your problem, they should be playing right in the browser. Does it do the same thing in FF and Chrome? (open in media...
Well there is your problem, they should be playing right in the browser. Does it do the same thing in FF and Chrome? (open in media player)
racerx217 wrote:
it only opens in windows media player in explorer, all the other browsers try to play it but its like scrambled
http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/
Those videos call to shockwave player to play their content.
(That kawi test video)
It's a bit different then the regular adobe flash player.
If you haven't installed it ,then instal the shockwave player,I would see if that helps,cant hurt to try.
Make sure you reboot the comp after the installation.
Also as stated above,right clicking on the video and in-enabling the hardware acceleration box,might help also.
Seems there is a bug with that.
Other then that ....
If it isnt the player and isn't the browser/plugin/codec.
Then the only other thing it could be is a driver issue with your graphix/video card.
There really isn't anymore to web based streaming video then that.
Not sure what else you could trouble shoot.

Q: The difference between the Adobe Shockwave and Flash Players?

A: Shockwave Player displays content created with Adobe Director 11.5 software such as high-performance multiuser games, interactive 3D product simulations, online entertainment, and training applications. By using extensions, developers can extend the capabilities of Shockwave Player to play back custom-built applications.

Flash Player displays content created with Flash Professional CS5. This content includes web applications, website user interfaces, interactive online advertising, and rich Internet applications (RIAs) created using Flex.
TripleFive 7/6/2012 6:07pm
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I think the problem is that you posted this in the wrong forum.
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dboivin 7/6/2012 6:23pm
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download anti-virus, install, scan computer...

your shit has been jacked at one point or another by virus's. probably been cleaned/removed and left your shit a mess. just a wild guess but i've worked on a lot of computers in my lifetime and when you start getting shit like this...9 outa 10 times some kind of virus/trojan is present or was and during removal of it your windows got jacked.
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kwhite199 7/6/2012 6:54pm
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Try right-clicking on the video, select settings and disable hardware acceleration for Flash. Sometimes that will clear things up. I've run into that problem with certain videos at work.

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