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February 14, 2007
Windows Media 11 and WMV files
I installed WMP11 and suddenly my wmv files stopped playing audio. The video worked, and all other audio files worked with no problems.
I have been trolling for a solution, but did not have much success. I tried reinstalling both drivers and wmp11 but had no success. I was about to give up when I found a post that suggested a tweak to the registry. I hate these types of fixes, but since I was desperate, I decided to try it, and it worked. So if your wmv files suddenly stop playing audio, here is the tweak.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\NodeCLSIDs\{95037DA1-6ED9-4B27-8CFF-9AD3DFB0B2F2}]
"Priority"=dword:fffffffb
"AutoInsert"=dword:00000000
"Name"="WMPlayer SRSWow DMO"
I found that mine was set to "AutoInsert"=dword:00000001"
Changing that to 0 fixed the problem.
Good luck - and please be very careful whenever you are in the registry.
Posted by pmadsen at February 14, 2007 01:55 PM
