Windows Media Player in Windows 7 crashes on HD video files

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  1. SIEGMUND

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    Just upgraded to Windows 7 Ultimate and Windows Media Player crashes whenever I try to play matroska and some other high definition avi files. Need to add that it used to play these files flawlessly when I was on Vista. I have the latest version of K-Lite codecs Pack installed on my system.
    Any suggestions?
     
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    I have Win7, K-Lite and none of my videos ever crash. (I use onboard video too). What happens when you use Windows Media Player Classic (ie as supplied by K-Lite) ?. I don't use that bloated Windows Media Player only use Classic and VLC player.
     
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    Media Player Classic and VLC Media Player play all the videos fine. However I prefer WMP because it supports DFX plugin which brings an unbelievable enhanced sound.
    Anyway the issue begun right after I upgraded to Win 7 and I recently found out that it crashes with some mpg as well.
    Anymore ideas?
     
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    No idea, as i haven't used WMP in donkeys years. Have you tried WMP without that plugin ?
     
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    Of course I tried. The problem is not the plugin
     
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    Well from your post it would seem that WMP is the culprit. As i don't use WMP myself all i can suggest is to do some googling and await any of the regulars that might use WMP...
     
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    Since you say that you have upgraded to Win 7 as well, have you noticed any issue in your WMP or am I the only one?
     
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    I have two Win7 machines but as i say, i don't use WMP so can't comment on it. I have no problems with any media files though, whether it's AVI, MKV, olde worlde AVI or 480p, 720p and i even have one or two 1080p files.
     
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