i could not begin to tell you the faults i've has this this format and program since i've known of its existance. lately, every other time i play a video from the hdd or from a stream, it plays well for a little bit and suddenly slows frame rate to around 1/4 normal rate, while keeping consistant audio. also, when i try to take a screenshot of any video at all no matter its format, where the video is is a black square, and if you play the video under the open picture, it will play throught the paint program but only if any video is lined with the black box. anyone have any tips for me or any clue as to why microsoft cant do anything right?
I wonder if something else is causing this. Have you looked at CPU, memory, and disk utilization during these slowdowns? In the interim, try Media Player Classic or VLC. If the slowdowns keep happening it's something in your system.
other players like wmpc and vlc work fine usually. its just the new itterations. but any video does the messed up screenshot thing..
I don't know, and it may be dependant on what WMP you have. This screen capture thing was discovered as a potential method to circumvent copy protection on hi-def discs a few months back on a particular piece of software - maybe windvd or powerdvd, I forget. I'm sure Microsoft either predicted that or learned from it. If you ARE using WMP 11, I'd uninstall it completely and go back to WMP 10, maybe WMP 9, though I can't guarantee screen caps will work then either. However, those older versions, esp. 9, do allow you more control over your system.
