[thelist] Windows Media Player freeze

Peter Bornhall bornhall at ansbjer.se
Wed Mar 23 03:55:49 CST 2005


Hi everyone...

I have this weird and annoying problem that I can't seem to find a
solution to.  Here's a bit of history.

The 'puter I use is a dual-CPU P-III @ 1.4GHz with 1GB of memory.  I'm
not sure if this has anything to do with it, but it's only on this
machine that I've encountered this.

Previously, in september 2002, I installed Windows 2000 Professional on
the machine, and initially everything worked fine.  I could view the
occasional video clip.  However, not having broadband connection at home
(which is where I did the initial install), I brought it to work and ran
Windows Update.  I can't remember if the problems started at this time
or not.

Now, having just installed Windows XP Pro (SP1), same procedure as
above, installed at home, updated at work.  Same problem once again.

The problem is as follows; When I run Windows Media Player 10 (same
problem with earlier versions) the video starts playing with sound and
all.  But, after a short time (seems random, but always ~<30 seconds)
the video freezes and the sound keeps playing - WAIT FOR IT - this is a
total system video freeze!  I can't move the mouse pointer, nothing.
And, after a short while after the freeze (sometimes immediately) the
sound starts in a short staccato loop (if you've heard a CD player get
stuck, that's about how it sounds).

This occurs in Media Player Classic (6.4.83) as well, so I don't think
it's related to Windows Media Player per se, but rather something in the
video subsystem (since all video freezes).  I initially used DirectX 7
(which is shipped with XPSP1), but upgrading to DirectX 9 didn't fix
anything.

The graphics card is a GeForce4 MX420, and I've downloaded and installed
the latest drivers with no success.

Looking back at what's been installed, prior to Windows Update, here's a
list of what might be relevant: AviCodec 1.2, FFDShow 20050216, GSpot
2.52, Media Player Classic 6.4.83, RealAlt 1.11, DVDDecrypter 3.5.3.0,
and QuickTime 6.0.

However, I believe it all began after running Windows Update...  Don't
know exactly what caused it though, which is why I'm here.

GSpot isn't reporting any problems with the codecs, and since they all
worked fine before Windows Update, I suspect something deeper within
Windows.

Please note: This happens with video files without sound as well, so I
don't think the audio subsystem has anything to do with it.

If anyone has any suggestions as to how to fix this, please help.  I've
scoured the web for solutions to this particular problem, but I have yet
to narrow it down to this specific problem.  Haven't found a single soul
yet that seems to have the same problem...  The weird thing is that it
behaves exactly as it did with Windows 2000 Pro, but this is the only
thing that crashes EVERYTIME!  Still, I can listen to streaming radio,
MP3s and such with Windows Media Player...  It's only video that gets
messed up and hangs the entire machine (hard reset is the only working
solution)...

Any light shed on this is highly appreciated.  This annoys the hell out
of me even if I don't view much video on it.  I still want to be ABLE to
without fear of a system-wide crash.  Note, I haven't tried playing DVD
movies, so I don't know if that works or not...

Thanks for any and all help.  If you have any follow-up question to
this, I'll try to answer to the best of my ability.

Again, thanks.

- Peter



Here's a CODEC list from GSpot:

DSH		SampleGrabber	{C1F400A0-3F08-11D3-9F0B-006008039E37}	0x00200000
qedit.dll
DSH		Infinite Pin Tee Filter	{F8388A40-D5BB-11D0-BE5A-0080C706568E}
0x00200000	qcap.dll
REND		Null Renderer	{C1F400A4-3F08-11D3-9F0B-006008039E37}	0x00200000
qedit.dll
DMO	 MP42    	Mpeg4 Decoder DMO
{F371728A-6052-4D47-827C-D039335DFE0A}	0x00800001	qasf.dll --> mpg4dmod.dll
DSH	 MPG4    	Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Decompressor
{82CCD3E0-F71A-11D0-9FE5-00609778EA66}	0x00800000	mpg4ds32.ax
DMO	 WMVA    	WMVideo Advanced Decoder DMO
{03BE3AC4-84B7-4E0E-A78D-D3524E60395A}	0x00800001	qasf.dll --> wmvadvd.dll
DSH	 XVID    	ffdshow MPEG-4 Video Decoder
{04FE9017-F873-410E-871E-AB91661A4EF7}	0xff800001	ffdshow.ax
DSH	 XVID    	ffdshow raw video filter
{0B390488-D80F-4A68-8408-48DC199F0E97}	0x00200000	ffdshow.ax
DSH	 XVID    	ffdshow VFW decoder helper
{996B7CE8-FE76-4DA3-98C6-4E0046137019}	0x00200000	ffdshow.ax
ACM	ACELPnet	Audio codec for MS ACM	msacm.sl_anet	0x00200000	quartz.dll
--> sl_anet.acm
DSH	ACELPnet	ACELP.net Sipro Lab Audio Decoder
{4009F700-AEBA-11D1-8344-00C04FB92EB7}	0x00800001	acelpdec.ax
DSH	Audio	ACM Wrapper	{6A08CF80-0E18-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767}	0x00600000
quartz.dll
DSH	Audio	RealAudio Decoder	{941A4793-A705-4312-8DFC-C11CA05F397E}
0x00400000	RealMediaSplitter.ax
DSH	Audio	IMA ADPCM	{6A08CF80-0E18-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767}	0x00200000
quartz.dll
DSH	Audio	PCM	{6A08CF80-0E18-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767}	0x00200000	quartz.dll
DSH	Audio	Microsoft ADPCM	{6A08CF80-0E18-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767}
0x00200000	quartz.dll
DSH	Audio	ACELP.net	{6A08CF80-0E18-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767}	0x00200000
quartz.dll
DSH	Audio	DSP Group TrueSpeech(TM)
{6A08CF80-0E18-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767}	0x00200000	quartz.dll
DSH	Audio	Windows Media Audio V1
{6A08CF80-0E18-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767}	0x00200000	quartz.dll
DSH	Audio	Windows Media Audio V2
{6A08CF80-0E18-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767}	0x00200000	quartz.dll
DSH	Audio	GSM 6.10	{6A08CF80-0E18-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767}	0x00200000
quartz.dll
DSH	Audio	Microsoft G.723.1	{6A08CF80-0E18-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767}
0x00200000	quartz.dll
DSH	Audio	CCITT A-Law	{6A08CF80-0E18-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767}	0x00200000
quartz.dll
DSH	Audio	CCITT u-Law	{6A08CF80-0E18-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767}	0x00200000
quartz.dll
DSH	Audio	MPEG Layer-3	{6A08CF80-0E18-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767}
0x00200000	quartz.dll
DSH	Audio	ThumbsPlus Sound Renderer
{3A1E5E17-BE0D-487E-B2E6-A72A384B95E2}	0x00200000	TPSndRdr.ax
DSH	Audio	RealPlayer Audio Filter
{CEF4D40F-ACA5-40BA-8F3B-161A594A1A39}	0x00200000	rpds3260.dll
REND	Audio	Creative Sound Blaster PCI
{E30629D1-27E5-11CE-875D-00608CB78066}	0x00200000	quartz.dll
REND	Audio	Default WaveOut Device
{E30629D1-27E5-11CE-875D-00608CB78066}	0x00200000	quartz.dll
DSH	AUXLine21Data	Line 21 Decoder 2
{E4206432-01A1-4BEE-B3E1-3702C8EDC574}	0x00600002	quartz.dll
DSH	AUXLine21Data	Line 21 Decoder
{6E8D4A20-310C-11D0-B79A-00AA003767A7}	0x00600000	qdvd.dll
DSH	Avi	AVI Splitter	{1B544C20-FD0B-11CE-8C63-00AA0044B51E}	0x00600000
quartz.dll
VFW	CVID	Cinepak Codec by Radius	vidc.cvid	0x00200000	quartz.dll -->
iccvid.dll
DSH	DOLBY_AC3	AC3 Parser Filter
{280A3020-86CF-11D1-ABE6-00A0C905F375}	0x00600000	mpg2splt.ax
DSH	DVSD	DV Video Decoder	{B1B77C00-C3E4-11CF-AF79-00AA00B67A42}
0x00800000	qdv.dll
DSH	DVSD	DV Splitter	{4EB31670-9FC6-11CF-AF6E-00AA00B67A42}	0x00600000
qdv.dll
DSH	File	File stream renderer	{D51BD5A5-7548-11CF-A520-0080C77EF58A}
0x00400000	quartz.dll
ACM	FmtTag: 0x0002    	Microsoft ADPCM CODEC-program för MSACM
msacm.msadpcm	0x00200000	quartz.dll --> msadp32.acm
ACM	FmtTag: 0x0006    	Microsoft CCITT G.711 (A-Law och u-Law) CODEC
för MSACM	msacm.msg711	0x00200000	quartz.dll --> msg711.acm
ACM	FmtTag: 0x0007    	Microsoft CCITT G.711 (A-Law och u-Law) CODEC
för MSACM	msacm.msg711	0x00200000	quartz.dll --> msg711.acm
ACM	FmtTag: 0x0011    	IMA ADPCM-CODEC för MSACM	msacm.imaadpcm
0x00200000	quartz.dll --> imaadp32.acm
ACM	FmtTag: 0x0022    	DSP Group TrueSpeech(TM) ljud-CODEC för MSACM
V3.50	msacm.trspch	0x00200000	quartz.dll --> tssoft32.acm
ACM	FmtTag: 0x0031    	Microsoft GSM 6.10 ljud-CODEC för MSACM
msacm.msgsm610	0x00200000	quartz.dll --> msgsm32.acm
ACM	FmtTag: 0x0042    	Microsoft G.723.1 CODEC för MSACM	msacm.msg723
0x00200000	quartz.dll --> msg723.acm
ACM	FmtTag: 0x0055    	MPEG Layer-3 Audio Codec for MSACM	msacm.l3acm
0x00200000	quartz.dll --> l3codeca.acm
DSH	FmtTag: 0x0055    	ffdshow Audio Decoder
{0F40E1E5-4F79-4988-B1A9-CC98794E6B55}	0x3fffffff	ffdshow.ax
DSH	FmtTag: 0x0055    	MPEG Layer-3 Decoder
{38BE3000-DBF4-11D0-860E-00A024CFEF6D}	0x00810000	l3codecx.ax
ACM	FmtTag: 0x0160    	Windows Media Audio	msacm.msaudio1	0x00200000
quartz.dll --> msaud32.acm
DMO	FmtTag: 0x0160    	WMAudio Decoder DMO
{2EEB4ADF-4578-4D10-BCA7-BB955F56320A}	0x00800800	qasf.dll --> wmadmod.dll
VFW	I420	Intel 4:2:0 Video V2.50	vidc.i420	0x00200000	quartz.dll -->
msh263.drv
VFW	IV32	Intel Indeo(R) Video R3.2	vidc.iv32	0x00200000	quartz.dll -->
ir32_32.dll
VFW	IYUV	Intel IYUV codec	vidc.iyuv	0x00200000	quartz.dll --> iyuv_32.dll
DSH	LMRT	ASF embedded stuff Handler
{B9D1F32E-C401-11D0-A520-000000000000}	0x00600000	wmpasf.dll
VFW	M261	Microsoft H.261 Video Codec	vidc.m261	0x00200000	quartz.dll -->
msh261.drv
VFW	M263	Microsoft H.263 Video Codec	vidc.m263	0x00200000	quartz.dll -->
msh263.drv
DSH	Midi	MIDI Parser	{D51BD5A2-7548-11CF-A520-0080C77EF58A}	0x00400000
quartz.dll
REND	Midi	Default MidiOut Device
{07B65360-C445-11CE-AFDE-00AA006C14F4}	0x00800000	quartz.dll
REND	Midi	Creative Sound Blaster MPU-401
{07B65360-C445-11CE-AFDE-00AA006C14F4}	0x00200000	quartz.dll
REND	Midi	Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth
{07B65360-C445-11CE-AFDE-00AA006C14F4}	0x00200000	quartz.dll
DSH	MJPG	AVI Draw	{A888DF60-1E90-11CF-AC98-00AA004C0FA9}	0x00600064
quartz.dll
DSH	MJPG	MJPEG Decompressor	{301056D0-6DFF-11D2-9EEB-006008039E37}
0x00600000	quartz.dll
DSH	MPEG1Packet	MPEG Video Decoder
{FEB50740-7BEF-11CE-9BD9-0000E202599C}	0x40000001	quartz.dll
DSH	MPEG1Packet	MPEG Audio Decoder
{4A2286E0-7BEF-11CE-9BD9-0000E202599C}	0x03680001	quartz.dll
DSH	MPEG1System	MPEG-I Stream Splitter
{336475D0-942A-11CE-A870-00AA002FEAB5}	0x00600000	quartz.dll
VFW	MRLE	Microsoft RLE	vidc.mrle	0x00200000	quartz.dll --> msrle32.dll
DSH	MSS1	Microsoft Screen Video Decompressor
{3301A7C4-0A8D-11D4-914D-00C04F610D24}	0x00800000	msscds32.ax
DMO	MSS1	WMV Screen decoder DMO
{7BAFB3B1-D8F4-4279-9253-27DA423108DE}	0x00800001	qasf.dll --> wmsdmod.dll
VFW	MSVC	Microsoft Video 1	vidc.msvc	0x00200000	quartz.dll --> msvidc32.dll
DSH	PCM	G.711 Codec	{AF7D8180-A8F9-11CF-9A46-00AA00B7DAD1}	0x00200000
g711codc.ax
REND	PCM	Default DirectSound Device
{79376820-07D0-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767}	0x00800000	quartz.dll
REND	PCM	DirectSound: Creative Sound Blaster PCI
{79376820-07D0-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767}	0x00200000	quartz.dll
DSH	QTMovie	QuickTime Movie Parser
{D51BD5A0-7548-11CF-A520-0080C77EF58A}	0x00600000	quartz.dll
DSH	QTRpza	QT Decompressor	{FDFE9681-74A3-11D0-AFA7-00AA00B67A42}
0x00600000	quartz.dll
DSH	RGB24	ShotBoundaryDet	{FE48704D-DC92-4F10-91DE-C676E25624CF}
0x00200000	wmmfilt.dll
DSH	RGB8	Color Space Converter	{1643E180-90F5-11CE-97D5-00AA0055595A}
0x00400001	quartz.dll
DSH	RGB8	VGA 16 Color Ditherer	{1DA08500-9EDC-11CF-BC10-00AA00AC74F6}
0x00400000	quartz.dll
REND	ScriptCommand	Internal Script Command Renderer
{48025243-2D39-11CE-875D-00608CB78066}	0x00800001	quartz.dll
DSH	Stream	ASX file Parser	{640999A0-A946-11D0-A520-000000000000}
0x00600000	wmpasf.dll
DSH	Stream	NSC file Parser	{640999A2-A946-11D0-A520-000000000000}
0x00600000	wmpasf.dll
DSH	Stream	SAMI (CC) Parser	{33FACFE0-A9BE-11D0-A520-00A0D10129C0}
0x00400000	quartz.dll
DSH	Stream	Multi-file Parser	{D51BD5A3-7548-11CF-A520-0080C77EF58A}
0x00400000	quartz.dll
REND	Stream	ASX v.2 file Parser
{640999A1-A946-11D0-A520-000000000000}	0x00600000	wmpasf.dll
REND	Stream	.RAM file Parser	{A98C8400-4181-11D1-A520-00A0D10129C0}
0x00600000	wmpasf.dll
DSH	TELETEXT	WST Decoder	{70BC06E0-5666-11D3-A184-00105AEF9F33}
0x00600000	wstdecod.dll
DSH	Text	Lyric Parser	{D51BD5A4-7548-11CF-A520-0080C77EF58A}	0x00400000
quartz.dll
  ¤ 	Video	AVI Decompressor	{CF49D4E0-1115-11CE-B03A-0020AF0BA770}
0x00600000	quartz.dll
DSH	Video	RealVideo Decoder	{238D0F23-5DC9-45A6-9BE2-666160C324DD}
0x00400000	RealMediaSplitter.ax
DSH	Video	Overlay Mixer2	{A0025E90-E45B-11D1-ABE9-00A0C905F375}
0x00400000	qdvd.dll
DSH	Video	WIA Stream Snapshot Filter
{BC7ACB90-622B-11D2-829D-00C04F8EC183}	0x00200000	wiasf.ax
DSH	Video	Smart Tee	{CC58E280-8AA1-11D1-B3F1-00AA003761C5}	0x00200000
qcap.dll
REND	Video	Video Renderer	{6BC1CFFA-8FC1-4261-AC22-CFB4CC38DB50}
0x00800001	quartz.dll
REND	Video	Video Renderer	{70E102B0-5556-11CE-97C0-00AA0055595A}
0x00400000	quartz.dll
REND	Video	Full Screen Renderer
{07167665-5011-11CF-BF33-00AA0055595A}	0x00200000	quartz.dll
REND	Video	Video Mixing Renderer 9
{51B4ABF3-748F-4E3B-A276-C828330E926A}	0x00200000	quartz.dll
DSH	VPVBI	VBI Surface Allocator
{814B9800-1C88-11D1-BAD9-00609744111A}	0x00600000	vbisurf.ax
DSH	VPVideo	Video Port Manager	{6F26A6CD-967B-47FD-874A-7AED2C9D25A2}
0x00600000	quartz.dll
DSH	WAVE	Wave Parser	{D51BD5A1-7548-11CF-A520-0080C77EF58A}	0x00400000
quartz.dll
DSH	WM9_ASF_Undocumented	Windows Media Multiplexer
{63F8AA94-E2B9-11D0-ADF6-00C04FB66DAD}	0x00600000	wmpasf.dll
DSH	WM9_ASF_Undocumented	ASF DIB Handler
{B9D1F320-C401-11D0-A520-000000000000}	0x00600000	wmpasf.dll
DSH	WM9_ASF_Undocumented	ASF ACM Handler
{B9D1F321-C401-11D0-A520-000000000000}	0x00600000	wmpasf.dll
DSH	WM9_ASF_Undocumented	ASF ICM Handler
{B9D1F322-C401-11D0-A520-000000000000}	0x00600000	wmpasf.dll
DSH	WM9_ASF_Undocumented	ASF URL Handler
{B9D1F323-C401-11D0-A520-000000000000}	0x00600000	wmpasf.dll
DSH	WM9_ASF_Undocumented	ASF JPEG Handler
{B9D1F324-C401-11D0-A520-000000000000}	0x00600000	wmpasf.dll
DSH	WM9_ASF_Undocumented	ASF DJPEG Handler
{B9D1F325-C401-11D0-A520-000000000000}	0x00600000	wmpasf.dll
ACM	WMAudioV2	Windows Media Audio	msacm.msaudio1	0x00200000	quartz.dll
--> msaud32.acm
DSH	WMAudioV2	Windows Media Audio Decoder
{22E24591-49D0-11D2-BB50-006008320064}	0x00800001	msadds32.ax
DMO	WMAudioV9	WMAPro over S/PDIF DMO
{5210F8E4-B0BB-47C3-A8D9-7B2282CC79ED}	0x00000000	qasf.dll --> wmadmod.dll
DMO	WMSP1	WMSpeech Decoder DMO	{874131CB-4ECC-443B-8948-746B89595D20}
0x00000000	qasf.dll --> wmspdmod.dll
DSH	WMV1	Windows Media Video Decoder
{4FACBBA1-FFD8-4CD7-8228-61E2F65CB1AE}	0x00800000	wmvds32.ax
DMO	WMV1	WMVideo Decoder DMO	{82D353DF-90BD-4382-8BC2-3F6192B76E34}
0x00800001	qasf.dll --> wmvdmod.dll
DSH	WMV2	Windows Media Video Decoder
{521FB373-7654-49F2-BDB1-0C6E6660714F}	0x00800000	wmv8ds32.ax
DSH	YV12	ffdshow video encoder	{4DB2B5D9-4556-4340-B189-AD20110D953F}
0x00100000	ffdshow.ax



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