Media Player 9 problem

TiredGeek · Nov 9, 2002, 07:39 AM

Whenever I try playing avi files in MP9 I get the error "encountered a problem and needs to close" with these details

AppName: wmplayer.exe AppVer: 9.0.0.2800 ModName: mmswitch.ax
ModVer: 0.9.4.0 Offset: 00004e86

I have tried various things like diff vid drivers, nimo codec pack, v9.2848 media player, reinstalling SP1 but nothing works.

Any ideas please.

Erroneus · Nov 10, 2002, 06:29 PM

Update it, download wmp9 rc2, maybe this can fix it: http://download.microsoft.com/downlo.../mpsetupXP.exe

rc2 is build 2926 and works perfect on my pc.

mau108 · Jan 16, 2003, 12:27 AM

I beleive WMP 9 final is out....Maybe upgrading may fix this problem?

Then again, it could be a system fault...

What operating system are you using?
From your reading, about SP1, im assuming its XP?

Ezekiel · Jan 18, 2003, 04:15 AM

I had the same problem when I first installed wmp9. The problem for me was all the different codecs that was installed on my computer. First I uninstalled ALL codecs (end cleaned the registry of all remnants). Now I could at least view some movies. Then I installed the complete NimoPack (5 build 8). Now the problem was back.
To make a long story short... don't install the complete NimoPack since some of the codecs don't work very well together and some of them doesn't work at all with wmp9 (yet, anyway). I installed DivX5 (show & audio), AC3m, DvobSub and XviD. No probs. If you (like me) needs Ogg (superior sound...) use the latest stand-alone installer (0.995 at the moment) instead.
Hope this can be of help for someone...See ya!

vorte[x] · Jul 19, 2003, 03:12 PM

Obviously that mmswitch.ax codec is incompatible with your media player. I suggest you unregister the codec and delete it (and seek an alternate working codec)

Steps (assuming you're using a Windows on your C:\ and its folder name is Windows)

1) Start > Run > regsvr32 /u C:\Windows\System32\mmswitch.ax
2) Delete the file at your convienence.