It must be a video file.
I had this problem and i decided to scrap Microsoft Media Player totally. Eventually i found DIVX and it worked perfectly. The link is in "Related Links" down below. Click on Win if you have windows or mac if you have mac
Then it brings you to DivX.com
Click free download then follow the directions that pop up
describe how Windows Media Player uses visualizations
Windows media player makes use of visualization by providing interchangeable 3D animations that play according to the tempo of the song. The patterns can vary according to the decibel readings of the sounds.
Well, it depends on your taste. Just go through them and see which ones you like.To me one of the best is called: Psychedelia Viz PackDownload at:http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/b/1/8b1173c7-df99-4a78-bf26-3ad9751bf9ac/PsychedeliaVizPack.msi
The Windows Media Player video has to be an actual file to be imported into Windows Movie Maker (meaning you can't drag and drop it).Although I haven't tried it, I believe you can copy the file from Windows Media Player and paste it into Windows Movie Maker (but I don't know this for sure).The best way to get media from Windows Media Player is to ensure it is Saved in the Library. Then, open the file's location and import it that way.
If you have windows media player, this makes it easy. You have to copy the picture you want, then go to the song you want on windows media player and on the the blank album picture that says paste album art here, right click and select paste album art here. Job Done!
A video player that is able to play digital motion picture files that end with the file extension .MOV is Windows Media Player, and can be found pre-installed on almost all computers running a version of Microsoft Windows.
you'll need to install a DVD codec. try googling K-Lite Codec Pack
You could find the picture in my pictures and right click and click open with and select quicktime player
Windows 7 has the Windows Media player.
Windows media player 11 and i want Windows Media Player back!
FOR MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP USERS: 1.) Click on, "Start" 2.) Click on, "My Computer" 3.) Click on the, "Search button" 4.) Drag your cursor over to the text bar where it reads, "Local HardDisk Drives: C:/) 5.) Click on it. 6.) Change the option to Local Disk C:/. 7.) Drag your cursor over to the top bar, and type in, "Windows Media Player." 8.) Click on, "Search." 9.) When you see the picture of the logo for Windows Media Player, click on Stop. 10.) Then double-click the correct picture of the logo for Windows Media Player. 11.) And it should run. But if no search results, pop-up, then you'll either have to: 1.) Search Bing for, "Windows Media Player Download." OR 2.) Completely re-install Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, or Windows XP Media Center Edition, whichever one you have. FOR WINDOWS VISTA USERS 1.) Click on, "Start" 2.) Click on, "Computer" 3.) Click on the use, "Search Companion" button. 4.) Drag your cursor over to the text bar where it reads, "Local HardDisk Drives: C:/) 5.) Click on it. 6.) Change the option to Local Disk C:/. 7.) Drag your cursor over to the top bar, and type in, "Windows Media Player." 8.) Click on, "Search." 9.) When you see the picture of the logo for Windows Media Player, click on Stop. 10.) Then double-click the correct picture of the logo for Windows Media Player. 11.) And it should run. MICROSOFT WINDOWS VISTA USERS: But if no search results, pop-up then you'll either have to: 1.) Search Bing for, "Windows Media Player Download." OR 2.) Completely re-install Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Professional, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Tablet PC Edition, or Windows Vista Media Center Edition, whichever one you have.
On Windows XP as well as the default Windows Media Player 9,there are also two hidden older versions of Windows Media Player. These are Windows Media player 6.4 that can be found under file name Mplay2 and Windows Media player 5.1 which can be found under Mplayer32. And some people prefer the older versions of Windows Media player to the latest version Windows Media player 9,10 or 11 on Windows XP.Or Windows Media Player 11 on Windows Vista and Windows Media player 11 or 12 on Windows 7 and Windows 8. Windows Media player 6.4 Mplay2 does not work on Windows Vista,or Windows 7 or Windows 8. It only works on Windows XP. But Windows Media Player 5.1 Mplayer32 does work on both Windows 7 and Windows 8 and also on Windows Vista. To install Windows Media Player 5.1 on Windows 7 or Windows 8. you need to have a Windows XP computer. Then on Windows XP you need to go to Windows/system32 folder on C drive and copy the mplayer32 exe file to your Windows 7 or Windows 8 computer. Once you have copied the mplayer32 program file onto Windows 7 or Windows 8,copy and paste the program file in the Windows/system 32 folder. Windows Media player 5.1 Mplayer32 is now installed on Windows 7 or Windows 8. And will play video and audio files without any problems. And will run alongside the latest version of Windows Media player Just like it does on Windows XP. And the above method also works for Windows Vista.