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<blockquote data-quote="mbrown36" data-source="post: 577223" data-attributes="member: 84739">Thanks for helping me with this Ray.Both machines are generic laptops, but are the same make, model and configuration. Windows XP Professional SP3Intel Core 2 CPUT5600 @ 1.83 GHz1.00 GB RamDisk Drive Hitachi HTS541640J9AT00Display adaptersGIGABYTE Radeon X1600 SericesHere are the erros that I get when I try to play them on the laptop that doesn't work.2010-02-12 09:26:16.843750 [ERROR][MPMain]: VideoPlayer9:exception while creating DShow graph Creating an instance of the COM component with CLSID {51B4ABF3-748F-4E3B-A276-C828330E926A} from the IClassFactory failed due to the following error: 80040273.&nbsp; &nbsp; at MediaPortal.Player.VMR9Util.AddVMR9(IGraphBuilder graphBuilder)&nbsp;&nbsp; at MediaPortal.Player.VideoPlayerVMR9.GetInterfaces()2010-02-12 09:26:16.843750 [ERROR][MPMain]: VideoPlayerVMR9: Exception while cleanuping DShow graph - Object reference not set to an instance of an object.&nbsp; &nbsp; at MediaPortal.Player.VideoPlayerVMR9.Cleanup()2010-02-12 09:26:17.843750 [ERROR][MPMain]: PlaylistPlayer: *** unable to play - W:\Movies\Action\DareDevil\DareDevil.mp4 - skipping track!I did get external player working this morning with Windows Media Player.&nbsp; I don't know if that is a clue or not.ThanksMike</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mbrown36, post: 577223, member: 84739"] Thanks for helping me with this Ray. Both machines are generic laptops, but are the same make, model and configuration. Windows XP Professional SP3 Intel Core 2 CPU T5600 @ 1.83 GHz 1.00 GB Ram Disk Drive Hitachi HTS541640J9AT00 Display adapters GIGABYTE Radeon X1600 Serices Here are the erros that I get when I try to play them on the laptop that doesn't work. 2010-02-12 09:26:16.843750 [ERROR][MPMain]: VideoPlayer9:exception while creating DShow graph Creating an instance of the COM component with CLSID {51B4ABF3-748F-4E3B-A276-C828330E926A} from the IClassFactory failed due to the following error: 80040273. at MediaPortal.Player.VMR9Util.AddVMR9(IGraphBuilder graphBuilder) at MediaPortal.Player.VideoPlayerVMR9.GetInterfaces() 2010-02-12 09:26:16.843750 [ERROR][MPMain]: VideoPlayerVMR9: Exception while cleanuping DShow graph - Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at MediaPortal.Player.VideoPlayerVMR9.Cleanup() 2010-02-12 09:26:17.843750 [ERROR][MPMain]: PlaylistPlayer: *** unable to play - W:\Movies\Action\DareDevil\DareDevil.mp4 - skipping track! I did get external player working this morning with Windows Media Player. I don't know if that is a clue or not. Thanks Mike [/QUOTE]

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