Windows Media Player 11 Picture Problem

[drenshaw]

Updated to WMP11 with no problems, music library converted OK too. I now want to use it to index my photos, the indexing worked Ok, but when I view a photo its all distorted, has anyone come across this problem?

Cheers

Dave

[Micron]

Hi Dave.

Welcome to EW. Do the images look like they have been shrinked into a small space? rather than being very clear thumbnails?

[drenshaw]

Yes, I get a disorted portion of the picture

[Micron]

Hi Dave

So sorry for the late reply. Try this below. It should rebuild the database and reset the thumbnail settings. You may need to re-add your music if you added your music to the database manually.

1. Exit Windows Media Player.
2. Click Start, click Run, type %userprofile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Player, and then click OK.
3. Select all the files in the folder, and then click Delete them.

Note: You do not have to delete the folders that are in this folder.
4. Restart Windows Media Player.

Hope this helps.

[drenshaw]

Michael,

There was only one file in the directory called 0074B571.wpl which I deleted, but it didn't get rid of the problem.

I found the WMP11 DB at %userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Player

Deleted all file and restarted WMP 11, let it reindex, but I still have the same problem. :-(

I did some testing and WMP11 copes with 3 megapixel, or less, pictures OK, anything bigger and it gets distorted.

Dave