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Windows Media Player cannot perform the requested action. You may encounter this error message for one of the following reasons:
To resolve the problem, see the Windows XP Media Center Edition page at the Microsoft Web site.
Note that if the file type you tried to play is included in this table, the file may have been encoded using a codec that is not supported by Windows Media Player. If this is the case, Windows Media Player cannot play the file.
File type (format) | File name extension |
Music CD Playback (CD audio) | .cda |
Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF) | .aif, .aifc, and .aiff |
Windows Media audio and video files | .asf, .asx, .wax, .wm, .wma, .wmd, .wmp, .wmv, .wmx, .wpl, and .wvx |
Windows audio and video files | .avi and .wav |
Windows Media Player skins | .wmz |
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) | .mpeg, .mpg, .m1v, .mp2, .mpa, .mpe, .mp2v*, and .mpv2 |
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) | .mid, .midi, and .rmi |
AU (UNIX) | .au and .snd |
MP3 | .mp3 and .m3u |
DVD video | .vob |
Macromedia Flash | .swf |
Microsoft Recorded TV Show | .dvr-ms* |
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