sometimes music files and videos will not play

spunk said:

@Rocky, Microsoft Windows Media Player 12 comes bundled with Windows

I have never used Windows Media Player since there are so many free programs that perform that function better. To tell you the truth, I hate the way that Windows Media Player sounds, it is flat and lifeless.

Rocky said:

So this is good right? This post indicates that you CAN play videos and music at the beginning of the post but towards the end it states that you can not play videos using a web browser. So download the videos first and then view them.

The situation is getting worse; download video or mp3 after the pc has been on for awhile, I can't play them.

trying to view or listen via the browser is no longer available, have been running diagnostics on the PC, nothing to report as yet. Am looking for nasty software, which could be the cause of this dilemma. Will let the forum know if I find anything.

Have you used an elevated command prompt and ran an

sfc /scannow

It sounds like you are having issues and the video aspect of it is just a symptom.

I have the same problem. It just started happening. It doesn't matter what player you use (VLC/Windows/Itunes) they wont play. Youtube videos wont play. Videos on random players will not play. If I reboot my computer they work again, but when I leave my computer on over night and don't use it, this happens again. My virus scanner and Adware software detect nothing. I've had Windows 10 for about 4 months but this just started happening recently possibly after an update.