LW5 shutting down when playing .mpg

kmmc · #1 (**permalink**) February 12th, 2009

Just upgraded to 5.0 and it loaded my old library from 4. whatever. Now when I try play a movie from the library:

when trying to play an .avi file, it just won't play. Just doesn't do anything. Real is my normal default for .avi's. If I try to play a. mpg, it shuts down the entire Limewire program. The only movies that still work are .wmv's.

I've re-installed 5.0 and am still having the same problem.

Thanks for any help.

Lord of the Rings · #2 (**permalink**) February 13th, 2009

Have you tried playing them with VLC player instead? Would need to make VLC the default player for those file formats however (not real files however.) VLC - (click on link) _ (choose nearest mirror site)

Setting default audio program

kmmc · #3 (**permalink**) February 14th, 2009

Thanks for your response. The VLC worked and LW is not shutting down anymore with .mpgs. And it's even playing the .avi's even though I didn't see it in the preferences.