Windows Vista Visualizations not working

Hi there

Can anyone explain why visualizations dont work when playing an mp3 track from my hard disk library but do work when playing a music CD?
I'm running WMP 11 on Vista.

Thanks

Chris

 

No need to reply now folks as I've found the answer elsewhere after 3 days of not a single reply on this site!!

Chris

 

Well Pete, it turns out to not be a vista-specific issue. The culprit when this happens is apparently a file called WMPVIS.DLL. I found the following post:

"
- First, you need WMPVIS.DLL, if you don't have it, you can download it on the net.

- Then copy it to your Windows Media Player folder (ex: C:\Program files\Windows Media Player).

- Close Windows Media Player.

- Press [WinLogo key]+R and in the Run dialog box write:

regsvr32 "C:\Program files\Windows Media Player\wmpvis.dll "

(Obviously you must change the path to the right one; ignore the quote marks ).

- Done! Now open Windows Media Player, select Musical Colors Vis and you will see it working again!

Note: I have Windows Media Player 11 and now it works in Vista too!

I hope it will be useful to you. Enjoy! "

These instructions relate to XP but apply equally to Vista.

Chris