WMP11

Why does my WMP11 rotate the display a quarter turn when playing a Quicktime
file?

"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:

> On Tue, 25 May 2010 01:43:01 -0700, Ted.
> <> wrote:
>
> >Why does my WMP11 rotate the display a quarter turn when playing a Quicktime
> >file?
>
> Media player 11 has no decoders for MOV (quicktime files) - are you
> sure that's what you're actually playing ?
>
> To check, right-click the file in windows explorer, choose Properties
> then inspect the full filename - does it end in .mov ? Or some other
> file extension like .3gpp or .avi ?
>
> Display rotation sounds pretty wild side effect in any case, when you
> say "rotates the display" you mean the complete screen ?
>
> Or just the video playback area in media player (or is this actually
> in Apple's Quicktime player ?)
>
> Cheers - Neil
> ------------------------------------------------
> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2010
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
> .
> Hi, Neil,
Many thanks for your prompt reply.

Yes, it is definitely an .MOV file.
When I right-click on the file I get a list of choices to "Open With". If I
select Windows Media Classic the clip plays perfectly, but if I select
Windows Media Player the display shows a quarter turn anti-clockwise. I do
have the K-Lite codec pack installed.

I converted the file to AVI (mp4) using Oxelon and then QuickMedia
Converter, but WMP11 still turns the video display a quarter turn
anti-clockwise.
As a matter of preference, all my video files default to WMP11.

This particular video clip shows the top half of my new grandson sitting on
his mother's knee. WMP 11 shows him lying flat on his back.