Taarkin Posted August 6, 2002 Posted August 6, 2002 Is it possible to downgrade your version of Directx? I downloaded v8.1, but now Media Player dosen't work, and here I go jumping to conclusions again.
Commander 598 Posted August 7, 2002 Posted August 7, 2002 JUmping to conclusions your are. My idea would be to reinstall DX and or Media Player.
edlib Posted August 7, 2002 Posted August 7, 2002 As far as I know (and that's not really all that far) it is impossible within Windows to undo a DX install and go back to a previous one. If you have system restore you can go back to a previous time, otherwise you could try this program. I know nothing about it other than it says it uninstalls DirectX. Good luck.
Jabba The Hunt Posted August 8, 2002 Posted August 8, 2002 I didnt think Media Player uses direct X to play files, as it seems a bit pointless microsoft making a media player.ocx if they were just using API calls (some of u may not understand this ) anyway if they have reinstalling both should fix everything if not its a hardware driver problem. Downgrading would fix things but how would you play the latest games, if you games sound still works then media player probably doesnt use directx to play sound so what u need to do then is reinstall Media Player.
Taarkin Posted August 8, 2002 Author Posted August 8, 2002 After about 50 bajillion tries, I was able to download and reinstall DX and everything works fine now.
Thrawn Posted August 12, 2002 Posted August 12, 2002 That's the thing I hate about Direct X. If the slightest thing is screwed up, it all goes to 'ell and back. That's why I usually wait to get the latest version of Direct X on a Lucasarts disk:) That way I know it isn't screwed up. Oh yeah, and hi everyone. Anybody remember me?
Tierce Posted August 13, 2002 Posted August 13, 2002 No!!!...go away..the inn's closed. anyway..i couldn't resist myself. Welcome back Blue man
Flying Beastie Posted August 13, 2002 Posted August 13, 2002 Hey, it's Grand Admiral Smurf! Originally posted by Thrawn That's why I usually wait to get the latest version of Direct X on a Lucasarts disk:) That way I know it isn't screwed up. Which is kinda ironic, given the typical quality of the other stuff on a Lucasarts disk.
Psycho Tycho Posted August 13, 2002 Posted August 13, 2002 Well, theres also a program named DivX. It plays many sorts of media files, except .wmv's. DivX website
Rogue Nine Posted August 13, 2002 Posted August 13, 2002 And you can't play bootleg movies without it.
Tierce Posted August 13, 2002 Posted August 13, 2002 Not that Niner would know anything about that...
Rogue Nine Posted August 14, 2002 Posted August 14, 2002 No, that's pretty much common Internet knowledge.
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