Windows Media Player has no picture.

When attempting to play .mpg files, windows media player and windows movie maker both show no video and only play the audio of the movie clip. I'd like to be able to play the, especially since I did not have this problem before downloading movie maker.

Sure sounds like a codec problem to me. Here are two more.
Be sure to create a restore point before installing anything.
Also, uninstall the old codecs first using Control Panel's Programs and Features.
1. Combined Community Codec Pack
2. K-Lite Codec Pack 6.20 (Full)
-Jerry

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