windows media player / windows media center

[elxr06]

How do you fix the problem with windows media player ... I play a video and sometimes see MPMF.exe running on high CPU usage and when I run video on full screen, sometimes there is lag between audio/video or in general!

Do you recommend windows media center or some third party programs like Cyberlink PowerDVD or WinDVD player?

[Broni]

What is MPMF.exe? (MediaPoint Manager?)
What Windows version? Computer specs, please, including video card info.

[elxr06]

What is MPMF.exe? (MediaPoint Manager?)
What Windows version? Computer specs, please, including video card info.

 sorry mfpmp.exe is the actual name, I made typo there. See my sig, all my computer info is there.

[Broni]

See my sig, all my computer info is there

Sorry, I must be going blind...hehehe

As for your problem, it looks like you're not alone, and it's all connected to DRM (copyright) problems.
You can read here:
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1313722&SiteID=1
and a guy nicked "tiomeg" provides more links.

I wonder, if it would help, if you use different player, like Winamp, VLC, etc.

[elxr06]

In general, windows media player is fine, as it plays everything I throw at it. It is just in those cases where the mfpmp problem happens and my CPU usage skyrockets upwards, especially at the full screen mode.

Do you recommend Windows Media Center? I like it's features, but it does not have DRM problem of windows media player? Or if not, what player you recommend that has nice appearance, does not eat up CPU and memory and also plays all common video files, DVD and music files you throw at it?

And for windows vista home premium, do you recommend I get more memory than I already do have? I heard somwhere 2 GB is recommended while somewhere I heard 1.5 GB is sufficient, as the minimum 1GB is not enough for vista AND applications.

[patio]

VLC Player...

Or GOM.

[Broni]

do you recommend I get more memory than I already do have?

Possibly...I have 2gig, and Vista works fine. You don't want to go over 3gig, because Vista won't really (practically) use anything over 3gig, even with its limit of 4gig.