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dfred23
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September 6, 2012
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ImporterWindowsMedia.prm plug-in error

  • September 6, 2012
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I've been using AE on a Mac for over 10 years, so this Windows error is new to me.  I removed the plug-in which gets rid of the error, but in the off-chance that I actually need this plug-in, I'm just wondering if anybody knows how to reinstall this or get this working?

I've installed it on a Windows 2008 Server, which throws the error on AE CS6 startup and 9 render nodes with Windows 7--all of which throw the error in the terminal window when running aerender.exe.  The render nodes are specifically to render AE and C4D projects only, so I haven't installed anything beyond the OS, Quicktime and what's needed for those two programs to render.

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    Correct answer

    Windows 10 comes without Windows Media Player, please Adobe go on and disable that error message on Win 10, makes no sense here.


    Hi everyone.

    If you have this problem and if you are on Windows 10, you can try to install the Windows Media Player Official.

    Download and install free Windows media player for Windows 10 - YouTube

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    ahmede15637733
    Participant
    November 17, 2019

    this vedio deleted 

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      defaultte2xju3614q7
      Participant
      September 16, 2021

      right.

      prdx-de
      prdx-de
      Participant
      May 17, 2016

      If you're on Windows 10 Pro N build 1511, the correct update seems to be here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3099229​.

      The other update didn't change anything for me – this one worked!

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        Tung5C3F
        Participant
        January 16, 2023

        thank you, this one work on me too

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        mirkovds
        Participant
        December 18, 2014

        Hello, my problem is the same. Is there any solution to the problem? Windows 8.1

        tvr45364114
        tvr45364114
        Participant
        January 20, 2015

        @Mylenium's answer worked for me: I need to install and run Windows Media Player before this error went away.

        For reference: I had installed AfterEffects a Windows Server 2012 R2 image, which did not have Windows Media Player. Every time I ran AE, this plugin error would appear (ImporterWindowsMedia.prm failed to load).  To fix it, I enabled the "Desktop Experience" feature in Windows (Server Manager > Add Feature > User Experience > Desktop Experience), which in turn enabled the "Media" feature.  Enabling that feature installed Windows Media Player.  After restarting the computer, AE no longer complains about this plugin.

        Sigrid_Mayerl
        Sigrid_Mayerl
        Participant
        November 9, 2015

        Windows 10 comes without Windows Media Player, please Adobe go on and disable that error message on Win 10, makes no sense here.

          Mylenium
          Mylenium
          Legend
          September 7, 2012

          Could be a simple compatibility issue. Windows Media requires some per-user configuration stuff and that may not be present if you never bothered to launch Media Player on those systems. And of course the usual permissions issues and such would figure in as well...

          Mylenium

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          Luisa34815108ymxa
          Participant
          January 16, 2024

          Mejor solucion Actualicen los codec de Windows media y santo remedio 

           

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