Errors When Creating Windows Media Files (WMV)

Install Windows Media Player 9, which contains the latest DirectShow components for creating Windows Media files (WMV or WMA), if the following problems occur:

When you install an evaluation toolkit, everything is unlocked, but an evaluation notice appears displaying its expiration date. Applications will not run after that date.

• Why won't WMV files play in the Windows Media Player?
• Errors occur when creating video-only WMV files.
• Errors occur when creating WMV files using custom (non-Windows Media) codecs for audio or video. This includes creating WMV files that contain uncompressed video.