Quote Originally Posted by Kusanagi
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Get the VLC player, it is a MUCH better player. It should solve all, if not most, of your problems.
I hate VLC 8[ the video quality is better than with wmp-classic, but I can't skip forward without having serious problems... maybe my computer isn't strong enough.. but I also use Zoom-Player at the moment, which is my favorite for now.. great colours etc and no problems with skipping ~30 minutes or more.