Figured out the problem, apparently WMP 12 does not like the video format used in FS9
however WMP9 will work since it comes with XP. There is a way to install it on a win-7 32 bit machine. The instructions are on Youtube
FS9 will complain about the WMP.dll being incompatible, but if you run it anyhow, it will play the introductory videos
good luck
Fixit47