Re: WMP video files


"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:m2ehm15up9l04dv58r1kaojqptto6hvpnl@xxxxxxxxxx
> On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 17:33:07 -0800, "Vika" <vikulya838@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> >> >Thanks for trying Neil! :) But it doesn't show the picture
anymore. I have
> >> >AOL 9.0 dial-up and WMP 10, if that makes any difference.
> >>
> >> Yes, it does. I'm afraid you're out of luck - you cannot play
live
> >> video (240 kbps) down a dialup pipe (often about 40kbps or less)
>
>
> >Ok, thanks Neil! I'll try to get DSL. Any good company that you
might
> >recommend?
>
> Not really - it depends where you live !!! I'm in the UK and
Telewest
> usually seem quite good. NTL are apparently rubbish. Most of the
> broadband providers here are in an "arms war" and keep bumping up
> their data rates for download, while keeping the prices the same.
> Which is a good thing (c)
>
> > And also, what should I do about the picture? Because I still
> >can't see anything when I play the file even though I was able to
see it
> >before.
>

I occasionally watch Channel One from Russia, which uses WMP. When you
go to the home page, http://www.1tv.ru/ , and click on "on-line",
another window will open, and the main streaming program will start.
Normally, the video stream is transmitted for about 20 or 22 hours
daily. Ordinarily, if the server is busy, or the station is off the
air, it may seem like nothing is happening, but if you right-click on
the blue "TV screen", and click on "error details'' you will get one
of two error messages: either "Windows Media Player cannot find the
specified file. Be sure the path is typed correctly. If it is, the
file does not exist at the specified location, or the computer where
the file is stored is offline," or "server busy", when too many
people are trying to connect to the server. When I get the latter
message, I just keep trying to reconnect, and in a few minutes
I usually manage to get in, as other users disconnect.
However, I have been unable to connect to the main streaming program
for a while now, and have no information as to why. I just get the
"file does not exist, or computer off the air" error message. It is
still possible to view short news clips from the site, but the main
video stream seems to be off the air for now. For a student of
Russian, the short video clips of news stories, usually about 2
minutes long, are useful, because you can simultaneously view the
video and the text of what is being read by the announcer.
The video and audio quality was quite good. My only complaint would be
that many programs on the station are programs and films originally in
English, and dubbed into Russian. The Russian dubbing seems to be
dubbed over the original English, which you can hear in the
background, and this can be very distracting.

Joe from Massachusetts











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