Re: WMV files willnot play from web link

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From: zachd [ms] (zachd_at_nomailplz.online.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/13/04 

Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 02:10:23 -0800

The videos work fine if I right-click on them and save them to disk.
When I try to access them using my own HTTP client, I see that the server is
listing them as file not found? Do you have some sort of special access
hiding control or something? =\ 

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"AlGrenier" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:50D51605-2972-40B5-8FAE-E3C885196656@microsoft.com...
>I have placed an mpeg and three different size WMV files on our web page 
>and when the link is clicked media player on any of the WMVs an error 
>messaage. I have checked our server and the mime type seems OK with 
>VIDEO/x-ms-wmv. The mpeg plays as it should. The page is at 
>http://www.skywindpower.com/ww/FEG%20Videos.htm
>
> Any ideas??

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