Re: Can't stream videos
- From: "BuddyBoy" <gmvoeth@(nomail)yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 13:51:13 -0700
I fully understand your exasperation at your troubles.
You are right about it being 'Services' The services tab seems
more important then the Startup one both seem to be registry items.
I disable most everything that is not Microsoft to keep things
running smoothly.
The only time I enable third party things is when I need to update
AVG virus scanner to check out my system every month or so.
System Restore is only a last resort and causes least problems if that too is disabled.
It is better to keep a OS install disk handy to reinstall your system
if things get really bad. You should be able to get wmp working without
having to redo your whole system.
There must be some simple tests you can do to rule out or verify
what the problem really is. First familiarize yourself with both
WMP and MSIE because they both work together.
I am assuming you are using WIN XP???
I no longer have a high speed connection because the cost is too high.
I can not help you by sending you various files to try out.
Have you tried to stream audio like from BBC ???
If you can stream anything at all then you know it is somewhat functional.
Check out all your options and tools areas and make sure
everything is default settings.
If you can compare settings with someone who can stream then do that.
I will tell you what my settings are.
You can email me at gmvoeth<at>yahoo<dot>com
send me your email address and I will carefully write down all my settings and send them to you.
If you want to try this then tell me what System and SP you have as well
as the ABOUT information from WMP and MSIE.
Then you can compare things with your settings and make sure they are the same.
This is the best I can do.
If things work out for you then you can post back to this thread with
the final solution or make a new one for others to read.
I have just been hanging around this newsgroup waiting for answers to my own
questions which seem like they will not be coming.
Until Next Time,
BuddyBoy
"Bingo" <Bingo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1E78C816-640F-47BC-9E81-B2927CF5C8AB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> That opens up something I had not seen before. I did not find a 'Processes'
> tab though, nearest thing was a 'Services' TAB. I have to say I have had no
> problems like this till the Media Player incident, where 10 was loaded and
> aborted the upgrade to 9., but this program is not in the list. My problem
> now is I have sound but no pictures, and reading news group messages there
> seem to be others out there with this problem and no help from anybody as to
> how to repair apart from a pile of advice we have all followed to absolutely
> no effect whatsoever. As for using System Restore to roll back to a previous
> state, it grinds away and then on reboot says no can do. This seems to be the
> common experience too. Are we all going to be abandoned to our fate by
> Microsoft? Is the reality this: if something goes wrong that the average
> person can't fix by following the available help, the product is trashed and
> that's it, its over? I have done the tests on active-x and everything is
> supposedly in perfect order. When I clicked on the Nasa Link you gave, I got
> a full screen player, excellent sound, no picture. When I open Media Player
> and go to the URL, I get 'Media Player encountered an unknown error'. Is that
> the end of the road for me?
>
> "BuddyBoy" wrote:
>
>> It almost sounds like you are having msconfig problems
>> There are programns in your startup area that you have
>> little or no control over that will let programs connect to the internet
>> and automatically update and do things you might not like.
>> If you go to START|RUN and type in msconfig you will
>> bring up the ability to stop problematic processes.
>> But I will not tell you what to do other than concentrate on the
>> two areas First:Startup and Second:Processes.
>> You got to research to learn what everything is and you can find
>> them in your registry and delete them once and for all until
>> another update happens.
>> Windows Programmers have this delusion that their programs are necessary
>> and will put them in the background running on your machine even if
>> it causes troubles and you do not want it running.
>> Learn to disable everything you do not want to be automatic.
>> I could say more about this but my dam country has used this same
>> philosophy to disable me....and I am very unhappy about my Country doing this
>> over the past 20 some years.
>> You are dealing with a rats nest of programming and I think you need to
>> study your system more.
>> Yes, the police and psychologist and psychiatrist practice on people
>> what I practice on machines.
>> This should strike terror in the minds of every intelligent being.
>>
>> Sorry I could not be more help.
>> BuddyBoy
>>
>>
>> "Bingo" <Bingo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:66A04906-7E90-4BB9-B972-0AFBCB6EEB21@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >I have had this problem since an unasked for upgrade to Windows Media 10. I
>> > have rolled back to 9, which at least makes Yahoo online helper happy (it did
>> > read 10 as still 7 and told me to upgrade to 9). But I now get no picture
>> > with NASA or in any small window streaming opened by a browser. I seem to
>> > have made the mistake of using a broadband connection just once, which
>> > resulted in a forced upgrade of Quicktime to Itunes+Quicktime (now
>> > uninstalled) and Media Player from 7 to 10 through an aborted 9, tho I have
>> > resinstalled 9. But to no avail. In a few minues a fautlkes system, runing
>> > for ver two years without a hitch or a crash on XP home, has been trashed. I
>> > am FURIOUS. And I tried to get help on a MS support newsgroup, but the help
>> > is useless. There are others out there in the same mess.
>> >
>> > "BuddyBoy" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Try Streaming NASA TV
>> >>
>> >> http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
>> >>
>> >> If you can stream NASA TV then things are working OK.
>> >>
>> >> Be aware that NASA TV does not alwas broadcast sound with pictures
>> >> but in the case of no sound you should at least hear a humming noise
>> >> or some crackling noises.
>> >> If you wait long enough...errm....maybe 30 min to 1 hour... you should get
>> >> sound at one time or another. Most of the time NASA TV will be good
>> >> but I have seen times when there was troubles from NASA Too.
>> >>
>> >> You need at least a DSL connection or a Cable connection.
>> >> Dialup even V92 56K just is not good enough.
>> >>
>> >> Sincerely,
>> >> BuddyBoy
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "j450nx" <j450nx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:C936F9C9-AE70-4E29-8431-624EDDA2DC3E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> > Whenever i try toi stream videos from the web, they load, bufeer, and then
>> >> > say ready, but wont play when i click play......i get this message
>> >> > Windows Media Player cannot play the file because the specified protocol is
>> >> > not supported. If you typed a URL in the Open URL dialog box, try using a
>> >> > different transport protocol (for example, "http:" or "rtsp:").
>> >> > it showed error # coo11bb, i tried adjusting network options but no go....if
>> >> > any one can help id be eternally grateful....
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>
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