Re: Very strange problem with playing embedded movies

I have the same problem but haven't been able to pinpoint what causes it. I
use the Microsoft Java not the Sun Java.

Robin


"ChasTT" <ChasTT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>A suspect causing this error is "Java Web Start" or "Java 2 Runtime
> Environment", taking over 100MB and rarely used. After reinstalling
> WMP10,
> the embedded videos work fine as long as this Java plug in has not been
> used.
> From the moment it is used, the embedded videos call on this stuff instead
> of on the WMP10 installation.
> Can someone confirm this?
> dha, you have a similar setup that doesn't show the problem. Does it have
> this Java soft (with cup of coffee icon) installed??
>
> "ChasTT" wrote:
>
>> Yes, this problem is real. It is exacltly as you have described. And
>> this
>> thread is not showing any solution yet. As for your question, I think
>> the
>> software responsible for playing embedded movies are the add-ons of the
>> explorer.
>> On the browser menu, click "Tools" - Manage Add-ons...". You'll find
>> here
>> several times "wmp.dll" and also "msdxm.ocx". Compare these between your
>> computers with similar setup.
>> I'm looking forward to the tail this thread is going to get! I have seen
>> sites that put a link underneath the embedded players, saying "if the
>> movie
>> doesn't start, click here". Doing so opens the WMPlayer to play the
>> movie
>> off-site. They are well aware of this problem!
>>
>> "dha" wrote:
>>
>> > Ok, the problem is when I try to watch a streaming movie on a website
>> > (like
>> > from ifilm.com, launch.yahoo.com, or any site with a embedded movie),
>> > instead
>> > of WMP 10 playing it, the old version of WMP tries to play it.
>> > And of course, it does not work.
>> > When I check the version number, it is '6.4.09.1130'.
>> > The specific error I get is: 'The source filter for this file could not
>> > be
>> > loaded. (Error=80040241)'.
>> > Now, if I reinstall WMP 10, things work fine for a while.
>> > The correct version of WMP plays the movies and I can watch the movie
>> > clips
>> > online, no problem.
>> > But for some reason unknown to me, this problem resurfaces again after
>> > some
>> > period and I'd have to reinstall WMP 10 again.
>> > I don't know what causes this though.
>> > On another computer with a similar setup does not have this problem.
>> > I'm not a newbie and I know plenty about computers, but this one has
>> > got me.
>> > Is there some registry that controls what software is responsible for
>> > playing embedded movies?


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