Re: WMP does not play streamed online content


Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media] wrote:
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 03:43:00 -0800, OzzyZ
<OzzyZ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,

For some reason WMP11 does not seem to play internet radios. Whenever I try
to listen to the audio stream, WMP pops up and shows that it is "ready", but
never starts buffering the stream and playing the audio.

Any idea what might be wrong? Some content, like Youtube videos work just
fine. Others, like the radio channel here: www.lugnafavoriter.com does not
work at all.

The station www.lugnafavoriter.com does not work on Firefox or Opera
browsers using WMP11 - the wma stream will never start. However it
works just fine on the IE6 browser. This same thing happened to another
poster in one of the ms groups for another radio station that suddenly
quit working for WMP11. The FAQs for the other station indicate that it
might have something to do with popup blockers, but I doubt if that is
the case for the WMP11.

The most recent Real player will play wma. If you bring up the Real
Player and put in the url of the mentioned station, Real handles the
streaming wma just fine.

I can not read the language for the help FAQs for the station, but here
they are if anyone can.

"
Vilket program behöver jag för att lyssna?
Windows Media Player som du hittar här: (länk)

Det ser ut som radion spelar men jag hör inget?
Kontrollera att volymen på din dator inte är nerdragen.

Jag hör bara ett kort klipp i början sen blir det tyst?
Har du senaste versionen av Windows Media Player installerad?
Kontrollera här: (länk)

Ljudet hackar när jag försöker lyssna?
Detta kan bero på att en inställning är fel i Windows Media Player.
För ändra gör följande:

1. Öppna Windows Media Player från startmenyn
2. Gå till menyn Verktyg (Tools)
3. Välj Alternativ (Options)
4. Välj Prestanda (Performance)
5. Klicka på Identifiera anslutningshastighet (Detect connection
speed)
6. Klicka på OK

Det står buffrar och sen bara klar i webbradiofönstret?
Testa detta:
1. Öpnna Windows Media Player från startmenyn
2. Gå till menyn Verktyg (Tools)
3. Välj Alternativ (Options)
4. Välj Nätverk (Network)
5. Klicka endast i HTTP.

Om du sitter på ett företag, kontrollera med nätverkstekniker att ni
har tillåtelse att ta emot streaming via http i brandväggen eller
annan webbkonfiguration."

The code for the station page uses the external javascript below that
is concerned with the player.

function handlePlayOrPauseClick(){
var state;
playerStatus = mediaPlayer.playState;
if (playerStatus == 6) {
document.mediaPlayer.play();
document.playerCtrl.playOrPause.value = " Pause ";
}
else if (playerStatus == 1) {
document.mediaPlayer.play();
document.playerCtrl.playOrPause.value = " Pause ";
}
else if (playerStatus == 2) {
document.mediaPlayer.pause();
document.playerCtrl.playOrPause.value = " Play ";
}
}

function changeSize(newSize) {
document.mediaPlayer.displaySize = newSize;
}

function change() {
var list = document.playerCtrl.streams;
var streamURL = list.options[list.selectedIndex].value;
document.mediaPlayer.stop();
document.playerCtrl.playOrPause.value = " Pause ";
document.mediaPlayer.fileName = streamURL;
}

There is also another very long script, but it is concerned with flash
and apparently not with the player operation. Part of the code for the
page is in serverside php, so this can not be seen on viewing the
source code.

My guess that the WMP 11 may be responding to script in a different way
than on WMP10 in the case of non-IE browsers. This is something for
Microsoft to look into. In the meantime, if you have trouble with a wmp
streaming station, try using an IE browser, if you are using another
browser and have an IE browser. Or if you have a recent Real player,
bring it up and enter the url of the station into it. If you still can
not receive the station, you might try turning off any popup blocker
and lowering security settings to a medium value if they are set very
high.

.