Re: WMP no longer buffers on http link to an MP3 file
- From: Richard B <RichardB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:44:00 -0700
Ok FINALLY have got it fixed - thanks a million for your persistence!!
I don't understand why what I was doing before didn't work - but it's fixed
now.
I went into Associate a file type or protocol with a program ... and
changed .mp3 to Winamp
Then went into Set program access and computer defaults ... selected the
Microsoft Windows option, and clicked OK. Before I was just changing the
associations back and forth, and using the two options under Set your default
programs.
"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
.
Awesome, you've provided the solution. Go to the Default Programs, go to
"Set program access and computer defaults" and then set WMP as the default
again.
Once that's done, .mp3 should be WMP11.AssocFile.mp3 . Since that's not set
that way currently, that's why this is happening. =)
As a minor point, I'm interested in the value of:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, CLSID\{CD3AFA76-B84F-48F0-9393-7EDC34128127}\ProgId
as opposed to
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, CLSID\{CD3AFA76-B84F-48F0-9393-7EDC34128127}
- the difference is that ProgId is a subkey of the other key. That will be
either MP3file or WMP11.AssocFile.mp3 . We want it to be the latter, but I
have no reason given the current data to believe that it won't be. =)
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"Richard B" <RichardB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I tried different ways, going to the control panel, selecting Default
Programs, Set Your Default Programs selecting WMP, and selecting Set This
Program as Default.
Also Control Panel, Default Programs, Associate a File Type or Protocol
with
a Program, select .mp3, select Change Program, select WMP. Have also just
browsed to a local mp3, right-click, Choose Default Program etc. Have
tried
switching the defaults, and the mp3 association, to Winamp (this causes
clicks to prompt to open or save), then back to WMP (behaviour reverts to
full download).
Happens for all mp3 links, on a windows server (my own webspace).
Clicking
these links PRIOR to installing a vista compatible version of Nero caused
progressive playback.
http://207.234.135.244/newwwwroot/wcc1/share/track2.mp3
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mp3, (Default) - Winamp.File (although WMP is set as
default)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, MIME\Database\Content Type\audio/mpeg subvalues "CLSID"
=
{cd3afa76-b84f-48f0-9393-7edc34128127}
and "Extension" = .mp3
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, CLSID\{CD3AFA76-B84F-48F0-9393-7EDC34128127}\ProgId
= AUDIO__MP3 Moniker Class
"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
How exactly did you try setting WMP as the default? There's a variety of
methods for doing so. I believe only Set Program Associations and
Defaults
does what you want it to here.
What is a precise MP3 link / URL that causes this?
What are the values for:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mp3, (Default)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, MIME\Database\Content Type\audio/mpeg
subvalues "CLSID" and "Extension"
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, CLSID\{CD3AFA76-B84F-48F0-9393-7EDC34128127}\ProgId
?
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See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
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"Richard B" <RichardB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks - I'd already tried re-setting WMP as the default, and switching
to
Winamp, and back again, but still no change. Have just clicked the WMP
reg
file fix which updated the registry - again still no change. No idea
why
the
behaviour has changed, but it has, and seems there's nothing I can do
about
it! Short of re-installing Vista, I guess that's the next thing to
try.
"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
This should be fairly simple/straight-forward: if the progid
associations
are mismatched, this happens.
You should be able to reset this by going to the Default Programs
control
and setting Windows Media Player back as the default player for MP3
files.
You could use Set Program Associations and Defaults to do that, for
example.
The correlation has to be:
hkcr\mime\database\content type\<type> , clsid, clsid_value
hkcr\mime\database\content type\<type> , extension, ext_value
hkcr\clsid\clsid_value\progid,, progid_value
hkcr\ext_value, progid_value
I think that's about it. That's obviously just shorthand, of course,
and
not meant to be generically useful, but anyone very familiar with the
system
should understand what I'm meaning here.
For HTTP links, they can actually force downloads (special MIME type
headers) as opposed to instant playback (MS calls it "progressive
playback"
historically, IIRC, Apple calls it "file streaming"). But if instant
playback turns off without warning, it's usually an association
mismatch
issue that can be fixed by Default Programs.
The easiest ways to break this:
* have some other app take the association in full or in part
* reregister wmp.dll on Vista - this writes XP only progid values
to
the
registry. So don't do this unless you REALLY need to. I've got a reg
file
fix on my web site in the SatelliteTVforPC write-up at the top. =\
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See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
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"Richard B" <RichardB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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have a wierd and wonderful error since installing Nero 7 on my
machine
(vista). I know that the installation of Nero caused the problem as
the
same
thing happened on another machine (XP). After the installation,
clicking
an
http:// weblink to an MP3 file causes the entire MP3 to download
before
WMP
plays. Before the installation, WMP would play immediately,
buffering
the
MP3. I've tried everything I can think of, setting all file &
protocol
defaults back to WMP, have uninstalled Nero, tried playing with WMP
options
etc., all to no avail. Can anyone assist? I would like the MP3 to
play
immediately, rather than downloading every time.
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