Re: WMP10 cannot play content embedded in browser

Reinstall windows media player 10 (WM10), I did that and it worked.
This problem hapeneed to me after I updated my security stuff from MS
website. I think the upgrade deleted one or more dll files that are
needed to play the files.

If it works, wish my luck in my research!
Ciao
--W
PBH wrote:
I am having a similar problem as well and while I can save target and then
play once saved to my hard drive I can't open direct in to WMP10 as I get the
error message "Windows Media Player cannot play the file. If the file is
located on the Internet, connect to the Internet. If the file is located a
removable storage card, insert the storage card." and when loading from
websites get "connecting" then "ready" then nothing, prior to this it would
at least go to buffereing and then play but now nothing. I would love to
know how you fix it.

"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:


If you click the Web Help button, what error code number does it say you're
hitting?

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See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
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"Geocurt" <Geocurt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thank you for your reply. I'm afraid I don't know what you mean. Can you
give me an example?

If you mean when you click on the link and it launchs the actual WMP10
application seperately, then no, that does not appear to work either.

I used this page to test:

http://www.moviesounds.com/godfathr.html

and the error I got in the WMP application is:

"Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support
the
file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the
file."

It is a .wav file, how could WMP10 not be able to play a windows audio
type
file?

Thanks again for your help!

-G

"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:


Do direct links to files within IE work?

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See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
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"Geocurt" <Geocurt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm posting here after many weekends of failed attempts to find a
solution
to
my problem searching these posts.

Here's the best example of my problem:

Go to www.metacafe.com and choose a video to watch. The video page
loads,
WMP looks right in the page, status shows Connecting to Media... then
it
just
goes back to Ready status.

The error message says: 'Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The
Player might not support the file type or might not support the codec
that
was used to compress the file.'

I know that the issue is NOT the codec OR the filetype, because if I
take
the address of the Video URL below and manually open it in the WMP10
client,
it works. Somehow, the WMP10 just will not play videos embedded in
websites.

I've tried videos in other sites, like www.gamesradar.com. I've tried
playing the same videos in an alternate browser. No luck.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, I'm beating my head against a
wall
here and have no ideas left.

Thanks.







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