Re: MediaPlayer SDK issue

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From: Alessandro Angeli [MVP::DigitalMedia] (nobody_at_nowhere.in.the.net)
Date: 03/03/04


Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 13:39:03 +0100

Corey Cooper wrote:

> We are using the ActiveX controls from the Windows
> Media Player SDK in a program. On the development
> machine (Laptop, Win2K SP4 latest Windows Media Player),
> the program works fine, as does Windows MediaPlayer. On
> another machine (P4, 800MHz FSB, Matrox Video Card, Win
> 2K SP4, latest Windows Media Player) Windows Media Player
> itself works fine, but the same app only shows a black
> window, even though the window resizes to the size of the
> media, we hear audio from the file, and we get the
> correct feedback that the file is playing. Any ideas?

You may not have the required video decoder installed on the
second machine. What type of file are you trying?

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