Re: Media Player

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From: PA Bear (PABear_at_mvps.org)
Date: 05/23/04 

Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 20:21:10 -0400

[CP'ed to WMP NG]

As MVP Chris Lanier so often points out, the error means "cannot connect to
the server".

i.e., It's not a WMP problem; rather, it has to do with your connection to
the server offering the streaming media (firewall settings?)

Roger Fink wrote:
> Frequently asked, infrequently answered. 

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> PA Bear wrote:
>> It appears to be a FAQ in WMP NG so mebbe they're tired of answering
>> it:
>>
>> http://snipurl.com/6ln5
>>
>> Kinda like us here and "I can't open attachments!"
>>
>> Roger Fink wrote:
>>> Can someone take a shot at a WMP problem? (I tried the Windows Media
>>> Player board awhile back but got no response). The version I have is
>>> 7.01.00.3055, and it's up to date.
>>>
>>> The problem is streaming videos - they won't play. Instead, when I
>>> right click the on-screen media player (i.e. from the site), and
>>> then click Error Details, I get the following message:
>>>
>>> "Cannot open. Please verify that the path and filename are correct
>>> and try again. (Error=C00D0006)"
>>>
>>> An example of this would be at the following URL:
>>> http://www.canadianzinc.com/new/ .
>>>
>>> Based on the WMP Help file I made a change from "Do not use proxy
>>> server" to "Autodetect proxy settings", which I thought would fix
>>> it, but it didn't help.
>>>
>>> This happens at various sites, with both IE6 and Netscape 7 running
>>> on windows 98 SE - TIA

Relevant Pages

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    (microsoft.public.multimedia.windows.mediaplayer)
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    (microsoft.public.windowsmedia)
  • Re: WMP 11 is a resource hog when media sharing is on.
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    (microsoft.public.multimedia.windows.mediaplayer)
  • Re: Media Player
    ... [CP'ed to WMP NG] ... the server offering the streaming media ... >>> Can someone take a shot at a WMP problem? ... (I tried the Windows Media ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsmedia)
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