"BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote in message
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> In news:eIN90KwXKHA.4068@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl,
> BillW50 typed on Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:00:39 -0600:
>> popcorn wrote on Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:31:21 -0600:
>>> BillW50 wrote:
>>>> popcorn wrote on Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:26:41 -0600:
>>>>> Hello.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have 2 machines, both XPsp3, one has IE6 & WMP10 and one has IE7
>>>>> & WMP12.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I try to play media at a link such as the one below:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...edia-player-12
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I have the same problem on both machines. When the page loads, it
>>>>> looks like it's ready to play (displays "ready" above the seek
>>>>> slider), but when I click on the play button, it flashes
>>>>> "connecting" real quick, but then goes back to just displaying
>>>>> "Ready" and never plays. This happens on multiple sites.
>>>>>
>>>>> I get no error messages. Any suggestions? Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> I don't know if this helps, but I am on my Linux machine right now
>>>> running Firefox2. And that link doesn't play correctly here either.
>>>> As the video only shows up as large colored blocks. And the audio
>>>> sounds like it is playing parts for a second or two and then jumps
>>>> way ahead. And it only plays for a few more seconds and it is over.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for the reply. Does your setup use a WMP browser plugin for
>>> firefox 2?
>>
>> Yes it does.
>
> Just checked on this Windows XP SP2 machine with WMP10 and it worked
> fine. Although it downloaded the media file first and then downloaded
> a codec before it would play. I can check on a Windows 7 machine if
> you want.
The above was with IE6, btw. Not much luck under Windows 7 and IE8.
Played the audio, but no video. Tried the following and no changes:
1) With K-Lite Mega 4.95 installed
2) Without K-Lite Mega 4.95 installed
3) With K-Lite Mega 5.40 installed
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Bill
Windows 7 Ultimate (build 7100)
Asus EEE PC 702G16 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:19:29 -0600, popcorn <me1@privacy.net> wrote:
>Jean Rosenfeld wrote:
>> FWIW, it plays fine here, XP pro SP3, IE 8 WMP 11.
>
>Thanks, good to know the site works.
>
>>
>> "popcorn" <me1@privacy.net> wrote in message news:hd1etc$u0a$1@aioe.org...
>>> Hello.
>>>
>>> I have 2 machines, both XPsp3, one has IE6 & WMP10 and one has IE7 &
>>> WMP12.
>>>
>>> When I try to play media at a link such as the one below:
>>>
>>> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...edia-player-12
>>>
>>> I have the same problem on both machines. When the page loads, it looks
>>> like it's ready to play (displays "ready" above the seek slider), but when
>>> I click on the play button, it flashes "connecting" real quick, but then
>>> goes back to just displaying "Ready" and never plays. This happens on
>>> multiple sites.
>>>
>>> I get no error messages. Any suggestions? Thanks.
>>
>>
"BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote in message
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>
> "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote in message
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>> In news:eIN90KwXKHA.4068@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl,
>> BillW50 typed on Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:00:39 -0600:
>>> popcorn wrote on Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:31:21 -0600:
>>>> BillW50 wrote:
>>>>> popcorn wrote on Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:26:41 -0600:
>>>>>> Hello.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have 2 machines, both XPsp3, one has IE6 & WMP10 and one has
>>>>>> IE7
>>>>>> & WMP12.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When I try to play media at a link such as the one below:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...edia-player-12
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have the same problem on both machines. When the page loads,
>>>>>> it
>>>>>> looks like it's ready to play (displays "ready" above the seek
>>>>>> slider), but when I click on the play button, it flashes
>>>>>> "connecting" real quick, but then goes back to just displaying
>>>>>> "Ready" and never plays. This happens on multiple sites.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I get no error messages. Any suggestions? Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know if this helps, but I am on my Linux machine right now
>>>>> running Firefox2. And that link doesn't play correctly here
>>>>> either.
>>>>> As the video only shows up as large colored blocks. And the audio
>>>>> sounds like it is playing parts for a second or two and then jumps
>>>>> way ahead. And it only plays for a few more seconds and it is
>>>>> over.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the reply. Does your setup use a WMP browser plugin for
>>>> firefox 2?
>>>
>>> Yes it does.
>>
>> Just checked on this Windows XP SP2 machine with WMP10 and it worked
>> fine. Although it downloaded the media file first and then downloaded
>> a codec before it would play. I can check on a Windows 7 machine if
>> you want.
>
> The above was with IE6, btw. Not much luck under Windows 7 and IE8.
> Played the audio, but no video. Tried the following and no changes:
>
> 1) With K-Lite Mega 4.95 installed
>
> 2) Without K-Lite Mega 4.95 installed
>
> 3) With K-Lite Mega 5.40 installed
Tried the same under another Windows 7 machine with IE8 and the same
thing. This one has K-Lite Mega 5.0.0 installed.
popcorn wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I have 2 machines, both XPsp3, one has IE6 & WMP10 and one has IE7 &
> WMP12.
>
> When I try to play media at a link such as the one below:
>
> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...edia-player-12
>
> I have the same problem on both machines. When the page loads, it looks
> like it's ready to play (displays "ready" above the seek slider), but
> when I click on the play button, it flashes "connecting" real quick, but
> then goes back to just displaying "Ready" and never plays. This happens
> on multiple sites.
>
> I get no error messages. Any suggestions? Thanks.
popcorn wrote:
> Daave wrote:
>> BillW50 wrote:
>>> popcorn wrote on Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:26:41 -0600:
>>>> Hello.
>>>>
>>>> I have 2 machines, both XPsp3, one has IE6 & WMP10 and one has IE7
>>>> & WMP12. When I try to play media at a link such as the one below:
>>>>
>>>> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...edia-player-12
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have the same problem on both machines. When the page loads, it
>>>> looks like it's ready to play (displays "ready" above the seek
>>>> slider), but when I click on the play button, it flashes
>>>> "connecting" real quick,
>>>> but then goes back to just displaying "Ready" and never plays. This
>>>> happens on multiple sites.
>>>>
>>>> I get no error messages. Any suggestions? Thanks.
>>> I don't know if this helps, but I am on my Linux machine right now
>>> running Firefox2. And that link doesn't play correctly here either.
>>> As the video only shows up as large colored blocks. And the audio
>>> sounds like it is playing parts for a second or two and then jumps
>>> way ahead. And it only plays for a few more seconds and it is over.
>>
>> Plays fine here (on Windows XP, WMP 7.)
>>
>> Neither you nor OP indicated the specs of your PCs or type of
>> Internet connection you have. Not enough RAM, a slow processor, or a
>> slow dial-up connection would surely affect whether or not the video
>> plays properly. Plus your symptoms are different (it does play for
>> you, just not smoothly).
>>
>> If (either of) you play(s) this cached browser file in your TIF
>> directory:
>>
>> 41793244-4077-4253-b74c-969caf240ab5.wmv
>>
>> what happens? (I suspect OP doesn't even have this file.)
>>
>>
>
>
> Hi Daave. Thanks for your reply.
> I don't think hardware or bandwidth resources are the issue for either
> of my machines. They both have a minumum of T1 internet line, 1.5gb
> ram, and P4 2.0ghz processor.
>
> You are correct that I do not have the
> 41793244-4077-4253-b74c-969caf240ab5.wmv file in my temp internet
> files.
In that case, I definitely agree with PA Bear; you would do better here:
Re: WMP issues 
Linear Mode
