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PhoenixF2B · Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 1

Hello, I'm having a bit of an issue. When I go to a webpage that has an embedded wmv file, the media player window sits there with the MS logo. It's not buffering, the internet connection is fine, all local files play fine.

One thing I've noticed though is that when I'm on another machine, the embedded video player looks like the media player 10, yet on the machine I'm having problems with, it looks like the classic player.

I have Media Player 10 installed on my computer and I have it set for all the defaults I can find.

Does anyone have any ideas?

-Dan

zachd [ms] · Guest

If you right-click on it when it's sitting there, does it have "Error
Details"?

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joaolc · Guest

i am having the same problems. recently changed my computer and now have win
xp sp2. i have installed wmp 10 but everytime there is a webpage with wmp
embedded nothing happens. it doesnt even start or try to buffer. no error
details as well. i have tried everything. uninstalling, re-installing.
nothing works. i really need help with this!!!

thanks

zachd [ms] · Guest

What is the URL to a page that shows this error?

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joaolc · Guest

any site i go in that has a movie to play using media player, the movie wont
start. i doesnt even start buffering. nothing happens. i can only see the
buttons on the media player but nothing happens. not even if i right click
it. its just the buttons with no screan. i have tried everything and nothing
works...

joaolc · Guest

i understand. if there is a quicktime or real player video the player appears
perfect and plays the movie. this only happens with media player. the only
thing i see on the page is the buttons on the bottom. i dont even see the box
where the movie appears. And this has happened on absolutely every time the
movie is for windows media player. So its fair to say the player does not
look correct because it only shows the buttons, nothing else. the thing is. i
have looked through every internet config and wmp config. nothing changed
this. but thanks for the help. if you have any clue give me a buzz. ;)

zachd [ms] · Guest

Alright. Then two questions come to mind:
* Does the player *look* correct in the web page?
and:
* What is a URL that shows this error?
The last question is important. No one can help you if they don't
understand the specifics of what kind of page is causing you problems. =)

Kind regards,
-Zach
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zachd [ms] · Guest

Can you supply a screenshot of the player in this broken state on a web
page? I feel like we're at cross-purposes here.

One of the critical reasons I repeatedly ask you to supply a URL is because
that allows us to ferret out the content URL, which you can then try in your
stand-alone player as a critical validator. If you can't supply that
information, I'm afraid I can't help you any further. =)

-Zach
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joaolc · Guest

i sent it to your email,
cheers

joaolc · Guest

actually i tried to send it to your email but just got back a delivery
failure! is there any where i can send it to you?

InvaderJim · Guest

im having the same problem as joaolc. if you guys figure anything out, can
you please contact me? my email is surferdude47325@hotmail.com

InvaderJim · Guest

hey guy, maybe you want to drop the attitude. i did post my problem and noone
replied. it been there for 3 days, where are you to answer it if you know all
and see all? i just saw that this guy had a similar issue, it seemed like
they started to corruspond over email and i was wondering if they found a
solution. you can find my post with my problem on the first page.

Neil Smith [MVP Digital M · Guest

As you snipped out the entire message from 'joaolc' we have no idea at
all what you're referring to. Why not post your problem, as it's
almost certainly going to be different despite your claim.

Cheers - Neil

ThaMossop · Guest

Hi people,

I get this same problem and have for some time, I've tried this in IE and
Firefox. (as my mate kept saying it was cause I was using IE) I've tried
reinstalling and uninstalling, etc.. WMP but no joy.

Everytime I try and play ANY embedded video that needs WMP to play it says
'Connecting to media...' and then 'Ready'. Nothing plays and I get no error
message. I've put up with this as I could always press right mouse button,
find the link and then type that into the browser to load the actual video
directly into WMP, where it plays fine.

However, the latest clips I want to play are protected so I can't copy the
direct link.

You want an example.. http://www.tv.com/threshold/show/32983/videos.html. I
am just trying to click on the 'Brainstorming session' for the new show
Threshold and I get the same as I do for any embedded video.

I've had a read through the forums and seen mention of it being the wrong
version but when I click About in the browser and it tells me it's version 10
so it can't be that.

I'm using XP SP2 and keep it up to date with WMP 10.00.00.3646.

I work in IT so happy to go fiddling with the registry, etc, if need be.

Cheers,
Kris.

Marc · Guest

Hi Kris,

I had this exact same problem today. So far as I can tell, the problem was
with another application that had installed itself as a LSP ("Layered
Service Provider") into the Windows TCP/IP stack... It was interfering with
the WMP ActiveX control such that it could not connect to the media. Oddly
enough, the standalone Windows Media Player didn't seem to be affected in
the same way, so opening the same stream in the standalone player made it
work fine.

LSP-Fix (http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm) is what I used to remove the extra
LSP's. Be sure to only remove the LSPs that are not associated with
Microsoft/Windows, or else you could seriously break all TCP/IP
connections... In my case, once I removed the LSPs, everything returned to
normal.

Hope that helps. Please post and let me know.

Marc

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