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 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.

--
Bill
Asus EEE PC 702G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Xandros Linux (build 2007-10-19 13:03)

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?

FWIW, it plays fine here, XP pro SP3, IE 8 WMP 11.

"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.

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.

--
Bill
Asus EEE PC 702G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Xandros Linux (build 2007-10-19 13:03)

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.

--
Bill
Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2 (quit Windows updates back in May 2009)

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.)

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.
>
>

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.


I have no problems here with WinXP SP3 and Firefox 3.54 with the WMP plugin.


--

Roy Smith
Windows XP Pro SP3

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.

"BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote in message
news:uJI0KRwXKHA.3504@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> 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

--
Bill
Windows 7 Ultimate (build 7100)
Asus EEE PC 702G16 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC

Plays nicely on Gom player , vista .




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
> news:uJI0KRwXKHA.3504@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> 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.

--
Bill
Windows7 Ultimate (build 7100)
Gateway MX6124 - 2G RAM

Tip: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...wsmedia.player


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:

microsoft.public.windowsmedia.player