Media Player and the Internet

[Daniel Royer]

When my son connects to a website where there are videos to watch (e.g.
demos of Wii !!) Media Player no longer plays the video (any video). It
used to work and I don't know what has been changed. Same behavior with
Media player 10 and 11 and Firefox and IE. Media player works alright
when used on its own, i.e. it plays files on the HD.

Computer is a Dell inspiron 6400 XP SP2.

Any idea?

Damiel

 

[RAID!!!]

When my son connects to a website where there are videos to watch (e.g.
demos of Wii !!) Media Player no longer plays the video (any video). It
used to work and I don't know what has been changed. Same behavior with
Media player 10 and 11 and Firefox and IE. Media player works alright
when used on its own, i.e. it plays files on the HD.

Computer is a Dell inspiron 6400 XP SP2.

Any idea?

Do you have a firewall that is maybe blocking it from accessing the
internet?

 

[Daniel Royer]

Do you have a firewall that is maybe blocking it from accessing the
internet?

He has the XP firewall installed. I don't think it would block a MS
product!!

Daniel

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Daniel Royer
University of Geneva
daniel at royer dot ch

 

[Wesley Vogel]

See this WMP FAQ

Connecting to the Internet
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/faq/internet.mspx

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Daniel Royer]

* Wesley Vogel wrote, On 30/11/2006 18:16:

See this WMP FAQ

Connecting to the Internet
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/faq/internet.mspx

Thanks Wes. Will have a look.

Daniel

 

[Daniel Royer]

When my son connects to a website where there are videos to watch (e.g.
demos of Wii !!) Media Player no longer plays the video (any video). It
used to work and I don't know what has been changed. Same behavior with
Media player 10 and 11 and Firefox and IE. Media player works alright
when used on its own, i.e. it plays files on the HD.

Computer is a Dell inspiron 6400 XP SP2.

Any idea?

Daniel

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I just found out that my son had been fiddling (for lack of a better
word) with Java. Could this be the source of the problem?
If so, what can I do to fix it?

Daniel

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Daniel Royer
University of Geneva
daniel at royer dot ch