Media Player stopped playing clips

[Steve-O]

I have spent a good amount of time searching this and
other groups for a post on this problem and can't seem to
find anything, so here's the deal. A few days ago I
noticed that mpeg files on the Internet will no longer
play on MS Media Player 9. The file association is set
correctly in Explorer and a double click on any mpeg file
already stored on disk brings up the program and plays
the file. I even tried changing the association to
another file player, but clips on the Net won't bring up
that program either, so I set it back. Any ideas as to
what's happening here? I checked all the settings in
Media Player as well and they are all unchanged. Thanks
in advance for any advice...

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Visit the "Official" Windows Media Player Newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsmedia.player

Windows Media Player FAQ
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/player/faq.aspx

Windows Media Player: WMP mini FAQ (Excellent Site!)
http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html

Windows Media Player Support Center
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];wmp

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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|I have spent a good amount of time searching this and
| other groups for a post on this problem and can't seem to
| find anything, so here's the deal. A few days ago I
| noticed that mpeg files on the Internet will no longer
| play on MS Media Player 9. The file association is set
| correctly in Explorer and a double click on any mpeg file
| already stored on disk brings up the program and plays
| the file. I even tried changing the association to
| another file player, but clips on the Net won't bring up
| that program either, so I set it back. Any ideas as to
| what's happening here? I checked all the settings in
| Media Player as well and they are all unchanged. Thanks
| in advance for any advice...

 

[Steve-O]

Carey,
Thanks for the resources. One of the links opened an FAQ
that addressed a similar problem. In my File Types tab
in Media Player, the movie file types were checked, but
they were also greyed out. I checked them all again,
tested a clip on the Internet and ...TADA, that did it.
Thanks again for the help.