mpeg files crash WMP on websites, but not after download

[Guest]

When I try to play mpeg files directly from a web site, windows media player crashes.

Here are all the details
1. If I download the file to my hard drive first, the file will always play without a problem. It's only when I click on the mpeg directly from an internet site that WMP crashes
2. This happens far more often with files that have "mpeg" as the extension rather than "mpg". Strangely, "mpg" files sometimes work straight from websites, but I can't remember the last time an "mpeg" file worked. This may be just a coincidence
3. I am using the latest windows media player for windows xp. Version 9.00.00.307
4. When the error happens and I send the report, microsoft tells me to install the mainconcept ag encoder. (see http://oca.microsoft.com/en/Response.asp?SID=615 for the details). I have installed their latest encoder and it makes no difference
5. I have already tried uninstalling windows media player and all the codecs and reinstalling them but that didn't help

I don't believe this can possibly be a problem with my video card driver, because of #1 above. Nor can it be a codec problem for the same reason. It's got to be some sort of association or streaming problem

I've been trying to fix this for about a month now. You experts are my last resort. Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[Jeff]

Hi, did you have the solution ?, my problem is that on
Windows 2000 I could play the movie, and then look for the
file on Temporary Internet Files and then save it and play
it, but just installed Windows XP and when a movie is
played is not stored on Temporary Internet Files as with
Windows 2000, do you know where this files are stored ?.

Thanks . Jeff.

-----Original Message-----
When I try to play mpeg files directly from a web site, windows media player crashes.

Here are all the details:
1. If I download the file to my hard drive first, the

file will always play without a problem. It's only when I
click on the mpeg directly from an internet site that WMP
crashes.

2. This happens far more often with files that

have "mpeg" as the extension rather than "mpg".
Strangely, "mpg" files sometimes work straight from
websites, but I can't remember the last time an "mpeg"
file worked. This may be just a coincidence.

3. I am using the latest windows media player for windows xp. Version 9.00.00.3075
4. When the error happens and I send the report,

microsoft tells me to install the mainconcept ag encoder.
(see http://oca.microsoft.com/en/Response.asp?SID=615 for
the details). I have installed their latest encoder and
it makes no difference.

5. I have already tried uninstalling windows media player

and all the codecs and reinstalling them but that didn't
help.

I don't believe this can possibly be a problem with my

video card driver, because of #1 above. Nor can it be a
codec problem for the same reason. It's got to be some
sort of association or streaming problem.

I've been trying to fix this for about a month now. You

experts are my last resort. Any help would be greatly
appreciated.

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

If they are correctly streamed, they should not appear in the Temporary
Internet Files folder! That's really the whole point of streaming!

Cari
www.coribright.com