streaming from url no longer working

[Guest]

Am running XP SP1, Media 10. With all critical updates included. For past
week am unable to play any streaming radio shows etc. For example, the url
below, I'd click on "click here" to listen live, it opens up a window and
just when it looks like it will connect, the pop-up window and the original
url close down, with no error messages given. Any thoughts? I tried
realplayer and get same results on any website that streams. WMP works fine
from saved data files, CD's etc. Thanks in advance for your valued input!
-HArry

http://www.kfnn.com/listen.asp

few others...

mms://nick9.surfernetwork.com/MarketWrapFiles/200511281506wrap.wma

or try play on any station listed here:

http://windowsmedia.com/radiotuner/MyRadio.asp

 

[Guest]

Ucstuff

Its not a problem, its because your internet explorer is rejecting this
file, so you will have to do the following, click on "Click here" and when
the media player appears right click it and choose properties, then copy the
Location "http:/....." then go to Windows Media Player and from file menu
choose Open URL and then paste the url, and press enter, enjoy!!

 

[Guest]

It IS a problem. While the "kfnn" link pop-up goes closes too fast to
click, I can still enter the "market Wrap" link into the "open URL" and it
closes WMP. Heck it even closed down additional windows ie, the one you are
reading now!

 

[zachd [ms]]

A: Update to XPSP2.
B: What error do you get? You're saying that a page pops up, the stream
starts/attempts to start, and then the page disappears without notice? This
sounds like an IE bug that's fixed in XPSP2.

 

[Queenie]

I've had the same problem. Sometimes just emptying your IE TEMP folder will
often do the trick. Also, a lot of sites that stream, require that Cookies,
Referrer and/or User/Agent info is available. If you use a security app that
can block this info, (like NIS), make sure you enable those options for
those sites. Also check for any third-party cookies that may need to be
allowed.

I have my security settings set to "paranoid" and since EVERYTHING is
blocked until I say so, I often have the same problem you have, but check
your event log and there you'll often see who or what info needs to be
enabled. Just enabling the above info usually gets everything 'streaming'
happily.

For example:

To see a streaming video at http://www.freefreevideos.com/item.php?id=19096
f.x, you have to let that info through PLUS you also have to have Yahoo
cookies enabled! (of all things!) Some sites just stream away with no probs,
but others require a bit more info. Below is just a copy/paste of the Yahoo
cookie info just to show you the info in it...you can see it has something
to do with streaming. So try it out! Hope it works for you too... )

Type: Cookie

URL:
http://dalwmod043.bcst.yahoo.com/b0...583682-1200276552&b=18fsofp1m07m2&s=396500550
Data:
LYC=l_v=1&l_lv=9&l_s=y35yyxvsu242us2xyqx5uwxrsu44v0wt&l_lid=1p5p81h&l_lc=0_1_0_0_-1&l_gv=i46ef&l_um=0_0_1_0_0&l_mv=110_-1;
LYS=l_fh=0&l_vo=myla; playerFullVersion=10; MVUserInfo3=161_10; l%5FPD3=208;
B=9sha64p1p11gn&b=2

 

[Queenie]

Okay, this was a challenge. I tried kfnn.com and for the life of me I
couldn't get the darn thing to play either to begin with, but now it does!!
According to my log, there was a THIRD site that needed 'permission'...

Here's what I did:

I enabled cookies, referrer and user/agent for 3 sites:

kfnn.com
playstream.com &
63.251.167.51

That's it!

Give it a go mate... )

 

[Queenie]

Couldn't get the site below to play anything either. The URL gave me a
C00D11D4 error message....

mms://nick9.surfernetwork.com/MarketWrapFiles/200511281506wrap.wma


Fixed it like this....

In Windows Media Player, on the 'Tools' menu, click 'Options'.

Choose the 'Network' tab. Check your settings in the 'Streaming proxy
settings' area. Highlight 'mms' and click Configure.In the Configure
Protocol dialog box, select 'Use no proxy settings'

(I'm not running an English version of XPsp2, so I've translated the
'route' as best I could. Hope you still can find the right place to go in
WMP...)

Anyway...this worked for me. Let me know if it works out for you
too....

)

 

[Queenie]

And last but not least:

http://windowsmedia.com/radiotuner/MyRadio.asp

Had no problems anywhere here.....

(PS) On both this and the kfnn site, you also have to permit ActiveX
controls.

)

 

[Guest]

O.K. Got a chance to download and install SP2 and it now works. Thx.