Vidos No Playing Dale 05.07.2007 05:32:01 For example. When I click on a news vidio, it will not play. It seems like there is something wrong with Internet Explorer or something. It just locks up. Can anyone help me with this problem, or if I am not in the right group, could you point me in the right direction

Re: Vidos No Playing "Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil[ at ]nospam.com> 05.07.2007 21:37:54 On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 22:32:01 -0700, Dale <Dale[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >For example. When I click on a news vidio, it will not play. It seems like >there is something wrong with Internet Explorer or something. It just locks >up. Can anyone help me with this problem, or if I am not in the right group, >could you point me in the right direction Well, it's hard to tell from your problem description. Are the videos playing inside a web page ? If so, what's the web address that you copy and paste from the web browsers' address bar ? If the videos are windows media, then right-click on the video error and write down anything listed as "Error details" if that's not greyed out (and post the result here). It would help to know what operating system you have, and if this is windows media video, then what version of media player you have (WMP menu Help -> About windows media player can tell you that). If it's flash video then make sure you have the most recent version of flash player installed, which yhou can get from here : http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash HTH Cheers - Neil ------------------------------------------------ Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs

Re: Vidos No Playing Dale 07.07.2007 05:10:02 Neil, I have downloaded the latest players. Direct x and all. The web site, which is my home page is www.bellsouth.com. Thats where I try to play the news vidios. I have the 2 package with XP. Maybe when I said NO vidios would play I should have said on this web site, and also the weather channel. Something is not set up right I guess. Any more ideas "Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote: [Quoted Text] > On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 22:32:01 -0700, Dale > <Dale[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > >For example. When I click on a news vidio, it will not play. It seems like > >there is something wrong with Internet Explorer or something. It just locks > >up. Can anyone help me with this problem, or if I am not in the right group, > >could you point me in the right direction > > > Well, it's hard to tell from your problem description. Are the videos > playing inside a web page ? If so, what's the web address that you > copy and paste from the web browsers' address bar ? > > If the videos are windows media, then right-click on the video error > and write down anything listed as "Error details" if that's not greyed > out (and post the result here). > > It would help to know what operating system you have, and if this is > windows media video, then what version of media player you have (WMP > menu Help -> About windows media player can tell you that). > > If it's flash video then make sure you have the most recent version of > flash player installed, which yhou can get from here : > http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash > > HTH > Cheers - Neil > ------------------------------------------------ > Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007 > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs >

Re: Vidos No Playing "Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil[ at ]nospam.com> 07.07.2007 16:31:50 Sorry, I can't see any videos on that page, they must be somewhere else. Please copy and paste the page address from your browser of the page you're trying to view the videos on. If it's a login only site, please find another site where you can reproduce the problem. Cheers - Neil On Fri, 6 Jul 2007 22:10:02 -0700, Dale <Dale[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >Neil, > >I have downloaded the latest players. Direct x and all. The web site, >which is my home page is www.bellsouth.com. Thats where I try to play the >news vidios. I have the 2 package with XP. Maybe when I said NO vidios >would play I should have said on this web site, and also the weather channel. > Something is not set up right I guess. Any more ideas > >"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote: > >> On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 22:32:01 -0700, Dale >> <Dale[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> >> >For example. When I click on a news vidio, it will not play. It seems like >> >there is something wrong with Internet Explorer or something. It just locks >> >up. Can anyone help me with this problem, or if I am not in the right group, >> >could you point me in the right direction >> >> >> Well, it's hard to tell from your problem description. Are the videos >> playing inside a web page ? If so, what's the web address that you >> copy and paste from the web browsers' address bar ? >> >> If the videos are windows media, then right-click on the video error >> and write down anything listed as "Error details" if that's not greyed >> out (and post the result here). >> >> It would help to know what operating system you have, and if this is >> windows media video, then what version of media player you have (WMP >> menu Help -> About windows media player can tell you that). >> >> If it's flash video then make sure you have the most recent version of >> flash player installed, which yhou can get from here : >> http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash >> >> HTH >> Cheers - Neil >> ------------------------------------------------ >> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007 >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs >> ------------------------------------------------ Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs

Re: Vidos No Playing Dale 08.07.2007 17:46:01 Neil, Go to WWW.weather.com and click on their vidio. It will bring up vidio on demand. I still just set there witha frozen screen. I do notice a little box at the bottom that says CPU Usage 100%. Must be something there I would guess. Tks again. Dale "Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Sorry, I can't see any videos on that page, they must be somewhere > else. Please copy and paste the page address from your browser of the > page you're trying to view the videos on. If it's a login only site, > please find another site where you can reproduce the problem. > > Cheers - Neil > > On Fri, 6 Jul 2007 22:10:02 -0700, Dale > <Dale[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > >Neil, > > > >I have downloaded the latest players. Direct x and all. The web site, > >which is my home page is www.bellsouth.com. Thats where I try to play the > >news vidios. I have the 2 package with XP. Maybe when I said NO vidios > >would play I should have said on this web site, and also the weather channel. > > Something is not set up right I guess. Any more ideas > > > >"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote: > > > >> On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 22:32:01 -0700, Dale > >> <Dale[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > >> > >> >For example. When I click on a news vidio, it will not play. It seems like > >> >there is something wrong with Internet Explorer or something. It just locks > >> >up. Can anyone help me with this problem, or if I am not in the right group, > >> >could you point me in the right direction > >> > >> > >> Well, it's hard to tell from your problem description. Are the videos > >> playing inside a web page ? If so, what's the web address that you > >> copy and paste from the web browsers' address bar ? > >> > >> If the videos are windows media, then right-click on the video error > >> and write down anything listed as "Error details" if that's not greyed > >> out (and post the result here). > >> > >> It would help to know what operating system you have, and if this is > >> windows media video, then what version of media player you have (WMP > >> menu Help -> About windows media player can tell you that). > >> > >> If it's flash video then make sure you have the most recent version of > >> flash player installed, which yhou can get from here : > >> http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash > >> > >> HTH > >> Cheers - Neil > >> ------------------------------------------------ > >> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007 > >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs > >> > ------------------------------------------------ > Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007 > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs >

Re: Vidos No Playing "Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil[ at ]nospam.com> 09.07.2007 19:21:25 OK that page specifically uses real player. It worked fine here on my 400mhz celeron test box, so it's not lilkely to be CPU bound on a modern PC. One thing to ensure is that you've got the most recent real player available - some PCs come with it preinstalled but it's a very old version like Real 8. You can get the latest real player from the right-hand button at http://www.real.com/realplayer.html Then in your Start menu, find the Real Player (not windows media player) icon, and start the standalone. From the menus there, choose Tools -> Preferences. Go to General -> Playback settings Make sure 'Pausing and seeking' is ticked, as well as 'Cache on-demand streams' and 'Turbo play'. Extend the buffering time from 30 to 60 seconds, which will delay startup but give your PC a better chance of playing back the video uninterrupted from the hard disk instead of directly from the possibly slow network stream. Now go to the Connection tab, and try the Test Connection button. Usually the recommended values are OK, but like media player sometimes the test isn't accurate - so turn up the settings there to *at least* 400kbps (say with DSL/Cable 512 or 768kbps) because those clips run at around 400kbps and you need some overhead. HTH Cheers - Neil On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 10:46:01 -0700, Dale <Dale[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >Neil, > >Go to WWW.weather.com and click on their vidio. It will bring up vidio on >demand. I still just set there witha frozen screen. I do notice a little >box at the bottom that says CPU Usage 100%. Must be something there I would >guess. > >Tks again. > >Dale > >"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote: > >> Sorry, I can't see any videos on that page, they must be somewhere >> else. Please copy and paste the page address from your browser of the >> page you're trying to view the videos on. If it's a login only site, >> please find another site where you can reproduce the problem. >> >> Cheers - Neil >> >> On Fri, 6 Jul 2007 22:10:02 -0700, Dale >> <Dale[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> >> >Neil, >> > >> >I have downloaded the latest players. Direct x and all. The web site, >> >which is my home page is www.bellsouth.com. Thats where I try to play the >> >news vidios. I have the 2 package with XP. Maybe when I said NO vidios >> >would play I should have said on this web site, and also the weather channel. >> > Something is not set up right I guess. Any more ideas >> > >> >"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote: >> > >> >> On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 22:32:01 -0700, Dale >> >> <Dale[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >For example. When I click on a news vidio, it will not play. It seems like >> >> >there is something wrong with Internet Explorer or something. It just locks >> >> >up. Can anyone help me with this problem, or if I am not in the right group, >> >> >could you point me in the right direction >> >> >> >> >> >> Well, it's hard to tell from your problem description. Are the videos >> >> playing inside a web page ? If so, what's the web address that you >> >> copy and paste from the web browsers' address bar ? >> >> >> >> If the videos are windows media, then right-click on the video error >> >> and write down anything listed as "Error details" if that's not greyed >> >> out (and post the result here). >> >> >> >> It would help to know what operating system you have, and if this is >> >> windows media video, then what version of media player you have (WMP >> >> menu Help -> About windows media player can tell you that). >> >> >> >> If it's flash video then make sure you have the most recent version of >> >> flash player installed, which yhou can get from here : >> >> http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash >> >> >> >> HTH >> >> Cheers - Neil >> >> ------------------------------------------------ >> >> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007 >> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------ >> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007 >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs >> ------------------------------------------------ Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs