Windows Media Player won't play some recorded .asf files Alex 7/1/2007 2:42:01 AM There is no apparent reason why one file will play back and the next moment iqual file from same source won't. Have got error message about file type or codec. Obviously not applicable since it supports .asf and the same codecs have played in other files. Also got to Error C00D1199 but can't find nothing in its breakdown that seems to apply. The files were recorded from streaming. My OS is Vista Premium and for all it is worth the card is NVidia. The one item I can't understand is the suggestion that I may be trying to play a multipart file and should combine them into one using a newsreader???? Can anybody help?

Re: Windows Media Player won't play some recorded .asf files Adam Albright <AA[ at ]ABC.net> 7/1/2007 3:22:01 AM On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 19:42:01 -0700, Alex <Alex[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >There is no apparent reason why one file will play back and the next moment >iqual file from same source won't. Have got error message about file type or >codec. Obviously not applicable since it supports .asf and the same codecs >have played in other files. Also got to Error C00D1199 but can't find nothing >in its breakdown that seems to apply. The files were recorded from streaming. >My OS is Vista Premium and for all it is worth the card is NVidia. >The one item I can't understand is the suggestion that I may be trying to >play a multipart file and should combine them into one using a newsreader???? >Can anybody help? You actually gave a lot of conflicting information. A multi-part video only makes sense if your downloaded from some newsgroup. Did you? If so, have you reassembled the parts to make a whole file? Just because you were successful in playing one .asf file or for that matter any type doesn't not automatically guarantee you'll be able to play another of a similar type. The first thing I do if Media Player stumbles is try to play it with another player. The sad fact is Microsoft's player is far from being the best. In fact is it has all kinds of issues. EVERYBODY that plays more than a casual video now and then, especially if you're downloading them from the web or from some newsgroup needs multiple players. At minimum I suggest you pick up GOM Player and XnView, both are excellent, both work well under Vista and both are free. If you still can't play the file, then suspect corruption, also very common if you're downloading from the Internet. It only takes a couple of missing or messed up bits to prevent some files from playing especially if you use dumb Media Player that's not very smart in recovering.

Re: Windows Media Player won't play some recorded .asf files Alex 7/1/2007 2:40:03 PM "Adam Albright" wrote: [Quoted Text] > On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 19:42:01 -0700, Alex > <Alex[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > >There is no apparent reason why one file will play back and the next moment > >iqual file from same source won't. Have got error message about file type or > >codec. Obviously not applicable since it supports .asf and the same codecs > >have played in other files. Also got to Error C00D1199 but can't find nothing > >in its breakdown that seems to apply. The files were recorded from streaming. > >My OS is Vista Premium and for all it is worth the card is NVidia. > >The one item I can't understand is the suggestion that I may be trying to > >play a multipart file and should combine them into one using a newsreader???? > >Can anybody help? > > You actually gave a lot of conflicting information. A multi-part video > only makes sense if your downloaded from some newsgroup. Did you? If > so, have you reassembled the parts to make a whole file? > > Just because you were successful in playing one .asf file or for that > matter any type doesn't not automatically guarantee you'll be able to > play another of a similar type. > > The first thing I do if Media Player stumbles is try to play it with > another player. The sad fact is Microsoft's player is far from being > the best. In fact is it has all kinds of issues. > > EVERYBODY that plays more than a casual video now and then, especially > if you're downloading them from the web or from some newsgroup needs > multiple players. At minimum I suggest you pick up GOM Player and > XnView, both are excellent, both work well under Vista and both are > free. > > If you still can't play the file, then suspect corruption, also very > common if you're downloading from the Internet. It only takes a couple > of missing or messed up bits to prevent some files from playing > especially if you use dumb Media Player that's not very smart in > recovering. > >Hi, Thank you very much for the answer. Hope it will sort out my problems, otherwise I will be back for more help!

Re: Windows Media Player won't play some recorded .asf files Alex 7/1/2007 7:52:04 PM "Alex" wrote: [Quoted Text] > > > "Adam Albright" wrote: > > > On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 19:42:01 -0700, Alex > > <Alex[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > > >There is no apparent reason why one file will play back and the next moment > > >iqual file from same source won't. Have got error message about file type or > > >codec. Obviously not applicable since it supports .asf and the same codecs > > >have played in other files. Also got to Error C00D1199 but can't find nothing > > >in its breakdown that seems to apply. The files were recorded from streaming. > > >My OS is Vista Premium and for all it is worth the card is NVidia. > > >The one item I can't understand is the suggestion that I may be trying to > > >play a multipart file and should combine them into one using a newsreader???? > > >Can anybody help? > > > > You actually gave a lot of conflicting information. A multi-part video > > only makes sense if your downloaded from some newsgroup. Did you? If > > so, have you reassembled the parts to make a whole file? > > > > Just because you were successful in playing one .asf file or for that > > matter any type doesn't not automatically guarantee you'll be able to > > play another of a similar type. > > > > The first thing I do if Media Player stumbles is try to play it with > > another player. The sad fact is Microsoft's player is far from being > > the best. In fact is it has all kinds of issues. > > > > EVERYBODY that plays more than a casual video now and then, especially > > if you're downloading them from the web or from some newsgroup needs > > multiple players. At minimum I suggest you pick up GOM Player and > > XnView, both are excellent, both work well under Vista and both are > > free. > > > > If you still can't play the file, then suspect corruption, also very > > common if you're downloading from the Internet. It only takes a couple > > of missing or messed up bits to prevent some files from playing > > especially if you use dumb Media Player that's not very smart in > > recovering. > > > >Hi, > Thank you very much for the answer. Hope it will sort out my problems, > otherwise I will be back for more help! Came back to thank you once more. The GOM Player worked just fine! By the way, the bit about multipart files and "newsreader" were one and the last of the "suggestions" of the error code C00D1199 and I couldn't understand it at all.

Re: Windows Media Player won't play some recorded .asf files Adam Albright <AA[ at ]ABC.net> 7/1/2007 8:17:45 PM On Sun, 1 Jul 2007 12:52:04 -0700, Alex <Alex[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > > >"Alex" wrote: > >> >> >> "Adam Albright" wrote: >> >> > On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 19:42:01 -0700, Alex >> > <Alex[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> > >> > >There is no apparent reason why one file will play back and the next moment >> > >iqual file from same source won't. Have got error message about file type or >> > >codec. Obviously not applicable since it supports .asf and the same codecs >> > >have played in other files. Also got to Error C00D1199 but can't find nothing >> > >in its breakdown that seems to apply. The files were recorded from streaming. >> > >My OS is Vista Premium and for all it is worth the card is NVidia. >> > >The one item I can't understand is the suggestion that I may be trying to >> > >play a multipart file and should combine them into one using a newsreader???? >> > >Can anybody help? >> > >> > You actually gave a lot of conflicting information. A multi-part video >> > only makes sense if your downloaded from some newsgroup. Did you? If >> > so, have you reassembled the parts to make a whole file? >> > >> > Just because you were successful in playing one .asf file or for that >> > matter any type doesn't not automatically guarantee you'll be able to >> > play another of a similar type. >> > >> > The first thing I do if Media Player stumbles is try to play it with >> > another player. The sad fact is Microsoft's player is far from being >> > the best. In fact is it has all kinds of issues. >> > >> > EVERYBODY that plays more than a casual video now and then, especially >> > if you're downloading them from the web or from some newsgroup needs >> > multiple players. At minimum I suggest you pick up GOM Player and >> > XnView, both are excellent, both work well under Vista and both are >> > free. >> > >> > If you still can't play the file, then suspect corruption, also very >> > common if you're downloading from the Internet. It only takes a couple >> > of missing or messed up bits to prevent some files from playing >> > especially if you use dumb Media Player that's not very smart in >> > recovering. >> > >> >Hi, >> Thank you very much for the answer. Hope it will sort out my problems, >> otherwise I will be back for more help! > >Came back to thank you once more. The GOM Player worked just fine! >By the way, the bit about multipart files and "newsreader" were one and the >last of the "suggestions" of the error code C00D1199 and I couldn't >understand it at all. Just some more general information... Because of their size most movies that get posted to newsgroups are posted in chunks, sometimes over a span of days. In order to play such movies you have to reassemble them. Some news readers will do that automatically, assuming ALL parts are on your news server, others you have to join with some utility. Look for joiner or splitter on Google. Such movies generally use uuencoding or the newer yEnc encoding method which takes up less space so it takes less time to post such movie parts and less time to download them. Again some news readers have the ability to decode such files automatically others don't. Because not all parts make it to all news servers many posters of larger movies now use PAR files. The idea being if you're trying to download a 200 part movie and are missing a few parts you use to have to beg the poster or somebody else to again post the missing parts. With a par file (which the original poster provides and also posts to newsgroup) you can assemble an entire movie even if some parts are missing with the par file providing the necessary magic that makes this possible. To make that work, you also need another utility that can read PAR files. A good one is called QuickPar. You simply put the par file in the same folder as your movie parts then click on any par file and it will scan the contents of the folder you're trying to assemble the movie in and if it has enough par files and movie parts, it can rebuild the missing movie parts and then assemble a fully intact version.

Re: Windows Media Player won't play some recorded .asf files "zachd [MSFT]" <zachd[ at ]nomailplz.online.microsoft.com> 7/2/2007 11:47:48 PM The Web Help button on WMP's Error dialog may have been illuminative... the URL it takes you to will contain two HRESULT codes which can be useful. Since you're saying this is "ASF", and most tools haven't generally produced "ASF" (a superset of WMV) for years, I'm strongly suspicious of where this file came from. If you ever have a sample file you can put up somewhere, I'll run it through something along the lines of ASFView at the least. =\ [For most purposes, WMV covers all of what you'd actually want.] -- Speaking for myself only. See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. -- "Alex" <Alex[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:90B93389-5EA6-4A8B-80D9-D5B49A965FD2[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > There is no apparent reason why one file will play back and the next > moment > iqual file from same source won't. Have got error message about file type > or > codec. Obviously not applicable since it supports .asf and the same codecs > have played in other files. Also got to Error C00D1199 but can't find > nothing > in its breakdown that seems to apply. The files were recorded from > streaming. > My OS is Vista Premium and for all it is worth the card is NVidia. > The one item I can't understand is the suggestion that I may be trying to > play a multipart file and should combine them into one using a > newsreader???? > Can anybody help?