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Windows Media Player cannot play the file. If the file is on another computer, verify that you are connected to the network. If you typed a path, verify that it is correct. If the problem persists, the server might not be available.
It always happens for my video files whether processed through Windows Media Encoder or not. These are wmv files and the path is correct.
Also when embedding my media files and hit play nothing happens. No matter what source I get the file from this always happens whether the files are processed by me or not.
Whether I play them locally through a webpage on my local hard drive or a page on the web.
Any help?
Dave
I have a simple web page with a link to a .WMV file. I load that file locally, click on the link, see Windows Media Player pop up...and it gives me the "Windows Media Player cannot play the file... etc" message.
If I load the same file through a server (that is, I create a web share on my machine that points to the folder holding my web page and load the page via "http://localhost") then WMP is happy to play the file.
The same thing happens with Opera. Except that with Opera I get an additional error message from WMP saying "The selected file has an extension that is not recognised...yada yada yada". I can't test if Opera will load through a server because it tells me "Internal Communication Error" when I try.
I've found no solution for this, but I'd love to hear comments/suggestions.
What I'm actually trying to do is create a CD with DV quality video that can be played on machines I have no control over by people who may or may not know what they're doing. I tried MPEG2, but then it didn't run on my boss's machine, which was not good.
I finally gave up on it and went back to IE. I keep a copy loaded for checking websites but got tired of the hangs and errors.
I could not get it to work with the latest Real player either.
I use WMP version 6.4 for compatibility, and it works fine with Firefox.
Jim
