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277986 2004-10-04 00:03:00 We have just got onto broadband at our school. We are having a problem viewing videos on the net. Some of our machines work fine, others won't work at all. We have windows xp, a firewall and proxy server. Any suggestions to solve this annoying problem.
Ta
Pete
teacher (3212)
277987 2004-10-04 00:58:00 Can you give us an example URL for the Videos? Chilling_Silence (9)
277988 2004-10-04 01:51:00 A video from the xtra homepage....We have media player 8 on some and 9 on the others. Could this be our problem. None of the Media player 9 ones seem to work. teacher (3212)
277989 2004-10-04 02:08:00 Try these links
Mini wmp FAQ
Here (www.nwlink.com)
How to troubleshoot playback in Windows Media Player 9
Here (support.microsoft.com)
Windows Media Player Support Center
here (support.microsoft.com)
hth
johnboy (217)
277990 2004-10-04 02:17:00 What format is the video? Do you have the appropriate codecs installed? Pete O'Neil (250)
277991 2004-10-04 03:07:00 As a sample:
www.xtra.co.nz

This uses .asf

Try WinAmp (WinAmp.com (www.winamp.com)) or VideoLAN Client (videolan.org (http:))

Chill.
Chilling_Silence (9)
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