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| Thread ID: 24295 | 2002-09-08 00:19:00 | Media Player won't play | poppy (552) | Press F1 |
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| 77467 | 2002-09-08 00:19:00 | have searched through all the numerous messages re this topic. But none seem to answer my particular query. Have win 98 and Media player v. 6.4. Have recently had a power supply burn out on our old computer and have had to upgrade to a new one. Previously I could access radio stations with no problem. But since getting the new computer back from the technician I cannot get any joy out of connecting to what I used to. I downloaded mediaPlayer 7.1 from Windows Update but it seemed to freeze up the CD Rom drive so I uninstalled it. My weekly fix of Macca on Sunday from the ABC has become a sudden cold turkey. I am devastated! help! |
poppy (552) | ||
| 77468 | 2002-09-08 01:35:00 | Were you using the bookmark function in Media Player ?? If so, have you tried initialising the stream from ABC's website? | antmannz (28) | ||
| 77469 | 2002-09-08 03:15:00 | yes I tried every which way. How do you mean initialise abc? | poppy (552) | ||
| 77470 | 2002-09-08 04:06:00 | Also make sure you anti-virus and/or firewall aren't interferring with things - that's a common one, but I tend to forget it from time to time. Cheers Kerry |
Kerry Dodds (1477) | ||
| 77471 | 2002-09-08 05:06:00 | You can click on a link in ABC's web-site to launch Media Player and start playing the stream. I was wondering if perhaps you had a link saved in Media Player and it had become "out-of-date". | antmannz (28) | ||
| 77472 | 2002-09-08 05:21:00 | yes thanks that was one of the things I did. This was on media Player 7 (which i have since uninstalled) it is all still a mystery but I'm hoping to get to the bottom of it eventually. I'll keep watching and thanks for your help | poppy (552) | ||
| 77473 | 2002-09-08 05:22:00 | thanks for the suggestion, how do I look those possibilities up? (I am a thick geriatric delinquent) | poppy (552) | ||
| 77474 | 2002-09-08 05:44:00 | Poppy, just had a thought .... can you hear any sound through your speakers?? Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Sounds. Highlight some of the sounds and hit the Play button to test whether your sound card is working. |
antmannz (28) | ||
| 77475 | 2002-09-08 06:02:00 | yes I am getting sound. Have played a music CD to test it, am getting new mail noises when they arrive so I guess that's OK | poppy (552) | ||
| 77476 | 2002-09-08 07:16:00 | Hi Poppy, what errors are you getting when using WMP? This link is the WMP support site and if you click on the Error Code page theres a few to choose from. ;-) support.microsoft.com |
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