Streaming Video Won't Play in WMP 11 for XP Home Edition   

Recently, I've begun having problems seeing video clips streamed over the 
Internet.   These are from sites which use WMP.   I get the audio but no 
video file at all.   Some of the sites involved are the Setanta Broadband 
Network, Channel 67 (Glasgow Celtic TV) and Tottenham Hotspur TV.  

Other streaming video--You Tube and Veoh, for instance--sites which don't 
use WMP (as far as i know) play properly, both audio and video, on my 
computer.   DVDs play properly in the drive.   This leads me to believe the 
problem is with some setting in the software, not the video card or driver.  
I have checked the HP website and there is nothing there to resolve the 
problem.

Can anyone suggest a solution?


I have tried reinstalling WMP 11 and downloading the codecs for WMP 9 for XP 
and deactivating video acceleration but I still only get the audio for the 
sites initially listed with no video.

The computer is a Compaq Presario V2402US Notebook PC with an InterVideo 
WinDVD Player.
-- 
W Flanagan

date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:38:00 -0800   author:   William Flanagan

Re: Streaming Video Won't Play in WMP 11 for XP Home Edition   

This is a Mac media player group (sighs !)

OK so in WMP11, go to the Now Playing tab, click the small dropdown
menu below that and choose More Options then Performance.

On the section 'Autodetect' network connection speed, try setting it
to T1 (assuming you have a 2-4mbps DSL onnection) and it may well tell
the remote server you have enough bandwidth to display the video as
well as the audio

HTH
Cheers - Neil


On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:38:00 -0800, William Flanagan
 wrote:

>Recently, I've begun having problems seeing video clips streamed over the 
>Internet.   These are from sites which use WMP.   I get the audio but no 
>video file at all.   Some of the sites involved are the Setanta Broadband 
>Network, Channel 67 (Glasgow Celtic TV) and Tottenham Hotspur TV.  
>
>Other streaming video--You Tube and Veoh, for instance--sites which don't 
>use WMP (as far as i know) play properly, both audio and video, on my 
>computer.   DVDs play properly in the drive.   This leads me to believe the 
>problem is with some setting in the software, not the video card or driver.  
>I have checked the HP website and there is nothing there to resolve the 
>problem.
>
>Can anyone suggest a solution?
>
>
>I have tried reinstalling WMP 11 and downloading the codecs for WMP 9 for XP 
>and deactivating video acceleration but I still only get the audio for the 
>sites initially listed with no video.
>
>The computer is a Compaq Presario V2402US Notebook PC with an InterVideo 
>WinDVD Player.
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date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:24:41 GMT   author:   Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]