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Hema - 27 Jun 2004 17:24 GMT

Hi,

When I try to play files using windows media player, I receive the following message "Cannot play back the audio stream: no audio hardware is available, or the hardware is not responding (Error= 80040256)". I do have audio hardware and it is working properly in real player. Please help me with this proble. Thanks.

- Hema.

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utzi - 27 Jun 2004 18:01 GMT

Very interesting problem: When I start my .mpg video from my harddisk, it works properly. After Uploading it to a server I get this error message. Even, if I re-download it from the server, and try to start the re-downloaded file, the message appears. I tried it on different servers. Only the original file at my harddisk works fine. What a sh...!

> Hi,
>
> When I try to play files using windows media player, I receive the following message "Cannot play back the audio stream: no audio hardware is available, or the hardware is not responding (Error= 80040256)". I do have audio hardware and it is working properly in real player. Please help me with this proble. Thanks.
>
> - Hema.

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zachd [ms] - 28 Jun 2004 08:06 GMT

Does
http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html#dsound
help you sort this out?

-Z

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See http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
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> - Hema.

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