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bigdaddymustang - 19 Mar 2006 19:07 GMT

I recently had to completely restore my computer and since the restore I
can't play any streaming video online. I am running Windows XP with WMP 10.
In the media player, I have all the file types checked and it is also checked
to connect to the internet. When I try to play video off of Yahoo I get an
error that says: Windows Media Player cannot play the file because the
specified protocol is not supported. If you typed a URL in the Open URL
dialog box, try using a different transport protocol (for example, "http:" or
"rtsp:" )

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Cari (MS-MVP) - 19 Mar 2006 21:35 GMT

And what happens when you try a different protocol?

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>I recently had to completely restore my computer and since the restore I
> can't play any streaming video online. I am running Windows XP with WMP
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> or
> "rtsp:" )

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bigdaddymustang - 19 Mar 2006 23:31 GMT

i have even tried shutting down the firewall. the protocols to recieve
streaming video are all checked. and the streaming proxy settings are set for:
HTTP - browser
MMS - autodetect
RTSP - autodetect

> And what happens when you try a different protocol?
> >I recently had to completely restore my computer and since the restore I
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> > or
> > "rtsp:" )

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Sfmuziq - 18 Apr 2006 16:31 GMT

I'm having the same problem after installing the latest Microsoft security
updates. No other changes were made to the system. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Jeff

> i have even tried shutting down the firewall. the protocols to recieve
> streaming video are all checked. and the streaming proxy settings are set for:
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> > > or
> > > "rtsp:" )

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Sfmuziq - 18 Apr 2006 16:36 GMT

The same problem has started happening on my XP 2005 Media Center edition,
but not only in Yahoo. Just started after installing the latest security
updates. Should I reinstall media center 10 or is there another solution?

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Wole - 26 Jun 2006 19:55 GMT

Had this probem too. What I did was go to windows media website and instal
player 10 as a new installation. Worked for me, hope it does 4 u.

> I recently had to completely restore my computer and since the restore I
> can't play any streaming video online. I am running Windows XP with WMP 10.
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> dialog box, try using a different transport protocol (for example, "http:" or
> "rtsp:" )

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