Unable to play Videos

Hi:
I am unable to play media videos off the internet, I get
the following message 'Unable to access this media, you
may not be connected to the network'. I am sorry but I do
not have a clue what it is talking about since I have no
network. Could any one help me, I must have a blond
streak.
tx, Brian

In microsoft.public.win98.multimedia on Fri, 10 Sep 2004 06:41:38
-0700 "Brian" posted:

Hi:
I am unable to play media videos off the internet, I get
the following message 'Unable to access this media, you
may not be connected to the network'. I am sorry but I do
not have a clue what it is talking about since I have no
network.

The Internet is a network.

This is a better message than some, because it says "may". Other
programs flat out say one is not connected when it is another problem.
Some times all the program knows, or chooses to find out, is whether
there is input. Then it uses the same message no matter what the
reason.

Whenever you ask a question, you should give more information than you
have here. What OS, what program are you using (not everyone in the
world is a total slave to Microsoft), what version, did it used to
work, if so, when, what changes have you made to your system recently?

What is the url from which you are trying to download the media? Have
you tried others at different websites.

Have you rebooted, a cold restart, and anthing else relevant?

Anything else


Could any one help me, I must have a blond
streak.
tx, Brian


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-----Original Message-----
Hi:
I am unable to play media videos off the internet, I get
the following message 'Unable to access this media, you
may not be connected to the network'. I am sorry but I
do
not have a clue what it is talking about since I have no
network. Could any one help me, I must have a blond
streak.
tx, Brian
.
You did not give much detail/specifics here, but i'll try
to help. I run w98, WMP 9, IE 6. I had the same/similar
problem. Error message :Windows Media Player cannot play
this file. Connect to the Internet or insert the removable
media on which the file is located, and then try to play
the file again.

Solution; uninstall "Quicktime* if you have it. Use a good
registry cleaner to remove the entries that are left.
(This may not be required -but it worked for me.)

Open WMP tools/options. Check "connect to
internet ..overrides.." Apply. Hit link again. May get a
configuration utility trying to access 'net, allow it
(this applies if you use a firewall).

At this point mine played, and I was then able to uncheck
WMP tools/options "connect.." so i didn't permanently
alter my WMP settings.
You might need to reboot (although i did not).

You should know that internet media files are mostly playable by
"RealPlayer". If you want to play them offline, you should download the
media fies from internet. (right-click on the address link and select "save
target").
But if you haven't downloaded the video file, don't expect it to be plaid
back offline.

Javad
IRAN

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-----Original Message-----
Hi:
I am unable to play media videos off the internet, I get
the following message 'Unable to access this media, you
may not be connected to the network'. I am sorry but I
do
not have a clue what it is talking about since I have no
network. Could any one help me, I must have a blond
streak.
tx, Brian
.
You did not give much detail/specifics here, but i'll try
to help. I run w98, WMP 9, IE 6. I had the same/similar
problem. Error message :Windows Media Player cannot play
this file. Connect to the Internet or insert the removable
media on which the file is located, and then try to play
the file again.

Solution; uninstall "Quicktime* if you have it. Use a good
registry cleaner to remove the entries that are left.
(This may not be required -but it worked for me.)

Open WMP tools/options. Check "connect to
internet ..overrides.." Apply. Hit link again. May get a
configuration utility trying to access 'net, allow it
(this applies if you use a firewall).

At this point mine played, and I was then able to uncheck
WMP tools/options "connect.." so i didn't permanently
alter my WMP settings.
You might need to reboot (although i did not).