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Windows Media Player won't buffer

Duck Soup · 2005-09-09 20:28:40

Whether I open WMP direct by clicking on its icon, or invoke it by clicking on a link to a WMV file on a website, the result is the same. It gets as far as 'opening media' and then spins its wheels for eternity. The only difference is that sometimes - and I mean rarely - it gets past opening media and then, when it should…

09-09-2005 8:28pm

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Whether I open WMP direct by clicking on its icon, or invoke it by clicking on a link to a WMV file on a website, the result is the same. It gets as far as 'opening media' and then spins its wheels for eternity.

The only difference is that sometimes - and I mean rarely - it gets past opening media and then, when it should tell me it's buffering a stream of data, it goes quiet and won't do a thing.

At this point, if I'm using Explorer, it invariably freezes up and crashes. Anyone else ever have this problem or know the solution?

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