274630 - cannot play windows media player files from websites

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Rein Smedinga]

Build:  2004112206 (1.8a5)

When clicking on a icon to play a windows media player file from the site
www.rtl.nl/actueel/rtlnieuws, the window that pops up keeps empty. 
After right clicking in the window and chosing the error details, it says:

Cannot open.  Please verify that the path and filename are correct and try
again. (Error=80070002)

Website works correct under IE. 

Is this an Moz-bug or is the website coded with non standard javascripts??

Comment 1

[Jacquelyn Stevens]

Only way I have gotten Windows media player to work is by opening the page source 
and finding the URl of th file they want you to see / view and add it into the 
ADD URL to the windows Media player and click on the "Browse" button ! 

Comment 2

[Paula]

Embedded windows media players don't work on any of the websites I've visited
today.  My operating system is ME.

Comment 3

[Paula]

(In reply to comment #2)
> Embedded windows media players don't work on any of the websites I've visited
> today.  My operating system is ME.

Same thing today and I tried all the fixes I've seen suggested.  One of the site
pages is: http://www.terravitahomes.com/slideshow/2232589.htm

Comment 4

[Paula]

(In reply to comment #3)
> (In reply to comment #2)
> > Embedded windows media players don't work on any of the websites I've visited
> > today.  My operating system is ME.
> 
> Same thing today and I tried all the fixes I've seen suggested.  One of the site
> pages is: http://www.terravitahomes.com/slideshow/2232589.htm

Don't know if this will work for anyone else...not sure why it worked for me,
but try this:

Go to your programs menu and instead of opening Firefox, open the Safe Mode
version.  Go to the page where you were trying to view the Windows Media
embedded item.  When I did this, it worked!!!!!!  Then I closed the browser and
went back into Firefox (not the Safe Mode version) and went to the web page
again and it worked!  I am confused, but not complaining as I can now see the
slideshows and the problem is solved.  I guess the Firefox fairy visited me
today ;-)

Comment 5

[apextek]

cant paly windows media embedded in websites
this sucks

Comment 6

[u.van.meeteren]

It works well in Mozilla 1.6 (with the ActiveX plugin) but it does not work
anymore in version 1.7 whatever I try.

Comment 7

[redshorty4]

Try this,
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/version64/plugin.aspx

and download and execute the file. It will install windows media player for
firefox.