85976 - Windows Media Player loads but receives error message

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(Plugins Graveyard :: Windows Media Player (Microsoft), defect)

Description

[shrirang khanzode]

0614 trunk windows 

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Launch browser
2. go to URL: 
http://www.mozilla.org/quality/browser/front-end/testcases/plugins/mediaplayerte
st.html
3. Click on Hollywood and Vine link
4. from Choose a Channel select Classic Rock.
5. click on any 110k link
Result:
Player loads but receive error message: Invalid or corrupt data was encountered

Comment 1

[Peter Lubczynski]

Shrirang,

If you get a chance, can you re-test with a more recent trunk build? Sounds like
a 4.x stream buffer curruption issue that I think is all resolved now. Thanks.

Comment 2

[Jesse Ruderman]

Windows 98SE; Mozilla trunk 2002 041203; Windows Media Player 7.01.00.3055.

1. Go to http://www.gateway.com/home/deals/offers/music/dmz.shtml.
2. Click the "TV Advertisement" link, which for me points to
http://wm.gateway.na-regional.speedera.net/wm.gateway.na-regional/SundownC.asf.

I get a dialog: You have chosen to download a video/x-ms-asf file (Windows Media
Audio/Video Shortcut).

3. Select "Open using ASXFile".

Windows Media Player will open but say "Invalid or corrupt data was
encountered".  Works fine if I follow the same steps using Internet Explorer,
Netscape 4, but similarly broken in Opera 6.

Comment 3

[rubydoo123]

This is working fine for me using the build from 20020415 on win98, media player 
 version 7.01.00.3055

Comment 4

[shrirang khanzode]

my testcase does not launch media player at all on today's branch build on NT. 
However,Jesse's testcase does launch /load fine. what to do ?

Comment 5

[Jesse Ruderman]

I still see this on 2002 041503, Windows 98.

Beppe: WORKSFORME means "All attempts at reproducing this bug were futile". 
This bug was reported a long time ago but has a confirming comment from two days
ago, and you did not give a reason to believe that the bug had been fixed in the
last few days, so WFM is not appropriate.

Comment 6

[rubydoo123]

Using the test cases provided, using the current build available, using the 
latest supported windows media plug-in, in this instance the application worked 
as expected, which would be a works for me

Comment 7

[rubydoo123]

are you sure you have the appropriate np files in your plug-ins directory

Comment 8

[Jesse Ruderman]

I'm using Windows Media Player as a helper app, not as a plug-in.  But this wfm
now on Gateway's site.

Comment 9

[shrirang khanzode]

yes,v, 0507 br