Actually, you can get that to fail easily in XP too. Turn off Multicast,
UDP, and TCP - leaving only HTTP turned on - and then try to play those
streams on the XP player, and it'll fail easily there too.
This is really easy for the website provider to fix - turn on HTTP Streaming
on the *server*. This is easy for them to fix. Send them an email asking
them nicely to turn on HTTP streaming in their Windows Media Server
settings. =)
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Speaking for myself only.
See
http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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"Anguilla" <Anguilla@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:8085AC56-DB09-48AF-B7A6-A0DAD72BDCBF@xxxxxx
Quote:
> I've had a Laptop with "Ultimate" installed dumped on me by a friend who -
> like me - doesn't understand HOW to get the complex "Media Centre" to
> accept
> files containing {say} AVI's & play them.....
>
> Or even to connect to Streaming Audio from :
> mms://streaming.quicknet.com.au/4BHhttp://stream.arn.com.au/4KQ
>
> or even :
> http://stream.arn.com.au/4KQ
>
>
> These are two stations that *I* can **EASILY** connect to in XP-Pro's
> version of Windows Media Player - **WHY** can't I find any way for my
> friend
> to listen to these radio stations in Vista Ultimate - or even play video
> files which are NOT on VCD or DVD's ??
>
>
> I'd be very grateful to learn how the friend can play video from Hard Disk
> *&* "tune in" to Streaming Audio from Radio Station.