Unable to watch embedded videos online.

[Yamiyanazz]

I've had this problem now for probably over a month. I can't think of anything that I did that would have resulted in this, I just know that it suddenly stopped working. Any video (.avi, .asx, .mpg) that is embedded on a webpage will not stream. For example, I'm sure you've seen music videos, video clips, etc. all online before. Each time I try to play, it will load as if it were loading, and will then go to a blank screen with the word "Ready." appearing just below the play controls. See my attached image to see what I mean. (yes, after hitting the play button, still nothing)

It doesn't matter if it's IE, Firefox, Opera. I just ran a spyware, virus scan and still fixed nothing. Uninstalled unnecessary programs, and got new codecs. No luck. It doesn't matter what video it is, none seem to play. Any clues?

[Yamiyanazz]

Nobody still? I'd really enjoy being able to watch streaming videos again :(

[TazExtreme3]

Try this: go into Windows Media Player, click tools -> options, under the Player tab make sure "Connect to the Internet" is checked as seen below

[redduc900]

Try re-registering the msdxm.ocx file... Start | Run | Type regsvr32 msdxm.ocx, and click OK.

[Yamiyanazz]

Hmm. I tried those both just now and ended with no prevail. I decided to just uninstall WMP and then try to re-install it, but when I went through my list I noticed that it wasn't there. I saw "Windows Media Connect" and tried to uninstall that, but it said that if I did, it could stop applications from working (including IE, Firefox, etc.) so I decided "hmmmm.....lets find an upgrade"

So I went to the microsoft site, validated my copy of windows, and I thought it was working because I saw it actually say "connecting, buffering, etc", but I closed the window in anticipation that it worked. I tried loading it again, and no luck. I still can't view anything.




UPDATE: I re-installed it again and now the videos are working. Let's see how long it lasts this time....

[tech9]

I've had the same problem before with videos not showing up. A lot with WMP10 so I try and keep 9 as long as I can.

[Tay]

Did you update your gfx drivers lately? If you did, that could be your problem, or if you didn't, try it :)

[Yamiyanazz]

I did update my video card drivers, but I don't think it was at the same time. There is no audio or anything, so it's some sort of process failure. It was working again earleir after re-re-installing the software, but stopped working after a few minutes. It has to do something with that, I'm pretty sure, but how to fix it permanently? No clue. :(

[gorilly]

maybe try completely uninstalling wmp and reinstall it again, start / control pannel / add remove progs / add remove windows compos / untick WMP

that is if you didnt do it like that before...