Media player 11 not playing streaming video Windows Vista

by Sameer on January 27, 2009

in Internet, Technology

Media player 11 not playing streaming video in Windows Vista
Problem 1
Sometime  you try to stream audio or video from Microsoft Windows Media Services, you may received an error message that resembles the following in Microsoft Windows Media Player: The specified protocol is not supported.

Note: This problem does not occur when you play content that is stored on a hard disk drive.

Problem 2
When you click the Network tab of the Windows Media Player Options menu, nothing happens.

Problem 3
On the Windows Media Player Network tab, the “Streaming proxy settings” protocol listing is empty.

CAUSE
This problem may occur if any one of the following conditions is true: The Wmnet…This problem may occur if any one of the following conditions is true:
The Wmnetmgr.dll file is unregistered.

The Wmsdkns.xml file is corrupted.

SOLUTION To resolve this problem, use one of the following methods. Method 1Register the…To resolve this problem, use one of the following methods.

Method 1
Register the Wmnetmgr.dll file by using an account that is in the Administrators group. At a command prompt, run the following command.
regsvr32 wmnetmgr.dll

Method 2
Make sure that the user account that is using Windows Media Player has Modify permissions for the Wmsdkns.xml file.

Note In Windows Vista, the file is located in the C:\Users\Userame\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Media\11.0 folder. In Windows XP, the file is located in the C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows Media\11.0 folder.

Method 3
Delete the Wmsdkns.xml file. After you delete it, Windows Media Player will re-create the Wmsdkns.xml file.
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MORE INFORMATIONSteps to reproduce the problem Unregister the Wmnetmgr.dll file by using an acco…Steps to reproduce the problem
Unregister the Wmnetmgr.dll file by using an account that is in the Administrators group. At the command prompt, run the following command.
regsvr32 /u wmnetmgr.dll

Make sure that the user account that is using Windows Media Player has Deny permissions for the Wmsdkns.xml file. — gorlin ———————————————————————— gorlin’s Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/gorlin.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-music-video/685709.htm http://forums.techarena.in

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