Well the subject may not be completely accurate, but I'm trying to watch some streaming video, a basketball game to be exact. I've tried using quick time, windows media player and neither will play it... the steaming site is as follows.. http://stream.ihigh.com/links/ncaa/2002_ncaabball85_gtown_nova700.asx I copied and pasted in under both programs and neither will open it. Windows media player says... "Windows Media Player cannot play the file. If the file is on another computer, verify that you are connected to the network. If you typed a path, verify that it is correct. If the problem persists, the server might not be available." and well quick time does nothing at all... so if someone can help... please do.
your firewall can be blocking the link in wmp SYMPTOMS When you type the name of a file to play with Windows Media Player, you may receive one or more of the following error messages: Cannot open file (Error=80040216) Cannot open 'http://Servername/Path/Filename.asf'. Please verify that the path and filename are correct and try again.(Error=80070002) Cannot open '\\Server\Directory\Filename'. Please verify that the path and filename are correct and try again. (Error=80070035) Cannot open '\\Server\Filename.' Please verify that the path and filename are correct and try again. (Error=80070043) Cannot open 'protocol://server/directory/filename'. Please verify that the path and filename are correct and try again. (Error=80070005) The specified path is invalid (Error=800700A1) The server or proxy was not found (Error=800C0005) The protocol is not known and no pluggable protocols have been entered that match. (Error=800C000D) The specified stream type is not recognized. (Error=C00D07E2) The system cannot find the file specified. (Error=C00D001A) You do not have access to the location or file. (Error 80070005) To Play a Multimedia File Located on the World Wide Web Protocol://DomainName/DirectoryName/FileName Protocol is a set of formats and procedures that enable computers to exchange information. Protocols used by Windows Media Player include HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) and MMS (Microsoft Media Server protocol). DirectoryName is optional, depending on where the multimedia files are located on the Web site. FileName is the name of the multimedia file. Please note that the protocol is followed by a colon and two forward slashes, and a forward slash is used between each folder name as well as the file name. Protocol, DomainName and FileName are all required parts of the path. DirectoryName is optional, depending on where the multimedia content is stored. go here to read it all http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q234292/
Thanx... oh I love reading about stuff I don't understand. If there the problems cotinues after reading the link I may get back to you.
ireland (DVDXCopy Chief Moderator), thanx for your help, but "error" message that relates to me is not disscussed at any point in the link that you supplied me with. Further more I looked into opening ports for WMP, cuz from the reading I did, it definately seems that my firewall is blocking my streaming capabilities on WMP, but I'm not even sure which ports I need to open up.
