Windows 7 problem with windows media player !

[ickymay]

hiya,

does anyone have a clue as to why windows media player should be blocking me playing Link Removed in Win7 beta 7k, taken from Link Removed - Invalid URL ?

all I get is the firewall could be blocking message but from what i can see in firewall advanced settings internet is allowed in and out for media player

or am i missing something obvious

any help appreciated

 

[bboy500]

what antivirus are you using? maybe that is blocking it. if not try using a diffrent web browser

 

[ickymay]

ahhh solved thnx

I was using opera browser and to check that i tried it also in Internet Explorer

what I didnt reckon on was that it was never supposed to open in windows media player ,

On advise I installed silverlight (not compatible with opera) or internet explorer 64 bit , and it now runs happily as it should in Internet Explorer 32 bit

 

[Seras]

You could also had simply download the video and open it locally
besides, the windows media player streams it perfectly, maybe it really was your firewall.

 

[GomJabbar]

ahhh solved thnx

I was using opera browser and to check that i tried it also in Internet Explorer

what I didnt reckon on was that it was never supposed to open in windows media player ,

On advise I installed silverlight (not compatible with opera) or internet explorer 64 bit , and it now runs happily as it should in Internet Explorer 32 bit

I have Opera 10 Alpha installed on W7b 32-bit and the video in your link played just fine. A Windows Media Player window opened on top of the browser, and shortly began playing video as it was being streamed.