Can't play streaming audio, no error message

I have WMP 11 on Microsoft XP and I can no longer play live streaming radio
stations. I used to be able to play these stations and since about a month
ago I can no longer do so. I can still play some of these stations by using
Realplayer but not all. When I attempt to play a station, I will see
'connecting to media' at the bottom of the player and it seems to be trying
to connect. But then it goes back to 'ready' and never actually plays. I've
googled and tried to fix the problem by downloading codecs, allowing all the
internet protocols etc. but nothing seems to work.

Sorry I didn't see your post earlier. It seems I have the same problem, I
can't stream live radio within the web page. I have a feeling external
Codec's might be the problem but maybe one of the MVP's lurking around might
get us both straightened out.

"Jynx876" wrote:

> I have WMP 11 on Microsoft XP and I can no longer play live streaming radio
> stations. I used to be able to play these stations and since about a month
> ago I can no longer do so. I can still play some of these stations by using
> Realplayer but not all. When I attempt to play a station, I will see
> 'connecting to media' at the bottom of the player and it seems to be trying
> to connect. But then it goes back to 'ready' and never actually plays. I've
> googled and tried to fix the problem by downloading codecs, allowing all the
> internet protocols etc. but nothing seems to work.
>
>

Does resetting the networking cache:
http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#networktab
help ?

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See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
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"Jynx876" <> wrote in message
news5139A9B-8285-4C1A-A8D3-...
>I have WMP 11 on Microsoft XP and I can no longer play live streaming
>radio
> stations. I used to be able to play these stations and since about a month
> ago I can no longer do so. I can still play some of these stations by
> using
> Realplayer but not all. When I attempt to play a station, I will see
> 'connecting to media' at the bottom of the player and it seems to be
> trying
> to connect. But then it goes back to 'ready' and never actually plays.
> I've
> googled and tried to fix the problem by downloading codecs, allowing all
> the
> internet protocols etc. but nothing seems to work.
>
>

Well it's a little too late for me to check as I re-installed Vista and
everything is back to normal. I'll keep it in mind if it happens again.
Thanks for the reply

Steve

"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:

>
> Does resetting the networking cache:
> http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#networktab
> help ?
>
> --
> 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.
> --
> "Jynx876" <> wrote in message
> news5139A9B-8285-4C1A-A8D3-...
> >I have WMP 11 on Microsoft XP and I can no longer play live streaming
> >radio
> > stations. I used to be able to play these stations and since about a month
> > ago I can no longer do so. I can still play some of these stations by
> > using
> > Realplayer but not all. When I attempt to play a station, I will see
> > 'connecting to media' at the bottom of the player and it seems to be
> > trying
> > to connect. But then it goes back to 'ready' and never actually plays.
> > I've
> > googled and tried to fix the problem by downloading codecs, allowing all
> > the
> > internet protocols etc. but nothing seems to work.
> >
> >
>
>
>