Streaming Audio/Video Won't Play!

Ok, I've had this dilemma for quite a while and I notice that it happens in every browser I use on my iBook. I want to listen to some streaming audio or watch streaming video and everytime it attempts to load I get a pop up saying "Cannot play back the file. The file format is invalid" This just happens usually when the streaming is Windows Media..is my Windows Media player not functioning correctly? What's going on? Any help would be appreciated. THANK YOU!

From a Microsoft Bulletin:
Cannot play back file. The file format is invalid.
In some cases, you might be able to play the file in Microsoft Windows Media Player on a Microsoft Windows-based computer, but not on a Macintosh. This occurs because Windows Media Player for Mac is parses .asx files more strictly.
This issue may occur if the .asx file contains an error, or if there is an error in the HTML coding of a Web page that contains an embedded Windows Media file.
To resolve this issue, test to determine if Window Media Player can play other .asx files. If it can, contact the owner of the Web site to have the owner troubleshoot the .asx file.

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