Windows Media Player error message

On Saturday mornings for the last couple of years, I have tuned in via the internet to a radio station and particular program using the radio station's website and clicking on their link for my connection speed (cable). The Windows Media Player opens up and the broadcast begins. The past two weeks, when the Player window opens, I now get a message that says "The host is unreachable." I restarted my computer; same message. I've seen reference on some websites that it is a router problem. So I reset the router; still doesn't work. I reinstalled Media Player 9; same message. I'm baffled as to why this is happening all of a sudden. Can anyone help direct me? The router is Netgear and is about three years old. Thanks.

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Question #1
When I try to play music in windows Media Player I get the following message:
Windows Media Player cannot play the file because there is a problem with your sound device. There might not be a sound device installed on your computer, it might be in use by another program, or it might not be functioning properly.
The sound was working about a week ago, and I do have IDT High Definition Audio CODEC driver on my laptop.
Question @2
When I run any Troubleshooting program I get the following error code:
Pkg ID: AudioPlaybackDiagnostics (This varies depending on what I'm troubleshooting)
Path: Unknown (This varies)
Error Code: 0x8E5E0247 (This error code is always the same)
Source: Engine
User: Leyna-PC\Leyna
Context: Elevated (This is usually restricted)

Hi Mike,
Try the following.
Download the IDT Audio installer on the link below and save it to your Downloads folder.
http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp63501-64000/sp63555.exe
When done, open windows Control Panel, open Device Manager and open up Sound, Video and Game Controllers. Right click the IDT device and select Uninstall - you should also get a prompt to remove the current driver, tick the box to allow this and then proceed with the uninstall.
When done, download and reinstall the Chipset driver on the link below.
Chipset Driver - Windows 8.1
When complete, shut down the notebook by holding down the Shift key as you click Shutdown to temporrily prevent a hybrid boot.
Start the notebook and let Windows fully load - it will automatically load an audio driver, but just let this complete. Then open your Downloads folder, right click on the IDT installer and select 'Run as Administrator' to start the installation. When this has completed, right click the speaker icon in the Taskbar and select Playback Devices. Left click 'Speakers and Headphones' once to highlight it and then click the Set Default button - restart the notebook and try playing the mp3 file.
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DP-K
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Hi,
First of all, if you've recently installed any virtual drive software ( an exmple of this is Daemon Tools ), temporarily uninstall it, restart the notebook and see if this has corrected the error.
If the above doesn't apply, try downloading and installing the free KLite codec pack on the following link.
http://www.filehippo.com/download_klite_codec_pack/
When the installation has completed, restart the notebook and check again.
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So - has anyone out there had any similar problems? If so, I would appreciate any help or suggestions you may have as to how to deal with this sort of thing.
Thanks a lot. Hope to hear from one of you out there in the future.
Have a nice 4th...
Kent M.

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