Windows Media Player won't work on Amazon, others

On Amazon.com and some other sites, when I click to listen with Windows Media Player, a message comes up that Safari doesn't support those files.
Any ideas?
Works fine on mp3.com

WMP for Mac has been discontinued by MS. Use the free Flip4Mac QuickTime plugin Timothy referenced.

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Hey,
The Windows media Player plug-in will not work at all in Safari.
It always says:
"Cannot open the file. Verify that the path and file name are correct and try again."
How can I fix this!? I have tried reinstalling it, but it doesn't work...
Cheers
James

Hi bramphetamine!
Instead of WMP, you can use Flip4Mac.
ali b

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Suddenly Windows Media Player stopped playing any files that I have or have been sent. I can click on Windows Media Player, but nothing happens. Either the icon bounces and nothing happens, or nothing happens at all. I'm running the most recent version of Windows Media Player for Mac.

Hi bramphetamine!
Instead of WMP, you can use Flip4Mac.
ali b

I can't open wmv files with Lion. Windows media player doesn't work. Any suggestions?

Unable to open wmv files using Lion. Windows media player doesn't work. Are there any suggestions.
Thanks

Lynnie Marie ---
macfriedchikkin's reply would make sense to you if you were trying to open a camera, but if you are trying to view streming media from a web site that is a different story. It helps to be very specific about what you are tyring to do on these forums.
I belive you would go into Firefox Preferences menu and tell it to use VLC as the application to play WMV files. I'm still running Tiger, however, so I can't tell you if it the latest version works wel that way. The Tiger version doesn't seem to, but a lot may have changed since then. (I'm only just getting around to installing Leopard next week now that there are too may apps I can't run on Tiger. ) Perhaps someone else on this forum can better help you set up the player in your browser.
Or you can cut out the middleman and give VLC the direct video URL:
Choose Open File from the File menu and paste in the URL of the video, say,
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or http://azul.streamguys.com/auduboncal-2
Your media should play this way. Dont forget to save the playlist for later.
I'l keep investigating on my end, and yes, I'm also encouraging certain people who are streaming windows media in to switching to a different format
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G

I definitely have put this under the wrong catergory but i don't care, I was wondering why everytime i click on a video to play it says: Windows media player has stopped working

Ok, so I made a video with Bandicam, and every time I click on it to play it (it is saved as an MP4), it just says: Windows Media Player has stopped working. Then it gives me two choices: Close the program OR look online for a solution. I REALLY want to
post these videos, but I can't. If anyone could help that would be great!

Hi juderocks14,
Please first take a check with the other Players and see if they could play the MP4 file normally. If it can't be played, which means it might be corrupted. You may ask at the Bandicam side, or save the files again.
If issue insists, take a try with the Troubleshooter (For Windows 7, 8 and 8.1):
Open the Windows Media Player Settings troubleshooter
Fix Windows Media Player video, and other media or library issues
Or you may try to turn Windows Features on or off to reset Windows Media Player:
Turn Windows features on or off (Before turn it on again, please remember to reboot first)
More reference:
What happens if I turn off Windows Media Player?
Best regards
Michael Shao
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Windows media player will not work as no DVD driver

Had to format disk (trojan) & reinstall Windows XP home. Now Windows media player will not work as no DVD Driver, can I download from Toshiba site?

Hi
Usually the Windows media Player is not able to play DVD movies IF no plug-ins were installed.
To watch DVD movies you can use the programs like WinDVD or PowerDVD.
Such programs were designed especially for the DVD playing!
But you can also visit the Microsoft website and search for plug-ins for Windows Media player.
Then you could download and install it to play DVD with WMP
Best regards

Windows media player is not working

windows media player is not working while i am playing any audio/video. it is saying server execution is failed

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Windows Media Player no longer working on windows 7

A year or two ago Windows Media Player stopped working. When I tried to open it, it wouldn't do anything, it wouldn't open. In a windows update, I got zune. Zune isn't exactly easy to use, I like media player better. But it won't work, please fix it!

Hi,
This forum is for developers using the Windows Forms desktop interface classes and api's.
Try a better forum for your question.
http://answers.microsoft.com
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Cor

Video Streaming in Windows media player won't play through Airport Extreme

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I have the current square shaped airport extreme base station. My mother has a Windows XP system on her Toshiba laptop and she takes an online class which has video streaming for the lectures. When we connect to the network wirelessly or with an ethernet cable through the base station, the video will not begin to buffer and won't play from the website. It just states ready and doesn't buffer. However, if we connect the laptop straight to our cable modem without the base station, the videos stream and play perfectly. Anybody know how we can fix this to play through the wireless network? Thanks a lot.
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Windows Media Player won't play media (way to go MS!)

Seems a LOT of people are having trouble getting Windows Media player to work, including me.
When I click a link, such as a song sample link on Amazon, the Media Player window opens, but then doesn't play. Sometimes I get the message "Cannot open the file. Verify that the path and filename are correct and try again."
I have re-downloaded the file and re-installed the app, and trashed
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And why do media players insist on moving the volume control to "max"
when they open, instead of staying where you set them?! Quicktime does
the same thing.

if the media file was created in v10 of media player, then the current Mac client will be unable to read the file.
(MS in their wisdon decided to make the file format incompatible with v9 for Mac.)
alas, we have no way of knowing which version created the wmv file.
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Windows Media Player won't recognize Adobe Flash

Every time I try to play certain files (SWF files, that used to play in Windows Media Player) this little window pops up informing me that; "To play the selected item, you must install the Adobe Flash Player. To download the Adobe Flash Player, go to the Adobe Web site."
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Windows Media Player does not work on Equium A100-027

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HP Pavilion dm4 - Windows 7, 64-bit. Error message: Windows Media Player won't play my DVD

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Hi,
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If the above doesn't apply, try downloading and installing the free KLite codec pack on the following link.
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My operating system: Windows 7 (64-bit)

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