cant view videos on websites

Twiglet · 05-15-2006, 06:28 PM

hi, i cant view some videos on websites, when i try to play a video in an embedded windows media player - it causes IE to crash. These videos cant be shown on firefox either as it says "windows media player plug in dynamic lnks library - the plugin performed an illegal operation - you are strongly advised to restart firefox.

examples of these websites are www.break.com and www.ebaumsworld.com, i have been to a windows media player test page that checks if it is properly installed - and on that site the video worked.

i know this is the IE forum so any help on that wud be good!

thanks - twig

**TheMatt** · 05-15-2006, 07:23 PM

Sounds like a problem with windows media player. What version do you have? If its 9 or below try upgrading to 10. If not, try running sfc /scannow and if that doesn't work, try a repair install.

Twiglet · 05-15-2006, 07:37 PM

hi - thanks for the reply - i have WMP 10 -so will try that sfc/scannow thing now to see if that solves it.

twig

Twiglet · 05-15-2006, 07:45 PM

actually i dont have the windows cd with me at uni - so whenever it wants to check dll files i have to skip. is there another way?

05-15-2006, 06:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
Twiglet Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: England Posts: 9 OS: Windows XP Pro	cant view videos on websites hi, i cant view some videos on websites, when i try to play a video in an embedded windows media player - it causes IE to crash. These videos cant be shown on firefox either as it says "windows media player plug in dynamic lnks library - the plugin performed an illegal operation - you are strongly advised to restart firefox. examples of these websites are www.break.com and www.ebaumsworld.com, i have been to a windows media player test page that checks if it is properly installed - and on that site the video worked. i know this is the IE forum so any help on that wud be good! thanks - twig

05-15-2006, 07:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
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05-15-2006, 07:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
Twiglet Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: England Posts: 9 OS: Windows XP Pro	hi - thanks for the reply - i have WMP 10 -so will try that sfc/scannow thing now to see if that solves it. twig

05-15-2006, 07:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
Twiglet Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: England Posts: 9 OS: Windows XP Pro	actually i dont have the windows cd with me at uni - so whenever it wants to check dll files i have to skip. is there another way?