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1. Nick White

   
   Posted on: June 02, 2007 at 12:46PM  

   Hey CollinM:  We'll need more info to be able to diagnose this issue, as the team has not heard of it to date.  What OS are you running (Windows XP or Windows Vista?  x86 or x64?  Home Premium, Home Basic, Ultimate, or Business?)?  What type of system are you running on?  And what browser version are you using?  Please include anything else you can think of that would be relevant.
2. Nick White

   
   Posted on: June 04, 2007 at 5:28PM  

   Hey pjs0607:  we've been unable to reproduce  this issue.  Could you please provide your OS version (XP or Windows Vista, 32- or 64-bit), the WMP version you're using, and if possible, an example of the script where you encounter this problem?  Thanks.
3. pjs0607

   
   Posted on: June 05, 2007 at 3:51AM  

   Hey Nick, we created a test-page which is available at http://wmvcrash.axtvoll.de. The crash occurs when you use the back- and forward-buttons of your browser a few times. We use WMP11 and tested Vista (32 bit) and XP (32 bit), but the crash occurs in both of them. Thanks.
4. pjs0607

   
   Posted on: June 05, 2007 at 4:10AM  

   It seems to be the case that buffering causes the crash. Using the Navigator-Buttons while the connection is established doesn't cause any problems, but when I use the buttons while the WMP is buffering Firefox crashes.
5. rlcronin

   
   Posted on: June 05, 2007 at 4:57PM  

   After installing the plugin, is there any way to cause a link that would ordinarily cause the media player to open in FireFox to open outside FireFox (i.e. in a separate media player window)? There are certain long-running audio and video podcasts that I have to launch from the browser (since my authority to launch them has to be checked first), but that I don't want to actually play in the browser (so I don't mistakenly close the browser or navigate away to another page). Sure, most of the time I do want clips and such to open in the browser, and for that the plugin is great, but it gets in the way for the long-running content.
6. jchandler

   
   Posted on: June 23, 2007 at 9:49AM  

   Well done Microsoft,

   A really engaging experience has now been unleashed on the Firefox Users, I am sure I speak for most FF users when I say that most content providers encoded their content in the Windows Media 9 Series, I am glad to see that Microsoft is accepting that some users who want to view Windows Media Content may not all be using IE
7. ivanua

   
   Posted on: July 02, 2007 at 11:59PM  

   Plz help me, I have Windows Vista Ultimate, and recently my Media Player, stopped working, it won't even start, what should i do? plz email to ivan18@shaw.ca . Greatly appreciated!
8. Nick White

   
   Posted on: July 05, 2007 at 6:43PM  

   Hey ivanua:  we're not the best place for you to seek technical support -- I'd suggest directing your inquiry to one of our public newsgroups, which you can search here:  http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/
9. betamod

   
   Posted on: July 15, 2007 at 3:10PM  

   Hey, slightly off topic but can you tell me why it is that the after 11 iterations of Media Player your software still can't play videos in sync that other software like VLC player can? I have tested this on different hardware and versions of windows up to Vista and consistently your Media Player can't cut it. This is the only reason why anyone downloads VLC for Windows.

   I can't imagine you are unaware of this fact, so . . . is this a bug or a feature? If its a bug, how come you have never fixed it in all this time?
10. Nick White

    
    Posted on: July 18, 2007 at 3:38PM  

    Hey betamod:  I'm not quite sure what you mean by "playing videos in sync?"  If you mean in sync with the audio, then WMP does that just fine; if yours does not, then a re-install may be in order.  If you're referring to smooth transitions between videos in a playlist, know that this is an uncommon request but one that I've forwarded to the product team for them to consider.