Windows Media Player woes
 

Whenever I try to stream a video file, it says "connecting" but never does. If I close media player, I have to go to task manager and end task, even though the Media Player window closes...wmplayer.exe doesn't close.

It's WM 9, WinXP.

It plays everything fine when I access files locally, even the ones that lock up.

Specifically, if the video is embedded in a page, then it not only never connects, but it crashes IE as well.

Thoughts?

I like BSPlayer for video viewing, I am almost positive it supports streaming media:
http://www.bsplayer.org/

Thanks stazen, I'll give it a try! that winMediaPlayer9 is a complete waste and resource on my puter. I wish I could get rid of the thing altogether

hmm... how about a firewall blocking the connection?

you can remove it,

in add/remove programs, click on "add/remove windows components" button