WMP Error Message

Whenever I try and play a streaming video or audio file using WMP it seems to always come up with the same error message shown below:

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I cannot understand why it is doing this, I have tried it both with WMP 10 and WMP 11 beta, still the same message. Also whenever somebody else tries to play it, it works fine for them.

Any help would be great, thanks...

 

anybody? this is really starting to bother me

 

Why do I get error C00D10B3 when I try to stream?

Error message: "Windows Media Player cannot play the file. If the file is located on the Internet, connect to the Internet. If the file is located on a removable storage card, insert the storage card."

Your Internet connection is blocked. This could be caused by your computer's firewall or Windows Media Player may be set to work offline.

To confirm that the Player can connect through your firewall, you should review your firewall documentation and make any necessary adjustments.

To see if the Player is set to work offline, click the File menu in the Player to verify if a check mark is displayed next to the Work Offline command. If it is, to clear the check mark and enable the Player to connect to the network, click Work Offline.

Note that if you are trying to play the file from a computer in your office, your corporate network administrator may prevent the Player from accessing the Internet, even if you remove the check mark next to Work Offline. In this case, contact your network administrator for more information.

If you want to continue to work offline but allow Windows Media Player (Windows Media Player 9 Series or later) to connect to the Internet when it needs to, you can do the following:

1.
In the Player, on the Tools menu, click Options.

2.
In the Options dialog box, on the Player tab, click Connect to the Internet (overrides other commands).

 

thanks for that, but i tried it with no luck

 

i have also tried system restore to a few days ago when I knew it worked, i am still not having any luck.

anybody got any tother options?

thank you

 

On your friend's computer, are they running (have installed) any codec packs?

This only relates to streaming? How about a locally saved media file?

 

i dont think they have any codec packs, yes it only relates to streaming for some reason.

i can play any audio/ video media file which is locally saved, it is just when streaming over the internet.

it used to work, and nothing has changed. like say i tried a system restore.