jjones

GREAT topic, GREAT interview!

Since I didn't know where to post this -
  1.) New site is very slow on IE7 / XP SP3 : 55 seconds to display the first page.
  2.) Unable to log in with IE7 - had to use FireFox which was faster to load and logs in fine.

Charles wrote:



I am not having any problems streaming the file when clicking on FullScreen button (it really should not be though of as Full Screen since the file is not encoded thus... We will change that link to make sense...).

  Thanks for the info.   I finally tracked it down.  I needed some more privileges - I can run it as administrator and it works.     It used to work without that; it might be the funky extra text box that now appears on the bottom 1/4 of the video.   Older "Full Screen" videos used to work at this same privilege setting.

   Re: Terminology "Full Screen"- that doesn't matter to me - I just like the fact that it begins playing immediately and doesn't use as much bandwidth.  Newbies might find it easier to have the correct link though.

For this video, (as for many others), I am unable to get the "Full Screen" link to work.   I can run the "Download" link, but it takes forever to download by comparison.


  WMP 11 results in this message on the Full Screen link:

Windows Media Player encountered a problem while playing the file.  For additional assistance, click Web Help.

This error might have been triggered by an error in another program or component of Windows. The following information describes the original error.

Original Error Code
 

Original Error Message

C00D002B
 

The request is invalid in the current state.

malcolms wrote:

Someone has to comment on these silverlight players because this waiting for them to download when you hit the page sux.

I have t0 wait at least 45 seconds and freezes the browser whilst this is happening.

I cannot believe that it works this way in this day an age of the web.

  Even conventional media are broken.  I'm using WMP 11 on XP - I prefer "Full Screen" because it's bandwidth friendly and begins playing immediately.   That link often doesn't work lately.

  Clicking on the "Download " link requires 20 minutes of buffering before it even begins playing.

For the last several weeks, I have not been able to play the smaller bandwidth-friendly .WMV "Full Screen" version.  The Download version works fine.  I get the following error -

Windows Media Player encountered a problem while playing the file. For additional assistance, click Web Help.

You've encountered error message C00D11B1 while using Windows Media Player. The following information might help you troubleshoot the issue.

This error might have been triggered by an error in another program or component of Windows. The following information describes the original error.

Original Error Code: C00D002B
 Original Error Message:  The request is invalid in the current state.
 


XP SP2, WMP 11

Is it just me?

Am I high on crack?