Window Media Player Errors

Hi Forum,

I'm not sure if this is the best part of the forum to discuss it, but it involes c# to a large extent anyway.

 I am developling a c# application which uses Windows Media Player and Real Player components, and I have discovered 2 errors - yes 2 errors! - with Windows Media Player.

Error #1:

Winodws Media Player crashes (freezes - not responding) when it fails to connect to a server whilst in its 'handshaking' state.

e.g. Try to connect to this URL with the Media Player a few times: http://stream.krfcfm.org:8000/veryhi

...sometimes the media player will manage to start buffering, but if it can't, it will just freeze up in its 'connecting' state (i.e. 'transitioning' PlayState). I would have thought that it should time out here

Error #2:

Ok, this one drives me mad! If I use standard Windows Media Player to connect to a RealPlayer stream, the player will provide a message box to say: 'unrecognised codec i.e. error code: C00D1199' - as expected.

I.e. RealPlayer URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/realmedia/ru-live.ram

However, if I use Windows Media Player embedded into Internet Explorer using ActiveX, or I use the 'Windows Media Player' control as a compoment on a c# form, and then try to access the same RealPlayer stream, then I get a different error message; I get: 'File unavailable, i.e. error code: C00D1197'.

Conclusion

I have tried reinstalling the latest Windows Media Player (version: 10.0.0.3802), i.e. removing the wmp.dll (etc.) files from the 'Windows\system32\' folder, and then installing Windows Media Player again - no change.

I have also tried installing the latest SDK packages for Windows Media player, just in case - again, no change.

So, has anyone got any ideas of how to get around these problems

Please let me know.

 - beaker101