can't stream .mpg or .mpeg with wmp anymore - Honda Forum / Acura Forum

97CivicBoy · 05-19-2006, 10:48 AM

Yeah so lately I can't stream .mpg or .mpeg with windows media player and I used to be able to. However, I am able to stream .wmv and everythign else I think. For .mpg or .mpeg it opens freakin quicktime in the browser which takes forever, anyone know how can I fix this and put it back to wmp. thanks.

dom yo · 05-19-2006, 11:54 AM

alright when you say stream you mean you cant like.. click on a file on your harddrive and play it threw wmp, right? if thats the case then all you have to do is right click it, go to properties, on the first tab (general) you will see a button that says "change". click that then select the program you want to use (which is Windows Media Player) and the click okay and apply and all that other happy bs

this is of course assuming your using Windows XP

97CivicBoy · 05-19-2006, 02:55 PM

no i actually meant, when i was on a website and wanted to stream it directly from that instead of dling the file, get me? It lets me do it with .wma but not .mpg or mpeg

97CivicBoy · 05-19-2006, 06:06 PM

anyone?

gurusan · 05-19-2006, 06:10 PM

It's in your browser plugin settings somewhere...sorry can';t help you much more than that.

97CivicBoy · 05-19-2006, 10:24 PM

^ how do I get to those?

05 tC · 05-20-2006, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by 97CivicBoy

Yeah so lately I can't stream .mpg or .mpeg with windows media player and I used to be able to. However, I am able to stream .wmv and everythign else I think. For .mpg or .mpeg it opens freakin quicktime in the browser which takes forever, anyone know how can I fix this and put it back to wmp. thanks.

Looks like QT took over priority for those extentions.

Try this:

Start WMP then click Tools > Options > File Types (tab) > Select All > OK. That will make WMP the default player for everything.

jhwee · 05-20-2006, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by 05 tC

Looks like QT took over priority for those extentions.

Try this:

Start WMP then click Tools > Options > File Types (tab) > Select All > OK. That will make WMP the default player for everything.

Yeah that should work. Indeed QuickTime sucks becuase it takes a while to load after you click it...

If you go to Folder Options and go to the File Types tab, you can change your settings there also, but in WMP (or wherever you want to play it), and there should be preferences to edit the file types.

97CivicBoy · 05-21-2006, 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 05 tC

Looks like QT took over priority for those extentions.

Try this:

Start WMP then click Tools > Options > File Types (tab) > Select All > OK. That will make WMP the default player for everything.

nice! that worked thanks

gurusan · 05-21-2006, 01:04 PM

kewl good job Tc

05 tC · 05-21-2006, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by 97CivicBoy

nice! that worked thanks

No prob, bro.