windows media player error mms

[kurtz05]

We are trying to access clips from http://www.screenonline.org.uk for media students. We are using media player 11.

We ARE registered with them correctly but when we click on a link it says "windows media player cannot play the file because the specified protocol is not supported. If you typed a URL in the open url dialog box, try using a different transport protocol (for example, "http" or "rtsp")."

I have tried microsofts knowledge base and attempted to reregister wmnetmgr.dll as described but it does not help. I have checked all settings in "network" in media player even trying to explicitly add our proxy server but this does not work either. I believe this may be something outside of media player as VLC fails also.

Any ideas would be most appreciated..
Thanks

[mac_shinobi]

can you post the url or urls that you get when you click on the file that is supposed to be a video file im presuming.

if it gives you an mms url ie

mms://url.something.co.uk

what happens if you replace mms with http, will that allow you to download the file locally ?

[kurtz05]

Hi

The URL is http://www.screenonline.org.uk/media...jsp?id=1164317

(actually any of the clips - but you have to have your school registered with them in order to play)

Installing and using Vlc shows better detail in messages as below:-

main debug: select timed out
main error: Connection to www.screenonline.org.uk port 80 failed: Connection timed out
access_http error: cannot connect to www.screenonline.org.uk:80
access_http debug: switching to HTTP version 1.0
main debug: net: connecting to www.screenonline.org.uk port 80
main debug: connection in progress
main debug: select timed out
main error: Connection to www.screenonline.org.uk port 80 failed: Connection timed out
access_http error: cannot connect to www.screenonline.org.uk:80
main debug: net: connecting to www.screenonline.org.uk port 80
main debug: connection in progress
main debug: select timed out
main error: Connection to www.screenonline.org.uk port 80 failed: Connection timed out
access_mms error: cannot connect to www.screenonline.org.uk:80
vcd debug: trying .cue file: www.screenonline.org.uk/media/stream.cue
vcd debug: could not find .cue file
access_file warning: http://www.screenonline.org.uk/media...sp?id=1164317: No such file or directory
cdda debug: trying .cue file: www.screenonline.org.uk/media/stream.cue
cdda debug: could not find .cue file
cdda warning: could not open http://www.screenonline.org.uk/media...jsp?id=1164317
main warning: no access2 module matching "http" could be loaded
main error: no suitable access module for `http://www.screenonline.org.uk/media...jsp?id=1164317'
main debug: thread times: real 0m15.251421s, kernel 0m0.000000s, user 0m0.000000s
main debug: thread 3964 joined (input/input.c:412)
main: nothing to play

It looks as though the problem is on their end seemingly finding nothing but having spoken to them it appears to be my end. Something blocking streaming media possibly?

Any ideas?

Thanks again

[mac_shinobi]

have you got a proxy or firewall ? or anything that may block it ?

[kurtz05]

Yes.

However I manually added the proxy details into media player under network to circumvent this but to no avail. Have also checked firewall logs and there is no mention...