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27. April 2010, 23:49:48

jckinnick

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Cant get player to play since the last two Opera updates.

I can't get the online XM radio player to work eve since Opera did the new updates. The online XM player pretty much just worked with windows media player. Anybody know how to get this to work again?

1. May 2010, 03:19:11

jckinnick

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Again cant get the player to work.

2. May 2010, 02:59:04

jckinnick

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Well it worked for one night when i did the new upgrade but its not working today.

2. May 2010, 05:10:11

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3. May 2010, 00:28:41

jckinnick

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No it says they are enabled and it has a check mark beside it.

7. May 2010, 07:24:13

johndavies108

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Guess I can take a stab at it. Where is "the online XM radio player" located? Do you need to log in? Is it free?

8. May 2010, 03:37:06 (edited)

jckinnick

Posts: 53

Its here

http://www.xmradio.com/player/home/xmhome.action

Yeah you have to log in to listen. Its just a normal stream that uses windows media player here is a screen cap of what it looks like.

Here's what it looks like.



Here' what it looks like in Opera the media player part is just blank.



Thanks



8. May 2010, 06:58:51

johndavies108

Posts: 35

Eh... check your images; you need to upload them. I don't subscribe to XM so I cannot register for an account. Have you tried reinstalling Windows Media Player?

8. May 2010, 13:31:52 (edited)

jckinnick

Posts: 53

Sorry about that try these.

Windows Media Player is fine it works in all the other browsers except Opera.


The first one is what it looks like in other browsers the other is what it looks like in Opera.



http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b96/jckinnick/PaleMoonXM.jpg[/IMG]]


http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b96/jckinnick/OperaXM.jpg[/IMG]]





8. May 2010, 21:25:03

johndavies108

Posts: 35

Cannot see the images. Links broken?

9. May 2010, 05:16:40

johndavies108

Posts: 35

Do you use "block content" on websites? Do your other plug-ins work (e.g. Flash, Quicktime, etc)? If your other plug-ins work, try going to Preferences > Advanced > Downloads, uncheck "Hide file types opened with Opera", look for application/asx, application/x-mplayer2, and audio/x-ms-*. Double-click on each of them one at a time, and see what they are set to open with. Mine says Plugin: "Windows Media Player Dynamic Link Library".

9. May 2010, 07:41:53

jckinnick

Posts: 53

Originally posted by johndavies108:

Do you use "block content" on websites? Do your other plug-ins work (e.g. Flash, Quicktime, etc)? If your other plug-ins work, try going to Preferences > Advanced > Downloads, uncheck "Hide file types opened with Opera", look for application/asx, application/x-mplayer2, and audio/x-ms-*. Double-click on each of them one at a time, and see what they are set to open with. Mine says Plugin: "Windows Media Player Dynamic Link Library".




Yeah, everything else works fine. I didn't see any files like the one you mentioned in Preferences > Advanced > Downloads but i think the "Hide file types opened with Opera" fixed it. Thanks!

10. May 2010, 10:41:58 (edited)

jckinnick

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How do i get it to stay unchecked so far I'm having to uncheck it ever time i open Opera?

10. May 2010, 05:53:28

johndavies108

Posts: 35

Are you using Quick Prefs (F12)? Instead, try going to OperaButton > Settings > Preferences > Advanced > Content and changing it there.

10. May 2010, 10:42:57

jckinnick

Posts: 53

Originally posted by johndavies108:

Are you using Quick Prefs (F12)? Instead, try going to OperaButton > Settings > Preferences > Advanced > Content and changing it there.




That's where I'm changing it at but i don't know how to keep it unchecked.

11. May 2010, 04:32:25

jckinnick

Posts: 53

It will even check while using Opera and i will have to go back and uncheck the preferences.

11. May 2010, 05:38:55

johndavies108

Posts: 35

Wow. Very strange. Maybe it's an outside process then, like a third party utility that you're running. Or maybe some kind of malware.

11. May 2010, 06:36:42

JordyV

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Try this. It is a FF plugin, but it can also be used for Opera. It worked for me to get WMP to work better:
http://port25.technet.com/pages/windows-media-player-firefox-plugin-download.aspx

24. July 2010, 04:11:29

jckinnick

Posts: 53

Originally posted by JordyV:

Try this. It is a FF plugin, but it can also be used for Opera. It worked for me to get WMP to work better:
http://port25.technet.com/pages/windows-media-player-firefox-plugin-download.aspx




That didn't work and its doing the same thing in the Safari Browser. Unchecking the advanced preferences box doesn't fix it anymore.

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