Video Only Plays for Ten Seconds (264217)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows Media Services 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows Media Services 4.1
  • Microsoft Windows Media Player 5.2
  • Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.0
  • Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.1
  • Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.2
  • Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.4
  • Microsoft Windows Media Player 7

This article was previously published under Q264217

SYMPTOMS

When you watch a video in Windows Media Player, the video only plays for ten seconds, and then the player stops.

CAUSE

The PreviewMode property for the player is set to TRUE.

RESOLUTION

Set the PreviewMode property to FALSE.

You can set the PreviewMode property in the Windows Media Player ActiveX control if it's embedded in a Visual Basic program. You can also set the PreviewMode property on a Web page if the Windows Media Player is embedded in the Web page, for example:
<PARAM NAME="PreviewMode" VALUE="True">
				

MORE INFORMATION

When the PreviewMode property is set to true, the player plays ten seconds of each clip in a .asx playlist. If there is only one file in the playlist, that file only plays for ten seconds, and then the player stops. This feature is similar to radios or CD players that play a few seconds of each radio station in a preset list or a few seconds of each track on a CD.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/26/2003
Keywords:kbpending kbprb KB264217