Microsoft KB Archive/264217

= Video Only Plays for Ten Seconds =

Article ID: 264217

Article Last Modified on 11/26/2003

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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 7.0

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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:





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.

Additional query words: netshow wms ten wmp

Keywords: kbprb kbpending KB264217

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