WMP "The parameter is incorrect." WM5

[BUFFBOY]

Brand new dopod d810, wifi connection to home network, directory on main computer shared to the network, mapped network drive with Resco Explorer, and GSFinder, open mp3 file and get this...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/buffboy/wmp.jpg

"The parameter is incorrect"? What parameter? I can open mp3 files on the storage card no problems. Any ideas anyone? Is this a problem with the mapped drive, a problem with WMP?

What a crappy error message. How vague can you get Microsoft?

[infrared411]

try adding /* after the IP or network share you have should work for you i had the same problem with media encoder connections cant remember if it was a foward slash or back slash

[BUFFBOY]

try adding /* after the IP or network share you have should work for you i had the same problem with media encoder connections cant remember if it was a foward slash or back slash

can u be more specific....

sowwwyy :p

[infrared411]

ok open windows media player click menu >open url then type the ip addy followed by /* its a wildcard character that will allow you to stream from the remote host. give me exactly step by step what you are doing and i will see where you are going wrong

[BUFFBOY]

umm i dont really want to have to open the media player everytime i see a mp3 file.. i just want to click on the mp3 and then it should open the media player with it..


im using GSFind 1.4 as a network tool, when i click on a mp3 file then it tries to open up in media player then it shows the above error..


now in GSfinder.. theres an option in there when i right click on it select open then uder there its got open with parameters..

now what do i do to that ?? maybe theres an option i put in ??

[infrared411]

ok i gotcha im not too famialiar with gsfinder but i did download it and play with it for a few min. but wmp needs that /* to play the mp3 or whatever file you want. whatever the path is for the file you need to add that slash asteric to the end b4 it gets to wmp. this wasnt required on the wm2003 devices because wmp assumed /* anyway but they took it out for some reason when wmp 10 was out for wm5. if you copy the path in gsfinder then paste it into open url in wmp followed by the /* you will see it will open. i dont know of a way you can just click on a file in gsfinder and force it to add that to the end. what i used to do is save a playlist on my desktop and browse to it on my phone and when i selected it i would open path followed by /* then it would work play all songs in playlist no prob