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Playback Failed This media file format is invalid or not supported by Adobe Media Player.

Apr 14, 2008 5:22 PM

What is this? i've installed air and media player and most of the content ends with this alert:

Playback Failed
This media file format is invalid or not supported by Adobe Media Player.

what is wrong? do i need some codecs or something?

please, HELP!

kynades

PS day after i've tried play regular flv and got this mesage:

Playback Failed
There was an error while playing this video.
Some video errors can be fixed by clicking the back button and playing the video again.

i assume this Adobe media player is just another piece of ****. sad.

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1. (Mark73),

Apr 23, 2008 8:19 PM in reply to (kyna_des)

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exact same + no .avi support? ever heard of a canon camera?

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2. (Fiaz_Mughal),

May 10, 2008 3:22 AM in reply to (kyna_des)

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can Any one tell why every time the same msg comming again and again.
"This media file format is invalid or not supported by Adobe Media Player."

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3. (David_Campins),

May 10, 2008 2:48 PM in reply to (kyna_des)

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Same here. Maybe I'll try it out again when it's updated.

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4. (JoelHuff),

May 12, 2008 7:53 AM in reply to (kyna_des)

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hi there,

Sorry about the trouble. Can you share which shows/feeds are giving this message? Recommend submitting each as bugs via the bug form.

thanks,
- Joel

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5. (Nicolas_Redfern),

May 12, 2008 1:53 PM in reply to (kyna_des)

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I get it on The Daily Show, and the Colbert Report

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6. Peter Miranon,

Oct 1, 2008 8:31 AM in reply to (kyna_des)

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What error number do you get when the playback is failing?

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7. Peter Miranon,

Oct 3, 2008 7:03 AM in reply to (kyna_des)

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When I try to watch some of the advertised content on Adobe Media Player's front page I get this whack error "Playback Failed, this media file or format is invalid or not supported by Adobe Media Player" - weird.

It's also very unintuitive in respects to deleting and playing your personal videos. Anyway at least it can preview .flv files that contain an alpha channel, unlike every other flv player. Greetings, miranon

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8. (Konstantin_by),

Nov 2, 2008 2:03 PM in reply to (kyna_des)

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Same here. No solution et?

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My Si tes

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9. (STARZAN_STARZAN),

Dec 19, 2008 11:27 PM in reply to (kyna_des)

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"DITTO".

JUST ABOUT EVERYONE IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH ADOBE MEDIA PLAYER (AMP) AND OTHER RELATED PRODUCTS!

INSTALLATION ERRORS!

UNINSTALL ERRORS!

SOMETHING IS SERIOUSLY GONE AMUCK AND GOOFY WITH THIS OUTFIT.

IT IS JUST THE LOUSIEST AND SHABBIEST WAY THE ADOBE MAKES ITS SHAMEFULLY LOW QUALITY (SOFTWARE???) PRODUCTS.

MOST EVERYTHING, ALMOST NEVER WORK RIGHT.

JUST A TERRIBLE WASTE OF EVERYONE'S TIME AND EFFORTS.

ADOBE SEEMS TO HAVE BECOME JUST ANOTHER VENUE PUSHER FOR INTERNET SPAM AD-PUSHERS.

SAD.

VERY SAD.

I AM GOING TO DE-INSTALL EVERY DAMNED ADOBE SHABBY SOFTWARE PRODUCT.

TOO MUCH HASSEL.

TOO MUCH WASTE OF EVERYONE'S TIME AND EFFORTS.

** NOTE **

FIND OTHER RELIABLE SOFTWARE FIRMS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED *.FLV FILE PLAYERS -- FOR THE TIME BEING -- UNTIL ALL *.FLV FILES HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO *.MWV OR SOMETHING THAT WORKS FLAWLESSLY.

THE *.FLV FILES SHOULD BE BANNED FROM ALL OF THE INTERNET WEBSITES AS UNSTABLE AND SHABBY.

AND SAY GOODBYE TO ALL SHABBY, LOUSY, ROTTEN ADOBE PRODUCTS.

IT IS QUITE EVIDENT THAT LAZY, DEAF, DUMB, BLIND FOLKS (WITH PANTS AROUND THE ANKLES) AT THIS SHABBY OUTFIT ARE NOT GOING TO WORK HARD ENOUGH TO EVER PRODUCE QUALITY PRODUCTS.

SO, SAY GOODBYE TO IT AND ITS SHABBY PRODUCTS AND FIND ALTERNATE RELIABLE, QUALITY SOURCES THAT MEET OUR, THE CUSTOMERS, NEEDS.

IF YOU READ THIS OUTFIT'S GOOFY LICENSING TEXT, IT CLEARLY STATES THAT: ". . . IT DOES NOT WARRANTY THE OPERABILITY, OR MERCHANTABILITY, FOR ANY INTENDED PURPOSES . . .".

MEANING, EVEN THIS OUTFIT ITSELF DOESN'T BELIEVE IN THE QUALITY OR PERFORMANCE OF ITS OWN SHABBY PRODUCTS.

IMAGINE THAT, FOLKS.

WHAT OTHER PROOF ANYONE NEEDS THAT THIS OUTFIT MAKES THINGS THAT YOU THINK WOULD WORK.

WHAT A JOKE.

- - -

ACTIONS:

WEB SEARCH FOR:

*.FLV PLAYERS, OTHER THAN ADOBE.

*.FLV FILE CONVERTERS.

- - -

WHAT A GOOFUS.

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10. (Robert_M_Mitchell),

Jan 9, 2009 5:50 PM in reply to (kyna_des)

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All episodes of Dilbert get this message.

This is on a Vista 64 machine.

Robert

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11. (Ben_Jonson),

Feb 27, 2009 7:19 PM in reply to (kyna_des)

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Adobe Media Player is the crappiest software I've ever seen. This is an example of how the applications must NOT be written. User Interface is UGLY, unusable. Options don't allow to configure anything... I've downloaded thirty "Flex in a Week" videos to later watch them offline... When I later came back to watch them, ALL OF THEM were gone... Where are my freaking videos, Adobe????? Unusable piece of crap.

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12. (oz_punk),

Mar 23, 2009 6:32 AM in reply to (kyna_des)

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same goes with me, same error message, earlier today it was working now i cant watch anything on it. nothing works....

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13. Peter Miranon,

Mar 31, 2009 2:41 PM in reply to (kyna_des)

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I'm getting the same error, when I try to watch some of the advertised content on Adobe Media Player's front page I get this whack error "Playback Failed, this media file or format is invalid or not supported by Adobe Media Player" - weird. Greetings, miranon hdd recovery

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14. edward_goodwin,

Sep 1, 2009 3:19 PM in reply to Peter Miranon

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Has this problem been resolved at all? There are a few 'learn to' videos on the Media Player that I'd like to view (particularly about Dreamweaver) and all of them have the same message: Playback Failed. This media file format is invalid or not supported by Adobe Media Player'. It's very frustrating because without exception all the videos that I want to view are failing in this way...

The curious thing about this is that it was my assumption that these videos were provided by Adobe to help people get to know their products... so how can it be that their own files are of the wrong format?!

All thoughts/suggestions gratefully received.

Edward

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15. bmw14,

Sep 3, 2009 5:14 AM in reply to edward_goodwin

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Sorry Edward,Still no solution and I am completely over it and Adobe!
I will think very very carefully about having anything at all to do with
this company. Absolutely no customer service unless you want to pay thru the
nose for their tech support.
Hope you have better luck.
Cheers

2009/9/2 edward_goodwin <forums@adobe.com>

>
Has this problem been resolved at all? There are a few 'learn to' videos on
the Media Player that I'd like to view (particularly about Dreamweaver) and
all of them have the same message: Playback Failed. This media file format
is invalid or not supported by Adobe Media Player'. It's very frustrating
because without exception all the videos that I want to view are failing in
this way...
>
The curious thing about this is that it was my assumption that these videos
were provided by Adobe to help people get to know their products... so how
can it be that their own files are of the wrong format?!
>
All thoughts/suggestions gratefully received.
>
Edward
>

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Sep 5, 2009 7:02 AM in reply to bmw14

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17. cbminfo,

Sep 9, 2009 7:25 AM in reply to (kyna_des)

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Just adding the same to this thread. My problem is in the indesign movies.
Trouble is I have no problem in IE7 with viewing any of adobe tv. Just using the adobe media player. And only using that to download the videos for offline usage.
And can't do that with media player.

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18. aby4aby,

Sep 19, 2009 6:44 AM in reply to (kyna_des)

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Hi All,

Same problem here. I tried to watch and download the "HOW-TO" videos of Flash and After Effects.
Its showing the same error message. Its really pathetic and tiresome.

To add this, Adobe Media Player is really a very cheap app. Hell LOADs of time to open up, and works like a Bloody crap.

It is also wonderful and overwhelming to see that how Adobe really is caring about their product...
This problem is raised in 14 April 2008, and not resolved yet, today the 19 Sept 2009...!!!

Adobe, GREAT GOING..............!

Keep it UP ...

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19. ashpix,

Sep 25, 2009 3:14 AM in reply to (kyna_des)

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It is now 25 September 2009 and I have not read one response from anyone at Adobe. Does anyone at Adobe read this?

I have not found very much at all on Adobe's front page that will play. ALL give this "Playback Failed" message.

Adobe Tech's,

Please give us some sort of response so we know that you are reading this.

Help!

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20. MWRMWR,

Sep 30, 2009 5:34 PM in reply to (kyna_des)

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Been through some pain on this one.

Have you folks got yourselves version 1.7 ?

That seemed to fix it on Windows and MacOS for me.

The Mac was hard to get from version 1 to 1.7 until the old version was completely removed from the system.
I'm a bit suspicious about old adobe.air 's role in this upgrade context too.

Get yourself an up to date air and installer and then go to http://www.adobe.com/products/mediaplayer/
(you might also find refernce to this as a pre-release on the development site but it gets you 1.7 at the time of this posting.

Wishing you successful viewing from now on.

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21. JaysonM-Y,

Oct 2, 2009 9:49 AM in reply to (kyna_des)

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(kyna_des) wrote:
i assume this Adobe media player is just another piece of ****. sad.
You got it! My awesome solution is not to bother using it. I'll stick to my web browser.... it fails me less.

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22. cbminfo,

Oct 2, 2009 11:31 AM in reply to JaysonM-Y

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It took me several times, and 2 times after I removed the previous version to get 1.7 installed. But his solution works. I did find one set that still wouldn't run with it, but those that failed previously that interested me now work.

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23. erkodesigner,

Jan 1, 2010 8:09 PM in reply to (kyna_des)

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It is ridiculous that the Adobe Media Player does not support Adobe Media files!!!! All of the CS4 tutorials come up with the same error? Hopeless!

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24. cbminfo,

Jan 2, 2010 5:11 AM in reply to erkodesigner

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Read the solution

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25. Végh Ábel,

Jan 2, 2010 5:50 AM in reply to (kyna_des)

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Help!No good Adobe Media Player

Attachments:

.cer.zip (1.4 K)

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26. X52Pro,

Jan 3, 2010 5:56 PM in reply to Végh Ábel

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After updating Adobe Media Player from 1.1 to 1.7 I find no problems now. Thank you MWRWWR, your idea fixed it for me.

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27. TexasIntegratedServices,

Jan 16, 2010 8:02 AM in reply to (kyna_des)

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Uninstall adobe media player 1.1 and goto
http://www.adobe.com/products/mediaplayer/ to install abobe media player 1.7

You should have no problems then.

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28. jrc39,

Feb 9, 2010 1:06 PM in reply to (kyna_des)

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I had the same failure, and it was with all my browsers - even after reinstalling Adobe Media Player and Adobe AIR. The problem did not exist when logged in as another user.
I discovered that one of my personal Preferences was corrupted. Remove the following and log out and log back in:
~/Library/Preferences/Macromedia

Then open the tv.adobe.com video in your browser.

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29. MWRMWR,

Feb 9, 2010 2:58 PM in reply to jrc39

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Excellent Point jrc
<rant>plists are to MacOs what the wretched Registry is to Windows. It's the source of a lot of poison - or that place that sloppy app writers never check for integrity and for which they never build in a reset app feature.
Whenever something goes wrong on a Mac and you can't guess the cause, work your way through the plists (heuristically of course) and hide suspects until the problem goes away. And if the problem is still there, kill them all ...
If you are lucky, a re-install will tidy all the plist entries - but even then it may well never re-initialise anew for each user. But that's OK 'cos no-one ever writes flawed code these days..
Defensive coding is a practice more than half a century old.
</rant>

Anyone have any info on Adobe Media Player future ? Is it going to be in CS5 or dropped ?
Probably a non-strategic product for Adobe, but it's a wonderful companion to source CS tutorials.

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