I find that VLC works better anyway. YMMV. On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Dan <dantear...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Flip4Mac has released a new vers of their windows media codec, 2.2.3.7. > > <http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/17787/flip4mac-wmv-player> > > Although it says it's good for PPC/Intel, it's broken on both G3 and G4. > > On G3 systems, it simply gives a useless "Mac OS error -50" message > when you try to play any wmv file. > > On G4 systems, sometimes it works, sometimes it hangs the player, and > sometimes it freezes Tiger. > > This is their second release that's broken in this way. When I > inquired about the G3 problem, in early May, Flip support told me to > revert to version 2.2.1.11 but offered no other fix. > > My impression from the support person is that they're dumping support > for the G3 but can't be bothered to update their doc or web site or > macupdate listings. > > Unimpressive. > > FWIW, > - Dan. > -- > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
