From: "Bill Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
iMac 350 Blueberry, 192 MB 6G HD, running OS 9.1.
I get a lot of Windows Movie Files (.wmf, .wmv, wma, etc.) from friends,
and some I can open and play just fine using my Windows Media
Player app. Many times though, I can=B9t seem to get the video to
come up; audio plays great. This is a hit-or-miss situation, and I=B9ve
even tried sending the files to my G4 Titanium (OS 9,1) with the same
results. Why do some play fine, and others no video?
Codecs. If that word means nothing to you, go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codec
Basically, OS 9 can play SOME wmv/avi et al files because SOME codecs
have Mac versions. Others don't.
It goes without saying that OS X can play more of them, since new codecs
are usually ported -- there are still a couple that just don't play,
but now that MS has licensed Flip4Mac's translator for QuickTime and is
distributing it free, rare indeed is the WMV file that won't play in OS X.
Any suggestions on how to get both video and audio to play?
There's not much you can do about this until you get a new machine that
runs OS X.
Cheers
Chas
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