OT: Windows Media Player on Website incompatibilities
Hello, Using my pismo to websurf and every time I try to view video links requiring windows media player, it doesn't work. The frustrating part is that they are on commonly used websites like espn, cnet, etc. I've already checked out www.mactopia.com for the latest version of WMP for OS X, but still doesn't improve compatibility. Am I the only one? Any comments would be most appreciated. Michael -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: OT: Windows Media Player on Website incompatibilities
Using my pismo to websurf and every time I try to view video links requiring windows media player, it doesn't work. The frustrating part is that they are on commonly used websites like espn, cnet, etc. I've already checked out www.mactopia.com for the latest version of WMP for OS X, but still doesn't improve compatibility. Am I the only one? Any comments would be most appreciated. It could be that the stuff you are trying to view is encoded with Windows Media Player 9, which the latest OS X viewer cannot, to my knowledge, decode as of yet. Steve -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: OT: Windows Media Player on Website incompatibilities
It has something to do with the file handlers under your browser. I can't view any WMP streams/files in Safari or Mozilla, but I can see them just fine with IE 5.5. Using my pismo to websurf and every time I try to view video links requiring windows media player, it doesn't work. The frustrating part is that they are on commonly used websites like espn, cnet, etc. I've already checked out www.mactopia.com for the latest version of WMP for OS X, but still doesn't improve compatibility. Am I the only one? Any comments would be most appreciated. It could be that the stuff you are trying to view is encoded with Windows Media Player 9, which the latest OS X viewer cannot, to my knowledge, decode as of yet. Steve -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: OT: Windows Media Player on Website incompatibilities
Sorry all, But I was able to view video streams on espn using Safari and having WMP 7.1 on my machine. How about: 1. checking the Safari plugins 2. if no change - reinstalling WMP so that it can reinstall the plugin JB On 10/8/03 12:36 PM, Shane Wolfe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It has something to do with the file handlers under your browser. I can't view any WMP streams/files in Safari or Mozilla, but I can see them just fine with IE 5.5. Using my pismo to websurf and every time I try to view video links requiring windows media player, it doesn't work. The frustrating part is that they are on commonly used websites like espn, cnet, etc. I've already checked out www.mactopia.com for the latest version of WMP for OS X, but still doesn't improve compatibility. Am I the only one? Any comments would be most appreciated. It could be that the stuff you are trying to view is encoded with Windows Media Player 9, which the latest OS X viewer cannot, to my knowledge, decode as of yet. Steve -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
