> Hmm, I am most baffled as to why Optus@Home have chosen to make their
> Olympics video coverage Windows Media Player 7 only. Not
> only does this
> cancel out all Linux users, but Macintosh users too! The
> latest version
> of the player for their platform is 6.3, and will not play all of 7's
> streaming data.
>
> Makes me wonder if Channel 7 like the version number,
> although RealVideo
> is also version 7. Actually, maybe it's 8 now [hmmm!]
>
> I guess it's a bit late to do anything useful about it, but
> if you wanted,
> you could write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and complain about it
> (Optus@Home customers especially :P)
>
It is quite possible that optus is multicasting the olympics, therefore can
only use MP7 as real does not support multicasting.
just a thought
Patrick
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