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February 22nd, 2007, 04:40 AM
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| Safari not playing .wmv and .wma files I am designing a website with iWeb. I am linking to Windows Media audio and video files. On my PC, the files play with no problem. On my Mac, no such luck. I do have Windows Media Player installed on my Mac. And, the Windows Media Player application launches when I select the link. However, I get an error message that says: The specified stream type is not recognized. Can you help me work around this glitch?  |
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February 22nd, 2007, 07:44 AM
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| It's not a glitch. MicroSoft dropped support for WMP on a Mac quite a while back. The Mac needs Flip4Mac (free from microsoft.com) which patches QuickTime for (most) WMAs and WMVs.
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February 22nd, 2007, 07:04 PM
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| Well it looks like you need some QuickTime plugins that extend QuickTime's video/audio playback. Take not though, the new Windows Media DRM (i.e. Windows Media Player 10 files - they are all incased dreaded propriety DRM) will not play on a non-Microsoft system. So here is a list of must have QuickTime plugins: 1. Perian - Free 2. Flip4Mac - Free & Paid Advanced 3. DivX Free & Paid 4. QuickTime MPEG-2 - Paid 5. QuickTime Pro - Paid (you will be able to export video/audio and go full screen With these QuickTime plugins you will be able to play 91% off all video you'll ever come across.
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