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From: rich88 on 24 Feb 2006 23:14 I've tried twice to DL Windows Media Player for Mac. It downloads with the suffix ".stx" When I try to open it, I'm told an application can't be found to open it with. If someone can help with this, I'd appreciate it. By the way, I'm aware of (and have) the app that enables WMP files to play on Quicktime, but a website I use has a song player that looks only for WMP. --Richard (OS X newbie) OS X 10.4.5 P.S. Do I understand right that Microsoft is ending further development of WMP for Mac?
From: Roger Johnstone on 25 Feb 2006 01:03 In <1140840880.438863.166360(a)e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com> rich88 wrote: > I've tried twice to DL Windows Media Player for Mac. It downloads with > the suffix ".stx" When I try to open it, I'm told an application can't > be found to open it with. If someone can help with this, I'd > appreciate it. I suspect the suffix is supposed to be "sitx", used for archives in the StuffIt X format. You can get the free StuffIt Expander from http://www. stuffit.com/ StuffIt was for years the de facto standard on the Mac, and StuffIt Expander used to come with the Mac OS, but Apple stopped bundling it as of 10.4. Disk images and zip files are used for most Mac software now. > By the way, I'm aware of (and have) the app that enables WMP files to > play on Quicktime, but a website I use has a song player that looks > only for WMP. > > --Richard (OS X newbie) > OS X 10.4.5 > > P.S. Do I understand right that Microsoft is ending further > development of WMP for Mac? Yes. When Microsoft announced they were discontinuing Windows Media Player for the Mac they started pointing everyone to Flip4Mac, and at the same time the basic Flip4Mac became free. Note that the Mac version of WMP is a very basic program. It can only play downloaded or streamed WMV movies, and can't handle any with DRM protection. There is also no web browser plug-in for it either, so it can't play anything in the browser. That also means it probably won't work with the website you're trying to use. -- Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand http://roger.geek.nz/ ________________________________________________________________________ No Silicon Heaven? Preposterous! Where would all the calculators go? Kryten, from the Red Dwarf episode "The Last Day"
From: Malcolm on 25 Feb 2006 01:20 On 2006-02-25 01:03:51 -0500, Roger Johnstone <news2006(a)roger.geek.nz> said: > In <1140840880.438863.166360(a)e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com> rich88 wrote: >> I've tried twice to DL Windows Media Player for Mac. It downloads with >> the suffix ".stx" When I try to open it, I'm told an application can't >> be found to open it with. If someone can help with this, I'd appreciate it. > > I suspect the suffix is supposed to be "sitx", used for archives in the > StuffIt X format. You can get the free StuffIt Expander from http://www. > stuffit.com/ > StuffIt was for years the de facto standard on the Mac, and StuffIt > Expander used to come with the Mac OS, but Apple stopped bundling it as > of 10.4. Disk images and zip files are used for most Mac software now. > >> By the way, I'm aware of (and have) the app that enables WMP files to >> play on Quicktime, but a website I use has a song player that looks >> only for WMP. >> >> --Richard (OS X newbie) >> OS X 10.4.5 >> >> P.S. Do I understand right that Microsoft is ending further development >> of WMP for Mac? > > Yes. When Microsoft announced they were discontinuing Windows Media > Player for the Mac they started pointing everyone to Flip4Mac, and at > the same time the basic Flip4Mac became free. > > Note that the Mac version of WMP is a very basic program. It can only > play downloaded or streamed WMV movies, and can't handle any with DRM > protection. There is also no web browser plug-in for it either, so it > can't play anything in the browser. That also means it probably won't > work with the website you're trying to use. > Windows Media Player does install a plug-in for web browsers but you have to disable the Fiip4Mac plug-in for it to work.
From: Steven Fisher on 25 Feb 2006 03:25 In article <michelle-5DBD40.00012725022006(a)news.west.cox.net>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > In article <20060225190348510+1300(a)News.Individual.NET>, > Roger Johnstone <news2006(a)roger.geek.nz> wrote: > > > Yes. When Microsoft announced they were discontinuing Windows Media > > Player for the Mac they started pointing everyone to Flip4Mac, and at > > the same time the basic Flip4Mac became free. > > I haven't been able to get flip4mac to work with my Intel iMac. I'm > guessing that it's incompatible with Rosetta. The Preferences panel > definitely is not compatible with Rosetta. Out of curiosity, is Microsoft's plugin compatible with the Intel macs? -- Steve
From: Roger Johnstone on 25 Feb 2006 05:07
In <2006022501200816807-malcolm(a)invalid> Malcolm wrote: > On 2006-02-25 01:03:51 -0500, Roger Johnstone <news2006(a)roger.geek.nz> > said: >> >> Note that the Mac version of WMP is a very basic program. It can only >> play downloaded or streamed WMV movies, and can't handle any with DRM >> protection. There is also no web browser plug-in for it either, so it >> can't play anything in the browser. That also means it probably won't >> work with the website you're trying to use. >> > > Windows Media Player does install a plug-in for web browsers but you > have to disable the Fiip4Mac plug-in for it to work. I don't remember seeing it ever play anything in the browser. I guess I must have lost the plug-in shortly after I installed WMP, about two years ago! -- Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand http://roger.geek.nz/ ________________________________________________________________________ No Silicon Heaven? Preposterous! Where would all the calculators go? Kryten, from the Red Dwarf episode "The Last Day" |