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From: Art Werschulz on 1 Mar 2006 19:56 Hi. For some reason, Windows Media Player isn't displaying video content. However, it *does* play the audio associated with a WMV file. Suggestions on how to fix? -- Art Werschulz (agw STRUDEL comcast.net) 207 Stoughton Ave Cranford NJ 07016 (908) 272-1146
From: johnny bobby bee on 2 Mar 2006 02:12 Art Werschulz wrote: > For some reason, Windows Media Player isn't displaying video content. > However, it *does* play the audio associated with a WMV file. > > Suggestions on how to fix? > Try mplayer or VLC with codecs. -- vuja de: The feeling that you've *never*, *ever* been in this situation before.
From: Ralph E Lindberg on 2 Mar 2006 08:47 In article <m2d5h5y887.fsf(a)Machshevet-Werschulz.local>, Art Werschulz <agw(a)comcast.net> wrote: > Hi. > > For some reason, Windows Media Player isn't displaying video content. > However, it *does* play the audio associated with a WMV file. > > Suggestions on how to fix? Get Flip4Mac and watch it with the QT player? (Flip4Mac is free as MS is funding them, since MS dropped WM Player development on the Mac) -- -------------------------------------------------------- Personal e-mail is the n7bsn but at amsat.org This posting address is a spam-trap and seldom read RV and Camping FAQ can be found at http://www.ralphandellen.us/rv
From: Ian Gregory on 2 Mar 2006 17:03 On 2006-03-02, Michael Vilain <vilain(a)spamcop.net> wrote: > In article <n7bsn-98EAAD.05474102032006(a)individual.net>, > Ralph E Lindberg <n7bsn(a)callsign.net> wrote: > >> In article <m2d5h5y887.fsf(a)Machshevet-Werschulz.local>, >> Art Werschulz <agw(a)comcast.net> wrote: >> >> > Hi. >> > >> > For some reason, Windows Media Player isn't displaying video content. >> > However, it *does* play the audio associated with a WMV file. >> > >> > Suggestions on how to fix? >> >> Get Flip4Mac and watch it with the QT player? >> >> (Flip4Mac is free as MS is funding them, since MS dropped WM Player >> development on the Mac) > > I've yet to get Flip4Mac to play anything at all. It mostly says it > can't play the file because of DRM. So, again, I think the OP's options > are limited to a cheap PC or maybe VPC. What a coincidence! I was just thinking about posting a report on how I got a wmv file to play in QuickTime using Flip4Mac and someone else mentioned it first. But I will report it anyway. I had a wmv which I couldn't play in either QuickTime or MPlayer, but after installing Flip4Mac it played fine in QuickTime. As I understand it the only current ways to view a wmv3 file under Mac OS X are to either install Windows Media Player for Mac or use Flip4Mac. There was some indication that MPlayer would be able to do it but I couldn't get it to work. Of course if the file is also locked up by some sort of Digital Restrictions Management system then Flip4Mac may not be able to do it either. Ian -- Ian Gregory http://www.zenatode.org.uk/ian/
From: Aawara Chowdhury on 2 Mar 2006 17:05
In <46p8e9Fc8npcU1(a)individual.net>, Ian Gregory <foo(a)bar.invalid> wrote: > On 2006-03-02, Michael Vilain <vilain(a)spamcop.net> wrote: >> In article <n7bsn-98EAAD.05474102032006(a)individual.net>, >> Ralph E Lindberg <n7bsn(a)callsign.net> wrote: >> >>> In article <m2d5h5y887.fsf(a)Machshevet-Werschulz.local>, >>> Art Werschulz <agw(a)comcast.net> wrote: >>> >>> > Hi. >>> > >>> > For some reason, Windows Media Player isn't displaying video content. >>> > However, it *does* play the audio associated with a WMV file. >>> > >>> > Suggestions on how to fix? >>> >>> Get Flip4Mac and watch it with the QT player? >>> >>> (Flip4Mac is free as MS is funding them, since MS dropped WM Player >>> development on the Mac) >> >> I've yet to get Flip4Mac to play anything at all. It mostly says it >> can't play the file because of DRM. So, again, I think the OP's options >> are limited to a cheap PC or maybe VPC. > > What a coincidence! I was just thinking about posting a > report on how I got a wmv file to play in QuickTime using > Flip4Mac and someone else mentioned it first. But I will > report it anyway. > > I had a wmv which I couldn't play in either QuickTime > or MPlayer, but after installing Flip4Mac it played fine > in QuickTime. As I understand it the only current ways to > view a wmv3 file under Mac OS X are to either install > Windows Media Player for Mac or use Flip4Mac. There was > some indication that MPlayer would be able to do it but I > couldn't get it to work. > Like your experience, I too have used Flip4Mac to play multiple WMV and WMA files (mostly the ones on the CNN.com website). Works fine on my iBook/G4. AC -- Email: echo 142322093203359315271794620168064975321554275890186P | dc |