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Mac Forum / Applications / Media Player / December 2005WMP does not work
Hi, Ever since Mac OS X 10.3.x, my WMP 9.0 doesn't work. I have reinstalled several time, but to no avail. Not even the demo will play. 'Stream not found.' For other streamed content, WMP just sits there, no error message or anything. Every time I check the prefs, it defaults to 56kbps Modem. It won't save the ISDN setting. I ried to trash the prefs file, but can't find it. It is neither in the ~/Library nor the ~/user/Library. Advice? Thanks  SignatureKlaus MacOS X 10.4.3 > Every time I check the prefs, it defaults to 56kbps Modem. It won't save the > ISDN setting. I ried to trash the prefs file, but can't find it. It is > neither in the ~/Library nor the ~/user/Library. > Advice? WMP fails to read the prefs anyway... You should try a few things that fix the problem for most people: - trash the pref and .plist for WMP to let the app re-create them from scratch next time it launches. - repair Permissions on your Mac using Disk Utility (you should do that once a month or before and after each major software install anyway). - make sure there is no non-standard character in the name of your drive (eg: accented letters, etc.). Corentin WMP FAQ: http://www.cortig.net/wordpress/?page_id=30 blog on MS apps for Mac: http://www.cortig.net/wordpress Signature--- Mac:MS MVP (Francophone) --- http://www.mvps.org - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com MVPs are not MS employees - Les MVP ne travaillent pas pour MS Remove "NoSpam" to e-mail me - Retirez "NoSpam" pour m'écrire > > Every time I check the prefs, it defaults to 56kbps Modem. It won't save the > > ISDN setting. I ried to trash the prefs file, but can't find it. It is [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > - trash the pref and .plist for WMP to let the app re-create them from > scratch next time it launches. I've been trying to do that, but cannot find the prefs files. Where are they located? > - repair Permissions on your Mac using Disk Utility (you should do that > once a month or before and after each major software install anyway). That's new to me, but sounds like good advice. > - make sure there is no non-standard character in the name of your drive > (eg: accented letters, etc.) That's funny, my HD is called Klaus' Toy, with the curly apostrophe. However, WMP HAS played with my HD called that way. We'll see Thanks, Klaus Hi Klaus, > > - trash the pref and .plist for WMP to let the app re-create them from > > scratch next time it launches. > > I've been trying to do that, but cannot find the prefs files. Where are they > located? :-) The FAQ says: - delete the WMP preference files: ~/Library/Preferences/Windows Media Player Prefs ~/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.mediaplayer.plist > > - repair Permissions on your Mac using Disk Utility (you should do that > > once a month or before and after each major software install anyway). > > That's new to me, but sounds like good advice. It's recommended by Apple... > > - make sure there is no non-standard character in the name of your drive > > (eg: accented letters, etc.) [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > We'll see Yeah, try it without the apostrophe just in case... Corentin WMP FAQ: http://www.cortig.net/wordpress/?page_id=30 blog on MS apps for Mac: http://www.cortig.net/wordpress Signature--- Mac:MS MVP (Francophone) --- http://www.mvps.org - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com MVPs are not MS employees - Les MVP ne travaillent pas pour MS Remove "NoSpam" to e-mail me - Retirez "NoSpam" pour m'écrire > > That's funny, my HD is called Klaus' Toy, with the curly apostrophe. > > However, WMP HAS played with my HD called that way. > > > > We'll see > > Yeah, try it without the apostrophe just in case... I dropped the apostrophe and guess what! Partial success. WMP now plays the demo .wmv file, but when I go to the movie site, the error message 'playlist format is not recognized' comes up... Cheers, Klaus > I dropped the apostrophe and guess what! Partial success. WMP now plays the > demo .wmv file, but when I go to the movie site, the error message 'playlist > format is not recognized' comes up... That's a different one.... It's often caused by malformed .asx files. The solution is to download the .asx, edit it in a text editor (TextEdit, TextWrangler...) et use the mms:// link found in there directly in WMP. Corentin WMP FAQ: http://www.cortig.net/wordpress/?page_id=30 blog on MS apps for Mac: http://www.cortig.net/wordpress Signature--- Mac:MS MVP (Francophone) --- http://www.mvps.org - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com MVPs are not MS employees - Les MVP ne travaillent pas pour MS Remove "NoSpam" to e-mail me - Retirez "NoSpam" pour m'écrire |
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