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irollxc - 13 Apr 2007 18:30 GMT

I'm a mac/safari user. I want to listen to Siriius internet radio but it keep
opening with QT and erroring INVALID URL. I have flip4mac and WMP9. why
won't it work.

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Corentin Cras-Méneur - 13 Apr 2007 18:44 GMT

> I'm a mac/safari user. I want to listen to Siriius internet radio but it keep
> opening with QT and erroring INVALID URL. I have flip4mac and WMP9. why
> won't it work.

Well you need to give us more details....
The problem is that the website is by subscription only so I can't
access it and give it a try.
I *suspect* that they protect their streaming through DRM in a format
that's simply not supported under MacOS X. DId you try contacting them
to ask them??
THe other possible problem is Active-X. Some of the pages I went to on
their site used Active X controls for WMP (and there is virutally no
Active X support on Mac except in the old Explorer).

Corentin

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irollxc - 13 Apr 2007 18:58 GMT

I contacted them and Sirius said they are mac compatible. To make sure I
have either the Flip4mac or WMP, after that they said to come here.

> > I'm a mac/safari user. I want to listen to Siriius internet radio but it keep
> > opening with QT and erroring INVALID URL. I have flip4mac and WMP9. why
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> Corentin

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Corentin Cras-Méneur - 13 Apr 2007 20:54 GMT

> I contacted them and Sirius said they are mac compatible. To make sure I
> have either the Flip4mac or WMP, after that they said to come here.

Hehehehe I see.........
Well the ActiveX issue sure isn't Mac compatible.
If they say they are, they must have a workaround for it on their code.
If they mention FLip4Mac, then the streaming doesn't use DRM (there is
no DRM support in Flip4Mac WMV).
I would suggest redownloading and reinstalling the Flip4Mac WMV plug-ins
(so that they properly disable the WMP9 plug-in and avoid conflicts).
If it still doesn't work, you can find a link to a newer beta version of
the Flip4Mac codecs on VersionTracker,
I've been using it for a while and it works like a charm here,

Corentin

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