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Mac Forum / Applications / Media Player / January 2005I can't play wmv files
I get a message that says "you need to upgrade to wiindows media player 9 to play this file" so i did, and i installed it, and rebooted, and I still get the message. I checked the library but I have no plis that says media player. What do I do? Can you play the file on a Windows computer? Does the file contain DRM7? Microsoft does not make DRM7 available on a Macintosh. That file may also use a codec that does not have a Macintosh version. Ask the person where you got the file from what codec was used for the file. On 1/10/05 11:27 AM, in article 636C069B-4EAA-42BD-BC25-AE2BFF7DD1C8@microsoft.com, "josiah's fiyah" <josiahsfiyah@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I get a message that says "you need to upgrade to wiindows media player 9 to > play this file" > so i did, and i installed it, and rebooted, and I still get the message. > I checked the library but I have no plis that says media player. > What do I do? how do i tell if it contains drm7? I do not have a windows computer to try it out on unfortunately is there a program that converts wmvs into other formats? > Can you play the file on a Windows computer? Does the file contain DRM7? > Microsoft does not make DRM7 available on a Macintosh. That file may also [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > I checked the library but I have no plis that says media player. > > What do I do? > how do i tell if it contains drm7? You are either warned on the web site, or WMP tells you when you try to open the file. > I do not have a windows computer to try it out on unfortunately > is there a program that converts wmvs into other formats? Well no. DRM stands for Digital Right Management. The idea is to prevent you from "playing around" with the file. Transcoding the file to another format would have to bypass the DRM protection... Corentin  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 no neither of those things happen, so what now > > how do i tell if it contains drm7? > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Corentin > no neither of those things happen, so what now Nothing :-( We simply can't play these files... Corentin 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 > how do i tell if it contains drm7? > I do not have a windows computer to try it out on unfortunately [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > > > "Yes there are two programs to convert wmv to mpegs/other formatts, but the software is only for PC..... I myself am frustrated trying to play wmv 9 files on a Mac OS9 with Media player 7.1..I can hear the audio, but no video. blkshadow >-----Original Message----- >I get a message that says "you need to upgrade to wiindows media player 9 to [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >What do I do? >. |
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