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Mac Forum / Applications / Media Player / February 2005WMP on G4 w/ osX will not play
When i download a WMP file, the player comes up with a picture of the PLAY button and an error message reading: "an error occurred". Went to the FAQ's where i read that WMV is not supported by Unix and that a Mac user needs to use an "extended" hard drive, but did not provide enough information there. Downloaded player twice, and have attempted to play several times with different files. Thank you, darci Hi Darci, > When i download a WMP file, the player comes up with a picture of the PLAY > button and an error message reading: "an error occurred". The file is probably corrupeted... That's the installer for WMP. I would guess that you first need to update Stuffit expander to the latest version, then make sure you decompress the WMP installer with it. > Went to the FAQ's > where i read that WMV is not supported by Unix What FAQ ??? Could you give me the address ??? Is it this one: http://www.cortig.net/wordpress/?p=4 ??? > and that a Mac user needs to > use an "extended" hard drive, but did not provide enough information there. Extented hard drive ??? I think what they meant is different (that has to be from the MS page): WMP will not install on a drive formatted in UFS (Unix file system). It requires that the drive has been formatted in HFS (Hierarchical File System) which is the case on 99.999% of the Mac. You really need to WANT to format the drive in UFS it usually doesn't happen by mistake. Only a very few people accessing the drives from UNIX machines and a few geeks actually use UFS. > Downloaded player twice, and have attempted to play several times with > different files. > > Thank you, darci I would definitively go for a Stuffit problem. Make sure you update it. 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'écriref |
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