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Mac Forum / Applications / Media Player / June 2005provider solution for WMP & OS 10.4
As a Windows Media streaming provider, we have been plagued by Mac listeners having issues picking up radio streams ever since they upgraded to 10.4. While all of the suggestions about deleting prefences and playlists do help, the main issue we found was the htmlview parameter used in some asx files. We found listeners we able to get streams that are launched in an embedded player, but not streams launched in the standalone media player because the embedded file did not contain the htmlview. We removed the htmlview parameter for mac listeners and everything began working. Unfortunately, if you are a listener, this information doesn't help you immediately fix anything. But send the information on to the provider for the stream you're requesting and have them take a look. > As a Windows Media streaming provider, we have been plagued by Mac listeners > having issues picking up radio streams ever since they upgraded to 10.4. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > immediately fix anything. But send the information on to the provider for > the stream you're requesting and have them take a look. VERY Helpful... It does help if you are a listener... You know you can send an e-mail to the site you are trying to get to and provide them with this information. I'll do my best to escalade it to MS (though in the past it has proven completely useless). 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 > VERY Helpful... > It does help if you are a listener... You know you can send an e-mail to [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > I'll do my best to escalade it to MS (though in the past it has proven > completely useless). I have also sent it to my contact on the Windows Media team, but haven't heard anything back from her. Thanks for your help > I have also sent it to my contact on the Windows Media team, but haven't > heard anything back from her. Thanks for your help You never know, it might help :-\ 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 www.liverpoolfc.tv www.xbox.com.au actually, windows media player crashes my browser everything I try to stream any WMP files. I downloaded the flip4mac thingy, but it doesn't lauch quicktime to stream my files as one guy said it would :( > > I have also sent it to my contact on the Windows Media team, but haven't > > heard anything back from her. Thanks for your help > > You never know, it might help :-\ > > Corentin > www.liverpoolfc.tv > www.xbox.com.au I went on the X-Box site and tried to view the trailer for Area 51. The video doesn't even try to play in the browser, it downloads a .asx file on my Mac. WMP then launches and tells me that the file format is invalid. The file format is pretty simple: <ASX VERSION="3.0"> <Title>Area 51 Trailer</Title> <Copyright>(c) 2005 Microsoft Corporation</Copyright> <Entry> <Author>Xbox.com</Author> <Title>Area 51 Trailer</Title> <ref href="mms://wm.microsoft.com/ms/xbox/video/area51/Area 51 Video-Hi.wmv" /> </Entry> </ASX> If I take the link starting with mms:// and paste it in the Get URL command (command-u) in WMP: no problem playing it at all. > actually, windows media player crashes my browser everything I try to stream > any WMP files. What browser do you use ? > I downloaded the flip4mac thingy, but it doesn't lauch > quicktime to stream my files as one guy said it would :( Very often, you have to go through the tedious process of properly mapping file and MIME type to QuickTime once you;ve installed it. I would recommend using RCDefaultapp from http://www.rubicode.com/Software/RCDefaultApp/ (free) for that. 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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