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br8t3 - 11 Sep 2005 21:39 GMT

Macintosh running OS 10.3.8 and Windows Media Player 9. Many (but not all)
of downloads give an error message: "Cannot play back the file. The file
format is invalid". All files shows up with a perfectly good .wmv icon.
Help, please. I'm missing a lot of good stuff.

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Corentin Cras-Méneur - 13 Sep 2005 00:26 GMT

> Macintosh running OS 10.3.8 and Windows Media Player 9. Many (but not all)
> of downloads give an error message: "Cannot play back the file. The file
> format is invalid". All files shows up with a perfectly good .wmv icon.
> Help, please. I'm missing a lot of good stuff.

On files on your own Mac ?? Is there any unusual character in the name
of the hard drive or the name of any folder in the path to your file ??

Corentin

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Kurt - 15 Sep 2005 02:07 GMT

> > Macintosh running OS 10.3.8 and Windows Media Player 9. Many (but not all)
> > of downloads give an error message: "Cannot play back the file. The file
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> Corentin

But isn't this error message typical for valid PC WMV files that use all
those codecs that can't be read by Mac WM?
A large portion of the WMV files I come across can't be read by the
current Mac WM.
(Everyone should use Quicktime) ;-)

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Corentin Cras-Méneur - 15 Sep 2005 16:23 GMT

> But isn't this error message typical for valid PC WMV files that use all
> those codecs that can't be read by Mac WM?

Well I usually get a warning telling me that the codec isn't supported
(or that the file has unsupported DRM). I don't remember seing anything
telling me the fileis corrupted in this specific context.

> A large portion of the WMV files I come across can't be read by the
> current Mac WM.
> (Everyone should use Quicktime) ;-)

:-) You could use the Flip4Mac codecs for QT. They are still far from

perfection, but they somehow work...

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Kurt - 16 Sep 2005 02:21 GMT

> > But isn't this error message typical for valid PC WMV files that use all
> > those codecs that can't be read by Mac WM?
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> Corentin

D'accord.

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Corentin Cras-Méneur - 17 Sep 2005 00:42 GMT

> > :-) You could use the Flip4Mac codecs for QT. They are still far from
> > perfection, but they somehow work...
> >
> > Corentin
>
> D'accord.

:-))

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"file format invalid" error message with download to Mac.