Mac Forum / Applications / Media Player / July 2005

I am using WMP for Mac OS X (v. 9.0.0) (running on a G4 Powerbook with OS X
10.4.2).  
How do I clear the list of recently played files (i.e., file names listed
under "Open Recent" menu)?

Can anybody get these to work reliably?  They sometimes work, sometimes
don't.  When you quit the browser (Safari or Firefox) and relaunch
sometimes they work, sometimes not.  Very discouraging.  The paid Real
videos used to work totally reliably.

I am trying to save .wmv files but I am having problems.  In Safari, WMP
opens as the file is downloaded but the file does not appear to be anywhere
on my hard drive and the download window does not show a download.  In
Firefox, the download window shows the file and charts its ...

Can't seem to get this bugger to work. Won't even play the sample file. It
installed "successfully" but doesn't work. Any ideas?

the program won't work and I want to erase it.  I put it in the trash and try
to empty, but it says the files are locked!  what can I do?

As the topic suggest, Windows Media Player won't even start on my
computer. I am running tiger and after the program bounces around for a
while and quits, it gives me an error message and quits. Here is the
error log for the quitting program:

i have the windows media player 9 for mac osx. i've downloaded the program
multiple times but each time i try to play something it comes up "The file
name, directory name, or volume lable syntax is incorrect". What can i do???

I'm just trying to view come streaming video from Comedy Central
http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_daily_show/videos/samantha_bee/index.jhtml
WMP starts, buffers and then the video just freezes. The audio runs okay,
and will run to the end of the file. But video stops dead ...

I just install WMP 9 on my Tiger (OS X Version 10.4.2). When I try to open
songs(with WMA extension). I always receive such message: "The specified
stream type is not recognized." I don't have any trouble to open these songs
in Windows XP. Can somebody help me out? Thanks

when i try to uninstall windows media player on mac, a message comes up and
says that a bunch of stuff is locked and i cant uninstall it. Any ideas?

Audio does not work in browsers or client. Volume is up, re-installed
twice, repaired permissions twice also. Help please

Hey folks, I am running OS/X Tiger and have started getting the error
message "The hardware license for this content is inconsistent"  when trying
to open some video files.
I didn't have this problem until recent.  Anybody know how I can force the

Despite having asked my ISP to come check the cable modem connection 3 times
and tried with all browsers available (IE, Firefox and Safari), I still get
choppy video from CNN's website, as if the connection wasn't quick enough.
The strange part is that other media players (i.e. ...

I have a handfull of .wma files that I've transferred from my old PC
onto my Mac (OS X 10.3.9) that aren't being played by my WMP. All of
these files had been ripped from CDs that I own (many of them from the
mid-90s, when I presume there was little/no protection to

trying to play file message says windows does not suppirt this format
please help