Mac Forum / Applications / Media Player / August 2005

I saw some earlier posts where users complained that WMP9 does not work
well under Tiger.  Is this still the case?
If I give it a shot, will installing WMP9 hurt anything if it does not
work?

Once downloading WMP will I still be able to send files as either quicktime
or WMP over the internet?

no matter what type of file i attempt to play on my wmp i get this
error message. im trying to play little movie clips that at one point
in time worked and now all of a sudden one day i get this error
message "the specified stream type is not recognized". i am playing

im running tiger  10.4.2 on a G5 tower and wmp wont display or allow me
to download .wmv files in safari. does anyone know whether this is a
conflict btwn safari and wmp, or something else. i dont want to have to
run IE if i dont have to. has anyone else had and managed to

I spent a couple of weeks trying to get WMP to play one particular
site's files and had zero luck, even with help from this forum ...
I downloaded, redownloaded, tried other software, etc ... nothing
worked.

I've used WMP for a while and not had any problems, however recently I've had
the message "This file may not play correectly because it was compressed by
using a codec that is not supported" appear everytime I try to play a file,
EVEN with files that used to play before.  The ...

i have recently upgraded to Tiger. Windows Media Player 9 will not
completely open. anybody know any fixes for this?

I can get WMP or for that sake realplayer to play AVI files, the ask for a
codec I can find

This is my second request as my question was not answered.  I cannot get my
irver H10 20 GB player to sync with my Windows Medi Player 10.  I have a Dell
PC, not a MAC.  I am using Windows XP Version 2002 Service Pack 1.  I get a
message that says "No device has been detected.  ...

I cannot get my iriver H10 20 GB player to sync with my Windows Media Player
10.  I am using Windows XP Version 2002 Service Pack 1.  I get a message that
says "No device has been detected.  Press F5 to refresh the player."  I have
Windows Media Player 10.00.00.3646.  It came ...

The odd thing is that the file plays just fine on my crusty old
9600/OS9 and the pretty  G3 Smurf Tower/OS9 both using WMP 7. But...
using WMP9 on a G5 iMac /10.3.9 there is no audio. I have dumped WMP
and re-installed to no avail. The message "This file may not play

Wmp listen radio in OS 8.6 mac?

How does one backup Windows Media Player Files. I am using version 10 and
have an IRiver player. But The files are on my work computer and I need to
have a backup in case I am leave the company.

Thanks Corentin, but the fact is before IE 5.1.7 reinstalation (and
reinstall the WMP) the WMP worked perfectly.
Why is so difficult to setup this plugin????
thanks anyway

So I downloaded, through the annoying use of Virtual PC 7, a protected
WMA file from rockstar.msn.com.  Not only does it sound like garbage
through Windows Media Player in Virtual PC, but the Mac version of
Windows Media player won't play it at all (even though this is