Mac Forum / Applications / Media Player / October 2005

I am a new Mac user, and I am trying to install MS Media player on my
system.  I get a error message on my system when I try to open the
downloaded file.
There is no default application specified to open the document "Windows

On a powerbook G4 I can receive high speed streaming with Quicktime,
but not WMP 9 for Mac.  Mactopic claims great video. WMP on my PC
laptop has no problems.  Apple says it's a Microsoft problem.  Any
feedback would be appreciated.  Thanks, Dave.

It will solve most of your problems with windows media player 9!
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

I added a new station to the favourites and when I quit WMP 9 and later
opened it, all my favourites list has disappeared apart from the new
station I added.
What appears when I click on the favourites menu is the new station is

I am a new Mac user, and I am trying to install MS Media player on my
system.  I get a error message on my system when I try to open the
downloaded file.
There is no default application specified to open the document "Windows

I have a 15" G4 PowerBook which runs on OS X Tiger... I tried to use Windows
Media Player 9 for OS X and after successful installation, when I tried
booting the Windows Media Player, it didn't work.
This is what I got from the error report:

Hi, I just installed Windows Media Player 9.0 for Mac on my Mac running
OS X 10.4.2.  When I try to play any wmv file (including the sample
file that the Windows Media Installer installs), I get the error "The
specified stream type is not recognized."

I wasn't able to open media or use plugin, as most of you are complaining of
as well... tried reinstall, repairing permissions, but no good, always crash
on opening.  (BTW, using 10.4.2, and WMP9 on a G5)
Here's what worked for me:

This problem just started in the past day or so.  The program shows up in the
dock when I launch it, but it just bounces around and does nothing.  It then
will stop bouncing like it has opened up, but I click it and nothing happens.
I try and drag it out of the task bar, but it ...

Throughout using 10.4 I've tried to install Windows Media Player 9 for the
MAC OS.  I'm really getting fed up.  Whenever I try to intall the program,
the Installer freezes before even copying a file.  I have to force quit the
application everytime.  I'm not willing to clean ...

WMP was working fine up until I recently upgraded to OSX 10.4.2
If I want to listen now to any WMP music clip in the internet, I get
the message: You do not have the plug-in needed to view the
"video/x-ms-asf" type information on this page. To get the plug-in now,

I recently upgrade to MAC OSX 10,4,2 and then have  to upgrade  the
Windows Media player to version 9,0, since then I can not open the
application , The following message come out after trying to open it:
"The application Windows Media Player has been closed suddenly"

 Is it necessary for us to configure Safari so that it will run windows
media files automatically on the browser? If yes, how do i go about doing the
configuration.
 Thanks

I have a Mac G4 with Mac OS x,v.10.3.8 and Internet Explorer v. 5.2.3 and
Windows Media Player v.9 series.
I want to download and play movies protected with Windows Media Rights
Manager.

Been trying to watch a video clip today and for some reason our network
connection has gotten a bit unreliable, so the stupid thing plays for ten
seconds, pauses for a few seconds while it rebuffers and then repeats. Very
irritating...