Mac Forum / Applications / Media Player / October 2006

When I try to play either wav or midi files in WMP v.10 or WMP v.11 I receive
the following message:
"Cannot play the file, the player might not support the file type or might
not support the codec that was used to compress the file".

Hey everyone I cant play clips on the net. for example at break.comjust a
white bos with a x in the top corner apears in place of the clip.
Any help would be appreciated

Will WMP9 work on Intel Based Macs via the Rosetta emulation?
Rob
P.S.  I know there is Flip4Mac but Flip4Mac will not play WMV 9 with DRM

When I try to play either wav or midi files in WMP v.10 or WMP v.11 I receive
the following message:
"Cannot play the file, the player might not support the file type or might
not support the codec that was used to compress the file".

I recently installed WMP10 to go with my new ZEN NANO.  When I start WMP10 my
laptop locks up.  Laptop is new.  with 1 gb ram.  Where should I look for a
solution.

Hola!!
I downloaded "windows media-3.sitx". I gave a mac osx.
When I try to open it, it says "safari cannot open it because there is
not an application available to open it".

Hello.  I am trying to download windows media player from the microsoft
website.  In order to do so I am required to download the GenuineCheck.exe
program to validate that I have a genuine edition of Windows.  I downloaded
this GenuineCheck program but my computer asks me to ...

If so many people are having problems playing CNN videos using Windows Media
Player, then why hasn't Microsoft and the Great Bill Gates responded with a
fix?  I've spent an hour searching for a solution to this problem, the
messages cover several years, and no definitive solution ...

I have WMP videos on my website & MAC users say they can't view them. File
Format not supported is the WMP error. Is there another format I can offer
for MAC users to be able to see the videos? Or do MAC users have to be using
somehting other than WMP to view WMP videos?

HI All, I am new to Mac and to this group.  I have listened to ESPN
radio online with my PC for years without difficulty, but cant on this
Mac; I am using Mac OS X.  I have tried on both Safari and FireFox,
installed the recommended Microsoft Quicktime plugins, installed

Please help.   I am trying to connect to online radio via windows media, and
get "problems connecting to...".  I have dial up on a 2 year old gateway that
is more than capable of surfing the web and playing tunes simultaneously.  
Thanks for any advice.

Some months ago I installed WMP11-enu (american-english) and it worked fine
until last week. Yesterday I rolled back to WMP10 (works fine, no errors),
deleted the library, uninstalled all other players, performed System File
Checker with original Windows XP Home CD (non SP1,SP2), ...

media player 9, did work,just stopped working.I can play songs in
player9,lets me think i have songs ready to burn,goes through procedure,but
when i try to play cd,has no songs on ther.won't burn cd,what is wrong,had
worked few days ago,now it isn't working

I keep getting an error message that windows media player cannot play the
file.....the error message number is Cood1197.  Can anyone help ?

All of my videos (which played fine in WMP 9 yesterday) now start in color
for about 2 seconds, then turn gray -- about 90% opaque. It seems the problem
has occurred after the installation of Security Update for Windows 2000
(KB904706). Is that a  coincidence, or is there another ...