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RicWillmot

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Feb 11, 2008 3:32 AM ET Quote Report Abuse

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I have tried to activate the .wmv files here on start-up nation on my Mac and cannot.

I end up with a viewer full of hieroglyphics.

Can someone tell this dope what he is doing wrong?

Thank you.

Rgds,

Ric

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KevDev

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Feb 11, 2008 11:11 AM ET Quote Report Abuse

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Ric:

You`re not doing anything wrong. WMV is a multimedia format created and supported by Microsoft, but not supported by Apple (Apple prefers that you use its own QuickTime instead).

Your easiest solution is to download the free Flip4Mac, a utility that allows your Mac to use .wmv files. Check out this link.

In the future when things don`t seem to work on your Mac, check out the site VersionTracker, which has links to lots and lots of free and shareware utilities that make a Mac more useful and more fun!

Good luck!

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Degrees

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Feb 11, 2008 11:33 AM ET Quote Report Abuse

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Hi KevDev
Could you give this movie a try ?
I`ve never been able to view the "On demand seminars".
Naturally I`ve tried with Flip4Mac enabled and disabled, windows media player, and Quicktime.
Let me know if you can pry these suckers open.

Thanks

CampSteve

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Feb 11, 2008 12:02 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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I use Flip4Mac without any problems to view .wmv files.

But here is another resource. The VLC player lets you play all sorts of media formats on a mac.

Degrees

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Feb 11, 2008 12:44 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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Thanks for the info KevDev & CampSteve,
but the VLC player did not work either.

Luckily SUN seems to be sticking to Flash for all its new movies.

RicWillmot

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Feb 12, 2008 3:52 AM ET Quote Report Abuse

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Thank you!!!

Rgds,

Ric

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