[X4U] Viewing WMP Streams

Neil Lists at mac.com
Wed Feb 16 14:09:43 PST 2005


I didn't even know that I could use VLC for streaming media.   I'll try it.

on 2/16/05 4:32 PM, John McGilvary wrote:

> I do watch them, and generally do not notice any real choppiness.
> You can also try using VLC as your default Windows Media playback, as that
> works better IMHO than Media Player.
> Call if you have questions ;-)
> J
> 
> On Wednesday, February 16, 2005, at 10:15AM, Neil <lists at mac.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hello, do any of you guys ever try to view video streams in Windows Media
>> Player format?  The playback on my Quicksilver G4 is abysmal.  It's so
>> choppy that it will pause for three or four seconds at a time.  My wife is a
>> dancer and she can't follow the choreography in the videos at all.  Is there
>> a way to work around this problem that would be easier than buying a Windows
>> box?  Maybe I could save the stream with Snapz Pro and try to convert it to
>> a different format?  Thanks,



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