[X4U] Re: video stuff on the web

[Herbert Schulz]

On Nov 22, 2005, at 3:10 PM, x4u- 
request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com wrote:

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> Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 11:13:55 -0600
> From: Anne-Marie Concepcion <mylists at senecadesign.com>
> Subject: Re: [X4U] **RANT** video stuff on the web
> To: "A place to discuss Mac OS X for the casual user."
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> At 4:32 PM -0500 11/21/05, Jesse Leo wrote:
>> I try to listen to a song clip on Amazon.com so I can decide
>> if I want to buy the album... Won't work. I try to stream my  
>> favorite radio
>> station... Doesn't work... Etc, etc, etc...
>
> completely agree.
>
> In the past week I tried to watch a video on cnn.com ... nope. Tried
> to watch a video on mtv.com ... nope.
>
> Windows Media Player for the Mac is and has been at version 9 since
> pre-Jaguar (circa 2003). And it's not on parity by any means with WMP
> for Windows (which btw is at v10).
>
> It's *really* aggravating. MS is playing hardball w/Apple (by not
> upgrading their media sw for the mac) and we're caught in the middle.
>
> AM

Howdy,

Try Flip4Mac's WMV player.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)