[X4U] **RANT** video stuff on the web

Robert Ashton rashton at telus.net
Wed Nov 23 07:47:57 PST 2005


I don't know why but I can watch the videos on CNN. Using 10.4.3.  
Can't see Can't see anything on MTV or Amazon.com.  Bob
On 22-Nov-05, at 9:13 AM, Anne-Marie Concepcion wrote:

> 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
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