[X4U] Attempting to play a WMV file

[Ed Gould]

On Nov 11, 2009, at 7:26 AM, Robb McDonald wrote:

> Are you using Flip4Mac?
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx
>
> And per the Apple discussion board:
> http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2168684&tstart=1
>
> Robb

Robb:

I read both items and I know it is early in the AM but it is not  
clear to me. I am using flip4mac and the article leaves me wonder  
what the real issue is.
If flip4mac doesn't support what ever is causing the issue or that  
you need to buy the next version why doesn't it just say so in the  
message?
The 19413 is so obscure they could toss out just any numbers and  
without any text the user is still left wondering what it means.
What ever happened to clear concise error messages?
Apple is just as guilty in other area so either this is a flip4mac  
issue or a MS issue so why not a plain english message saying you  
need to buy the pro or super pro  version ?
I see no down side to this and if anything it would make a customer  
mad and dislike their product .
This type of "programming" is is in the dark ages of computers. There  
is no reason to be so obscure in todays world.

Ed