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Capt Underpants
Dec 1, 2004, 07:33 PM
I have Cingular cell phone service, and I wanted to listen to some ringtones. When I go to their site, though, I get an error message every time I try to listen to some. Any ideas, or do I just need a PC?


DanTekGeek
Dec 1, 2004, 07:38 PM
what browser?
Capt Underpants
Dec 1, 2004, 07:41 PM
what browser?

I tried Safari and IE.
DanTekGeek
Dec 1, 2004, 07:49 PM
Im not sure about singular, but Im allmost certain that T-mobile uses a windows media player plugin to listen to ringtones. I havent tried listening on a mac, but it works on pc.
Capt Underpants
Dec 1, 2004, 07:50 PM
Im not sure about singular, but Im allmost certain that T-mobile uses a windows media player plugin to listen to ringtones. I havent tried listening on a mac, but it works on pc.

Cingular uses Windows Media Player. I have Windows Media player for the mac, though, so I don't know why it's messing up.
Jovian9
Dec 1, 2004, 08:10 PM
I used to use Cingular and had no problems listening to ringtones on my iMac G4.........and safari and ie are what I used. I know that is no help to you, but it should work.
Capt Underpants
Dec 1, 2004, 08:49 PM
I used to use Cingular and had no problems listening to ringtones on my iMac G4.........and safari and ie are what I used. I know that is no help to you, but it should work.

Hm... Well that sucks for me!

Here's the error message I am getting:
Capt Underpants
Dec 4, 2004, 09:11 AM
I won't bump this thread but this once, but I do wish someone could give me some advice, or atleast tell me whether or not they can listen to cingular ringtones.
Flowbee
Dec 4, 2004, 11:19 AM
I'm getting the same error message as you. Using Safari and IE.
asif786
Dec 4, 2004, 11:57 AM
hey,

i looked at the code of the page:

<object ID="mediaPlayer" CLASSID="CLSID:22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-94ab-0080c74c7e95" CODEBASE="http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=5,1,52,701" STANDBY="Loading Microsoft Windows Media Player components..." TYPE="application/x-oleobject" width="286" height="46">
<param NAME="fileName" VALUE="http://www-xl.cingularextras.com/fuel/enduser/portal/EUAppConDisplayServlet/applicationID=8150/downloadableVersionID=1/usageType=PREVIEW/contentSequence=3/content">
<param NAME="animationatStart" VALUE="0">
<param NAME="transparentatStart" VALUE="0">
<param NAME="autoStart" VALUE="1">
<param NAME="showControls" VALUE="1">
<param NAME="ShowDisplay" VALUE="0">
<param NAME="AutoRewind" VALUE="1">
<param NAME="uiMode" value="mini">
<embed type="application/x-mplayer2"
SRC="http://www-xl.cingularextras.com/fuel/enduser/portal/EUAppConDisplayServlet/applicationID=8150/downloadableVersionID=1/usageType=PREVIEW/contentSequence=3/content"
name="MediaPlayer"
ShowControls="1"
width="286"
height="46">


Judging by the reference to the .cab file it looks as though it needs a specialist component or something for WMP. Have you tried in firefox? That may be your last option. If that doesn't work, then maybe try on a windows pc?

sorry i couldnt help more..

/asif
Capt Underpants
Dec 4, 2004, 12:27 PM
Thanks for the confirmation, Flowbee. I suppose I will try and download Firefox later today, try it out, and report back here. Thanks for the replies, fellows.
Capt Underpants
Dec 4, 2004, 12:55 PM
Gosh, Firefox doesn't work. I guess this means it's a problem with my Windows Media Player plugins?
asif786
Dec 4, 2004, 03:59 PM
Gosh, Firefox doesn't work. I guess this means it's a problem with my Windows Media Player plugins?

It seems as though that;s the only thing it could be (by process of elimination).

Trust microsoft to screw it up.. :rolleyes:

/asif