Vewing WMV format on Mac OS9 problem, pls help.

[XLR8A]

Hello ladies and gentleman,

I use an oldskool G3 with OS9.2.2 and MediaPlayer7.1 -
(as far as i know MP7.1 is the latest version for OS9.2.2)
The problem is when i'm trying to open a document that was originally created in MP9 -
it doesn't open in MP7.1, and i can't even install MP9 because it doesn't support my OS.

The question is:
There is some way to open that document without installing OS-X or buying new computer?
Maybe some codec for quicktime or something, i searched the net but didn't find anything...

p.s. sorry for my english, it's not my native language, i hope most of you can understand.

Thnks in advance,

Peace.

 

[Norouzi]

I don't know of anything for OS 9 that'll do what you want. There are options for OS X such as VLC for playing windows media but not for OS 9. My advice is to move to 10. I used to run it on a B&W G3 with no problems. OS 9 is a dead OS, there is no more development on it so you probabily will not find much to help you, and even less as time goes on.

 

[vniow]

Not gonna happen.

 

[MisterMe]

Hello ladies and gentleman,

I use an oldskool G3 with OS9.2.2 and MediaPlayer7.1 -
(as far as i know MP7.1 is the latest version for OS9.2.2)
The problem is when i'm trying to open a document that was originally created in MP9 -
it doesn't open in MP7.1, and i can't even install MP9 because it doesn't support my OS.

The question is:
There is some way to open that document without installing OS-X or buying new computer?
Maybe some codec for quicktime or something, i searched the net but didn't find anything...

p.s. sorry for my english, it's not my native language, i hope most of you can understand.

Thnks in advance,

Peace.

Windows Media 9 files can be opened only in Windows Media Player 9 or Windows Media Player 10. Windows Media Player 9 is the most recent version available for MacOS X. Windows Media Player 7.1.3 is the most recent version of WMP for MacOS 9. Non-Microsoft software is available to play of some DRM-free WMV files in newer formats. However, that software requires MacOS X, Windows, or Linux. The bottomline is that you cannot play Windows Media 9 content on MacOS 9.

 

[XLR8A]

I don't know of anything for OS 9 that'll do what you want. There are options for OS X such as VLC for playing windows media but not for OS 9. My advice is to move to 10. I used to run it on a B&W G3 with no problems. OS 9 is a dead OS, there is no more development on it so you probabily will not find much to help you, and even less as time goes on.

Actually i have same B&W G3, and i run a recording studio,
i spent dozens thousands of $ on expansive software for OS9,
and i have lots of even more expansive hardware that works with OS9 only.
So, buying a new computer that can boot from OS-X only it's not a solution
for me, but installing another OS can be a great idea. There is some boot manager
that can switch between 9 and X when the computer starts up ?

 

[yellow]

There is some boot manager
that can switch between 9 and X when the computer starts up ?

If they (OS9/OSX installs) are on separate partition/hard drives, your finger on the Option key is the "boot manager".

 

[XLR8A]

If they (OS9/OSX installs) are on separate partition/hard drives, your finger on the Option key is the "boot manager".

Thnks man, i'll put another hardisk innit and install the X on it.