Why only 1 second of total video playback?

[deceptichop]

Gentlemen,

Ive noticed that a couple of websites that have only .wmv available to download movies. I am running a Mac G4 with OS Tiger and Opera/Safari/Firefox for the net. I can easily play wmv's with my QTpro and or VLC.

The movies that I typically DL are usually 300 to 400 megs. They completely DL on my browser (Opera, Safari, or Firefox) after about 10 minutes or so. However once I DL the .wmv files onto my harddrive , they show up at only about 3 or 4 kb!!?? So thats about a total of like .2 seconds of play back!!?? Therefore one second of total playback.

I believe this is not an Apple vs Windows issue, but something else. Any ideas?

Thanks guys!

 

[KingYaba]

It would help to provide links so others can try to replicate your issue. All I can suggest right now is to download and install Flip4Mac.

 

[deceptichop]

It would help to provide links so others can try to replicate your issue. All I can suggest right now is to download and install Flip4Mac.

KingYaba,

THanks for your swift reply! Unfortunately I failed to mention in my post that I have Flip4Mac and Perian.

Fortuneately, I found out my problem. The reason why the wmv's werent DL'ing was that I didnt have the latest version of Perian. I DL'd the latest version and it TOTALLY fixed the problem!!!

Thank guys!