WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER!

Be patient, with the right apps Mac's are very compatible.

Try VLC for your WMP issue.

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14738

Sorry to hear your first day of using Apple hasn't gone to success. Give it time and you'll come to love it. Its the best operating system available imo.

 

VLC will usually solve WMP issues however running 10.4.2 sometimes my VLC will crash when viewing WMV files. and whenever i open a page with WMP in safari, it will hang and i have to opt apple k it. whatever, yea umm just try VLC haha

VLC

 

you never read the memo about not ever single piece of software is ported to the mac?

windows media does work some of the time, but not in certain cases.

 

Windows Media Player will only playback .wmv, .wma. and .asx files. And then only if it's pre-9. The 10 files won't play neither will any DRM'd file.

mIRC is the single worst IRC client I ever saw. Seriously, for IRC use Xchat or my personal fav Conversation.

As for packetnews... what's that? Packetnews.com is a website to search IRC chats and that site works in Safari.

 

This is incorrect. Windows Media Player 9 for MacOS X plays non-DRMed Windows Media 9 and earlier content. Many users swear by Flip4Mac, a fee-based QuickTime codec that enables Windows Media content in QuickTime-compatible apps. Nothing on the Mac plays Windows Media 10 content.

 

Yes, Microsoft has done a very crappy job of supporting WMVs on Macs. My advice: Move away from WMV (I always disliked the format anyway) and use a format like MPEG4, H.264, or Quicktime instead.

 

From memory and from a bit of help from Google, this error comes from one of the following:


1. If using Office, you still have the Office Test drive installed (irrelevant for you).

2. You have more than one copy of WMP installed on your Mac.

3. Finder cannot locate WMP however it still remember that you installed it.

4. The file has an incorrect name extension (not .WMP or something).


It is a purely Microsoft Business Unit (Microsoft for Mac) error code to the best of my knowledge and for what it's worth. Anyway, this problem may be fixed by:


1. Repairing permissions from the Disk Utility in the Utilities folder.

2. Deleting any second copy of WMP you may have installed.

3. Most likely solution; delete the WMP preferences by using Spotlight to find this file: com.microsoft.mediaplayer.plist and dragging to the trash.


As for Packetnews, sorry but I don't know what it is. If you give us all a brief description of what it does, maybe we'll be able to find an alternative for the Mac.

 

Edit: nevermind

 

WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER IS BOLLOCKS!

 

if it's music you want, get acquisition, a dedicated gnutella client. it's da shiz wrt such things. but dont talk about piracy here--im gonna assume that beck releases his music online for free download

 

i'm pretty much in the same situation on WMP except the error is "Unable to read the dictionary of the application or extension because it is not scriptable." or something along those lines. the iBook is also my first Mac so i'm pretty new to OS X

 

Chea,
I am also having problems with WMP. It works with some things, but crashes alot and is a pain in the bum.
Have you tried VLC ? VLC does what WMP does--only better. Here is the link: http://www.videolan.org/patents.html
Or, download it from Version Tracker:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14738
But, if you are really stuck on WMP, let me know.
--Pipi

 

You can also get Flip4Mac WMV Components to see WMV on Quicktime. I haven't tried it, but it might work for you. the link is here

 

I got an email from a mate about this app today

"Yo... Flip4Mac WMV component. Ever heard of it? Lets you play WMA/WMV
files in quicktime... and does it *better* than Windows Media Player
for Mac!!!!

http://www.flip4mac.com/wmv.htm

seriously, you've got to try it. Kicks the ***** out of Windows Media
Player for Mac! I wound up buying it. "

Sounds good, but I can't be bothered paying for another codec myself.