.wmv.wmx video will not load

[guyjincj]

I'm trying to watch a video for my online class and I'm about to snap. It's wmv format, the audio loads fine but the vid won't. I'm using Flip4Mac. I also tried using WindowsMediaPlayer 9 and Quicktime directly but I get an error.

With Quicktime I get "The movie contains an invalid data reference"

With WMP I get "This file may not play correctly because it was compressed using a codec that is not supported"

I've searched for a solution all day, and nothing!

I also tried Firefox and Chrome..and downloading the file and opening it with a text editor. I get a reference but when I paste it on safari, it doesn't work. Says page unavailable.

I'm using Safari 4 and Mac OS X 10.5.8

Anyone knows how to fix it?

This is why I HATE Microsoft!

 

[Darth.Titan]

Have you tried VLC?

Online classes tend to love to use funky video codecs that require a Windows PC.

 

[Hammer97e]

Try Perian. Once I started using that I deleted Flip4Mac.

 

[guyjincj]

Thanks guys..I tried both Perian and VLC, neither worked.