Post by: dolphin on June 08, 2007, 11:53:49 AM
It should not be this difficult.TIA for any help.
Post by: Xairbusdriver on June 08, 2007, 05:53:21 PM
What browser are you using, anyway?
I just went to the link in FF 2.0.0.4 and I didn't get any 'choice' display, it simply opened a small window and played the video. There was a 'Preference' link on that window, I have RealPlayer selected. Still, FF gives one the option of assigning most any file type to be displayed/shown/played/presented with almost any plug-in/app of your choice. It's in the FF->Preferences->Content->File Types ( click the "Manage" button ). Your version and browser could be quite different.
Post by: dolphin on June 08, 2007, 10:40:13 PM
QUOTE(Xairbusdriver @ Jun 8 2007, 06:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
You should be able to set your preferences in your browsers uhmn, Preferences.
What browser are you using, anyway?
I just went to the link in FF 2.0.0.4 and I didn't get any 'choice' display, it simply opened a small window and played the video. There was a 'Preference' link on that window, I have RealPlayer selected. Still, FF gives one the option of assigning most any file type to be displayed/shown/played/presented with almost any plug-in/app of your choice. It's in the FF->Preferences->Content->File Types ( click the "Manage" button ). Your version and browser could be quite different.
What browser are you using, anyway?
I just went to the link in FF 2.0.0.4 and I didn't get any 'choice' display, it simply opened a small window and played the video. There was a 'Preference' link on that window, I have RealPlayer selected. Still, FF gives one the option of assigning most any file type to be displayed/shown/played/presented with almost any plug-in/app of your choice. It's in the FF->Preferences->Content->File Types ( click the "Manage" button ). Your version and browser could be quite different.
I'm using FF 2.0.0.4. I went into FF>Preferences>Content>File Types and clicked the "Manage button". I changed the file type to QT, but it still would not play.
I went to the Real Player web site and downloaded Real Player and then tried it and it played OK!
Still the choices presented in the window were only WMV or Real Player.
Post by: Xairbusdriver on June 09, 2007, 04:44:21 PM
Not surprised that QT would not play either WMV nor RMA(?) files. I think they are proprietary formats and not too many companies want to pay the
But I'm also confused as to how/why you even see the window asking you to select them. I can only assume that there is a javscript/sniffer script on the page that can detect that you had neither app/plug-in available.
Post by: kbeartx on June 09, 2007, 05:09:36 PM
Flip4Mac
[Plugin for QuickTime that lets it read [i.e., play] many non-QT movies.]
Post by: kimmer on June 09, 2007, 05:42:20 PM
I used it yesterday to watch WMV stuff at a news site and to watch the launch of the Space shuttle Atlantis (done in real time with WMV stuff.)
BTW, you'll find Flip4Mac here:
http://www.flip4mac.com/
Post by: Xairbusdriver on June 09, 2007, 06:06:52 PM
1. What does it do besides allow me to play WMV files via QT?
2. Does it also play RealMedia files?
3. What does the following text on their web site mean?
QUOTE
If you have the free WMV Player from Microsoft, you already have a trial version of all the other Flip4Mac WMV products. When you purchase a product, you will receive a serial number, which will unlock the features you purchase.
Does Telestream actually produce Windows Media Player ( at least the Mac version )? 
4. What does Windows Media Player do that is so bad that it's worth spending $30 on Flip4Mac?
Post by: Jack W on June 09, 2007, 07:59:14 PM
- Jack
Post by: dolphin on June 09, 2007, 08:42:17 PM
QUOTE(kbeartx @ Jun 9 2007, 06:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I've got three syllables to say about this:
Flip4Mac
[Plugin for QuickTime that lets it read [i.e., play] many non-QT movies.]
Flip4Mac
[Plugin for QuickTime that lets it read [i.e., play] many non-QT movies.]
KB...I have Flip4Mac also. It did not work either. Why I do not know. I did download the latest upgrade also.
Post by: kimmer on June 09, 2007, 09:09:06 PM
Dolphin, I went to the web page that Highmac shared, and selected WMV. Then when the video window opened I selected "Launch stand alone player" and it opened up in a separate window and ran using Flip4Mac.
Post by: Xairbusdriver on June 10, 2007, 01:39:29 PM
However, there are a couple of other questions in my post, still waiting for answers to them.
I guess I just don't have a need for the app.
Post by: kbeartx on June 10, 2007, 05:06:51 PM
QUOTE(Xairbusdriver @ Jun 10 2007, 01:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I must be looking at the wrong site. The cheapest version I see is $29. Until that is paid, one can only view the first half ( and even then on the first 30 minutes ) of any video. I think I remember complaining about that many years ago as a overly crippled way to view a video when it could be done for free with WMP. But I'm always complaining, so I could be wrong. However, there are a couple of other questions in my post, still waiting for answers to them. I guess I just don't have a need for the app.
I guess I just don't have a need for the app.I distinctly recall that 'first half only' limitation in an early version of Flip4Mac, but it was removed in a later version.
I am quite certain that I did not pay anything for its download, and once installed, there were no 'nag dialogs' exhorting me to buy it. I think the paid version
As to WHY one needs it: AIUI [as I understand it], there are some video files that require WMP 10, for which there ain't none, in the vernacular, at least not fer Macs, and yore spiffy liddle WMP 9 won't do you no good atall [folks running earlier versions of Winders, such as 95 er 98, and mebbee Linux?, have the same problem].
Other than those points, I think we'll hafta wait for someone who knows the esoterics of video creation and playback [mebbee Tacit?] to drop by.
Post by: dolphin on June 10, 2007, 11:20:40 PM
QUOTE(kimmer @ Jun 9 2007, 10:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Like Jack, I don't remember paying for Flip4Mac and I searched my computer for a receipt and don't have one ... so I can say with some confidence that I didn't.
Dolphin, I went to the web page that Highmac shared, and selected WMV. Then when the video window opened I selected "Launch stand alone player" and it opened up in a separate window and ran using Flip4Mac.
Dolphin, I went to the web page that Highmac shared, and selected WMV. Then when the video window opened I selected "Launch stand alone player" and it opened up in a separate window and ran using Flip4Mac.
Kimmer, I tried the "stand alone player" also with NO playback. Maybe I've got something selected or NOT selected in the preferences file that I am not aware of.
Post by: kimmer on June 11, 2007, 09:39:29 AM
QUOTE(dolphin @ Jun 10 2007, 08:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Kimmer, I tried the "stand alone player" also with NO playback. Maybe I've got something selected or NOT selected in the preferences file that I am not aware of.
Hmmmm... don't know. My prefs are pretty standard out of the box. I do run AdBlockPlus and NoScript and had to set NoScript to run temporarily. Maybe someone else has an idea what to check.
Post by: Xairbusdriver on June 11, 2007, 12:04:01 PM
Oh well...
Post by: Dreambird on June 11, 2007, 12:12:19 PM
Just upgraded from v2.1 myself, never paid a dime... they work fine...
Post by: krissel on June 13, 2007, 01:47:44 AM
I went and downloaded the lastest version which really screwed things up at first cause then I got a 'forbidden' page from the site.
Now, a couple days later, I went back and checked the WMV. I got the following:
[attachment=366:Picture_187.jpg]
But remembering that the first line on the left was "Open in standalone viewer", I clicked on that white space.
I then got this after several seconds:
[attachment=367:Picture_186.jpg]
So the new Flip4Mac did sort of work, but I had to know where to click on a blanked out page.
Post by: kimmer on June 13, 2007, 03:08:38 AM
Kelly and krissel came to my rescue and I even notice that a certain Grumpy one helped me out.
