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Jul 7, 2005, 09:23 PM
 
Does anyone have a solution to watch video from cnn.com or msnbc.com? It always tells me it is optimized for Media Player 9. Any way around this? Thanks
     
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Jul 8, 2005, 08:57 AM
 
flip4mac maybe?
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Jul 8, 2005, 09:01 AM
 
There is a WMP version for Macs. It's here.
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Jul 8, 2005, 09:52 AM
 
And what about sites that play WMV or Real player in a pop-up window? Most of the time, Safari displays a missing plug-in warning, even if both players are installed.
     
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Jul 8, 2005, 10:33 AM
 
flip4mac has worked for me with safari. It treats .wmv files as quicktime, so the qt plugin will work. Another option is to look at the source for the page, pick out the url for the .wmv file, then copy and paste it into WiMP.
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Jul 8, 2005, 11:51 AM
 
Thanks. I was considering flip4mac and you convinced me.
     
   
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