[hldan]

I installed the new Windows media player 9 today. Been waiting forever for it to be released. Microsoft promises many new codec compatibilities. It even looks cool. However when I go to www.xbox.com the game trailors won't play. The media player appears but no games will load to sample the trailors. When I use Virtual PC and surf to xbox.com the game trailors load and play.

Has anyone used the new player yet? Is there a setting that needs adjustment to play all codecs? Even Apple's own QT player needs to be set to stream from their own websight. I know it's new but any help will be appreciated.

[trusted_content]

Are you pulling my leg? I certainly don't see it anywhere on Microsoft's website.

[Twilly Spree]

um..I don't see WiMP 9 for Mac anywhere on the M$ website.

[Art Vandelay]

See this thread.

[hldan]

Originally posted by Twilly Spree:
um..I don't see WiMP 9 for Mac anywhere on the M$ website.

Sorry 'about that. Here it is.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/wi...sx/default.aspx

[Kenneth]

right... should be on the Software forum

[nigeljedi]

It never fails. New MS stuff, and it's screwed up. I haven't even upgraded to Panther yet, but I hope my stuff isn't broken when I do.

[mcsjgs]

Originally posted by hldan:
I installed the new Windows media player 9 today. Been waiting forever for it to be released. Microsoft promises many new codec compatibilities. It even looks cool. However when I go to www.xbox.com the game trailors won't play. The media player appears but no games will load to sample the trailors. When I use Virtual PC and surf to xbox.com the game trailors load and play.

Has anyone used the new player yet? Is there a setting that needs adjustment to play all codecs? Even Apple's own QT player needs to be set to stream from their own websight. I know it's new but any help will be appreciated.

To get full functionality, you have to remove all previous (ie WMP 7) files from the Internet-Plug-ins folder in your Library Folder on your boot disk. Delete them and re-install WMP 9. The installer does not get rid of all old files.

[mcsjgs]

Officially Microsoft says do this:

To Uninstall Windows Media Player 7 for Mac or Windows Media Player 6.3 for Mac

To uninstall previous versions of the Player:

Drag the Windows Media Player folder to the Trash.

Double-click the System folder, double-click the Preferences folder, and then drag the Windows Media Player Prefs file to the Trash.

Double-click the System folder, double-click the Extensions folder, and then drag the following files, if present, to the Trash:

Acelp.net Decoder 05.0 kbps
Acelp.net Decoder 06.5 kbps
Acelp.net Decoder 08.5 kbps
Acelp.net Decoder 16.0 kbps
Mpeg Layer-3 Audio
MPG4
VivoActive G723 Decoder

On the Special menu, click Empty Trash, and then click OK.

On the Special menu, click Restart.

I think all you have to do is delete the program from applications and all WMP files from Library>Internet Plug-ins before you install

[OwlBoy]

Hmm, those sound a lot like OS9 instructions...

-Owl

[mcsjgs]

Originally posted by OwlBoy:
Hmm, those sound a lot like OS9 instructions...

-Owl

I think you're right.

[dtriska]

Yes, those are OS 9 instructions. For OS X, delete the following three items:

The "Windows Media Player" folder found in "/Applications".

The "DRM Plugin.bundle" file found in "/Library/Internet Plug-Ins".

The "Windows Media Plugin" file found in "/Library/Internet Plug-Ins".

[kcmac]

I like to be on the edge of new installs but not with MS stuff. Come on peeps! Load it up. I want to know how it goes!

[yellowdog]

It is great to be able to access news clips from Yahoo and Reuters as well as the sports clips from ESPN. WPM scales well to full screen mode and the clarity of the feeds is good. It is a welcome addition to my computing experience of the Mac. I run programs from the open source community, MS, Adobe, Apple - whatever works and contributes.

[bmedina]

Works well for me, as well. I don't know what you guys are so afraid of.

I can finally access the archive streams at kexp.org .

[NetworkShadow]

It's just WMP 7.1 (Mac) with compatibility for the WMP9 format. It's the worst UI, and you can't use skins with it. They should have just made a QuickTime plug-in that plays windows media format... If they had just ported the Windows version it might be worth using, but it's crap that can play .wmv files.

[wfolta]

I'm still trying to find a solution that allows me to take a QT movie and save it as a Windows format (say .wmv) that is guaranteed to play on an up-to-date Windows system. (Not mine, but other people's.)

Any leads?

(I currently use ffmpeg to convert to DivX .avi's but that still requires codec downloads on the Windows machine to work.)

[Cory Bauer]

Originally posted by dtriska:
Yes, those are OS 9 instructions. For OS X, delete the following three items:

The "Windows Media Player" folder found in "/Applications".

The "DRM Plugin.bundle" file found in "/Library/Internet Plug-Ins".

The "Windows Media Plugin" file found in "/Library/Internet Plug-Ins".

Trashed those files. Installed WMP 9 for the first time. Still can't play content off xbox.com. Why did I download this?

[akuma-x]

the videos on xbox.com is looking for active-x. seeing that active-x is only for windows I doubt you will be able to view them @ all.

[hldan]

Originally posted by akuma-x:
the videos on xbox.com is looking for active-x. seeing that active-x is only for windows I doubt you will be able to view them @ all.

Oh, didn't think about that. Thanks akuma-x. That makes sense since I was able to play the xbox.com videos using Virtual PC. That's too bad.

[ryaxnb]

Originally posted by akuma-x:
the videos on xbox.com is looking for active-x. seeing that active-x is only for windows I doubt you will be able to view them @ all.

Maybe. iThought IE 5.2 Mac had OverActive X support?

[Theodour]

Originally posted by wfolta:
I'm still trying to find a solution that allows me to take a QT movie and save it as a Windows format (say .wmv) that is guaranteed to play on an up-to-date Windows system. (Not mine, but other people's.)

Any leads?

(I currently use ffmpeg to convert to DivX .avi's but that still requires codec downloads on the Windows machine to work.)

Doesn't generic MPEG-4 play in WMP?

[Le Flaneur]

Stuffit Expander (part of Stuffit Deluxe 8) reports error 17999 (unspecified Stuffit internal error) when I unstuff the downloaded .sitx file. The installer works fine, however.

Anyone else?

[THE MAC GOD]

LInk us to what you are tyring to play on XBOX... so we can try.

[JimMueller]

Nuked all the WMP7 pieces and installed WMP9.

Still will not play WMV3 encoded .wmv files.

Was there ever a more appropriate self-inflicted acronym than "WMP"?

[hldan]

Originally posted by THE MAC GOD:
LInk us to what you are tyring to play on XBOX... so we can try.

Here's an example but any game on www.xbox.com has a sample video trailor and WMP9 for OSX can't play it. Here's the link.

http://www.xbox.com/en-us/topspin/default

[JonahLee]

I am getting a crash every time I try and isntall this new version on panther!

[THE MAC GOD]

yeah... tells me that I don't have the right things installed... at least on my iMac..

[Talleyman]

Originally posted by dtriska:
Yes, those are OS 9 instructions. For OS X, delete the following three items:

The "Windows Media Player" folder found in "/Applications".

The "DRM Plugin.bundle" file found in "/Library/Internet Plug-Ins".

The "Windows Media Plugin" file found in "/Library/Internet Plug-Ins".

I did this also...NO DICE!

I can't watch the video on NHL or ESPN.

Says I need to download a newer version on NHL or NOTHING on espn.

I hate software that doesn't work when you install it.

JT

[Developer]

Try whether it works on MSNBC.

[Titom]

Just love the way it searches your drive for 5 mins, just to put in 2 files.. guess that's the way MS does things.

[JonahLee]

I still can't get it to install on Panther. It just instantly crashes! WTF!

[Titom]

yes.. it works on msnbc

[Titom]

no go on
http://www.xbox.com/en-us/topspin/default
cant find plugin

guess they are different ms streams

thats the way MS does things.. lol what a joke

[barhormd]

I can't find instructions anywhere as to how to uninstall Windows Media Player 9. I can't even get it to run on Panther. Is there a way to get rid of this piece of crap. I can't find instructions on microsoft anywhere, the uninstall information for Windows Media Player 7 didn't work.

[Terri]

Strange, it works fine for me under Panther.

I went to MSNBC to try it out and it plays the video and sound just the way it should.

[barhormd]

Well thats great it works for you. At this point, its just taking up memory. Won't let me get rid of it. And its a matter of pride that I get rid of this now.

[mcsjgs]

Delete the app from applications. Go to Library>Internet Plug-ins remove the files DRM Plug-in.bundle and Windows Media Plug-in.

[barhormd]

I tried that, those are the Version 7 instructions I was referring to.

[JonahLee]

Now if only the installer didn't crash each and ever time I try and install it! WTF!

[BrettOZ]

Originally posted by wfolta:
I'm still trying to find a solution that allows me to take a QT movie and save it as a Windows format (say .wmv) that is guaranteed to play on an up-to-date Windows system. (Not mine, but other people's.)

Any leads?

(I currently use ffmpeg to convert to DivX .avi's but that still requires codec downloads on the Windows machine to work.)

Just use Discreet Cleaner 6 for Mac
http://www.discreet.com/products/cleaner/cleaner6/
You can convert just about anything!

[mcsjgs]

Almost forgot, take out all the invisible files that report back to Microsoft your computer usage, sex acts, number of children, income, etc.

[JonahLee]

Originally posted by BrettOZ:
Just use Discreet Cleaner 6 for Mac
http://www.discreet.com/products/cleaner/cleaner6/
You can convert just about anything!

Except Cleaner 6 doesn't have Windows Media 9 Codecs for the Mac, nor the latest Real codecs if you run in OS X, you unfortunately need the PC only Cleaner XL to do everything. Not only that but it is easily twice as fast and 10 times more stable than Cleaner 6 is in OS X!

[mcsjgs]

Originally posted by mcsjgs:
Delete the app from applications. Go to Library>Internet Plug-ins remove the files DRM Plug-in.bundle and Windows Media Plug-in.

I deleted the app from Applications and the WMP folder from Library>Internet Plug-Ins. There may have been one other file outside the folder. Maybe check file dates with those in the folder.

[kenty]

Take a look at the Windows Media 9 showcase:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...tShowcase.aspx

I get 2fps on the 1920x1080 Terminator 2 clip, with a 1.6 G5...

(use stuffit to expand)

[mattbishop]

To play the trailers on XBOX.COM, one has to do a bit of work unfortunately:

1. Navigate to the trailer you want to watch.
2. "OK" the "you don't have this plugin" dialog
3. Above the movie frame, Rt-click the link "Launch Windows Media Player" and select "Download Link to Disk".
4. Open the downloaded link in a text editor and look for the text that looks like this:

<ref href="mms://wm.microsoft.com/ms/xbox/video/medalofhonorrisingsun/mohrisingsun-001-Hi.wmv" />

5. copy the part after the href=" part up to the end quote, so the resulting selected text looks like this:

mms://wm.microsoft.com/ms/xbox/video/medalofhonorrisingsun/mohrisingsun-001-Hi.wmv

6. Copy this text, then open WMP 9.
7. Select "File", "Open URL" and then paste into the URL text box. Hit OK and enjoy.

[JonahLee]

I still can't get it to install on any of my 3 Panther boxes. Has anyone else had this problem, or am I the only one?

[mcsjgs]

Originally posted by mattbishop:
To play the trailers on XBOX.COM, one has to do a bit of work unfortunately

Very slick, works like a charm. So obviously the right codes are there. Why does it not work in the browser? WTF Microsoft?

[SomeToast]

Originally posted by NetworkShadow:
It's the worst UI, and you can't use skins with it.

I'd love to know why Microsoft insists on creating their own half-assed simulations of OS X windows instead of just using the ****ing system's windows.

[ihatewindows]

i can't delete windows media player application. i dragged the application into the trash and when i try to delete it the finder tells me that all these files are locked and therefore the file can't be deleted. how do i get rid of this terrible -ing program!!!