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launch.yahoo.com doesn't work with OS X?
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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I tried to play a video on launch.yahoo.com and it said I needed netscape 4.7 to play it. I figured I'd try downloading the latest version and it still didn't work, I tried IE, safari, camino, mozilla and netscape, whats the deal? yahoo's fault? I have real player and wmp installed
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Join Date: Feb 2003
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Yeah, I'm having the exact same problem in os 9.Tried other older versions of Netscape & still no go.Using NS because Internet Explorer 5.1 (looks great) locks up frequently(entire system).I have dsl thru SBC/Yahoo and their tech support for the mac is pretty much non-existent.
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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I have gotten Launch to work using Netscape 4.77 in Classic mode. No OSX browsers seem to work. I tried having OmniWeb identify itself as Netscape 4.77, but it got hung up testing my connection speed. This seems like a Yahoo issue. I don't know why they refuse to support OSX.
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Join Date: Sep 2000
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has anyone notified them?
this is kinda REALLY lame.
just because when your friend comes over,
says "hey, lemme show you this video"
then tries...
and the next response is
"jez man, why do you use a mac? they're lame!"
i HATE that.
anyone know what we could do?
poocat.
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Join Date: Jul 2002
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I watch Launch videos on OS X all the time, but it is tricky. You have to look at the page source and find the URL of the actual media file, and then enter that URL into the Windows Media application. The URL format changes periodically, but currently it looks like
http://launchtoday.launch.yahoo.com/...unch.yahoo.com
You have replace the number in vid=1085904 with the ID of the video you want to see, which you can find by locating the video on the web site and mousing over it. Look at where the link leads and it should say something like javascript(videoID).
You should also replace the bw=56 with the bandwidth amount you want to use.
Technically, you should also replace the uid=1202817607 with your own userID number, but if you can't find yours I guess it is okay for you to use mine.
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hmm.
well, that's a great tip.
thanks a lot.
(not sarcasm)
but does anyone understand why this happens? why doesn't it work? i mean, moz/everything else work pretty much everywhere...
why is this broken? maybe this is a stupid question, but i really don't understand. thanks.
pc.
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Originally posted by poocat:
hmm.
well, that's a great tip.
thanks a lot.
(not sarcasm)
but does anyone understand why this happens? why doesn't it work? i mean, moz/everything else work pretty much everywhere...
why is this broken? maybe this is a stupid question, but i really don't understand. thanks.
pc.
I'm not sure why it happens, but Launch probably uses some nonstandard page design that isn't supported by the Mac version of WMP or Mac web browsers.
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Originally posted by poocat:
hmm.
well, that's a great tip.
thanks a lot.
(not sarcasm)
but does anyone understand why this happens? why doesn't it work? i mean, moz/everything else work pretty much everywhere...
why is this broken? maybe this is a stupid question, but i really don't understand. thanks.
pc.
I don't think it has anything to do with the browser. I think that Yahoo coded it in to only recognize Windows IE/Netscape and has been too lazy to update it now that WMP for Mac has been released.
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Mac Elite
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that is really unfortunate.
thanks for the info.
i feel like spouting off foul language,
but since i'm the one who loses out,
that's not gonna cut it.
*searches for feedback page*
pc.
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Mac Elite
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I was wondering if anyone could use that, thanks for the tip
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Join Date: Feb 2000
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Thanks for that link Anomalous, I never thought it would be possible to use launch.com without classic until now. =)
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Originally posted by Alex00087:
Thanks for that link Anomalous, I never thought it would be possible to use launch.com without classic until now. =)
You're welcome, I hope it helps.
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ok.
wasn't getting wmp9 supposed to fix launch?
did it?
am i still lost?
help?
much appreciated.
pc.
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