Re: windows media file

Posted by Laura on 12/17/07

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Greg, Thanks for your time and all of your info! I'm going to try your suggestions
and let you know what works!
Laura
On 12/16/07, Greg wrote:
> On 12/16/07, Laura wrote:
>> I received a teacher-created windows media file from a
>> colleage. I can hear the music but I cannot see the images
>> that she has included; only a blank screen. I'm on a
>> macbook pro. I have quicktime and flip for mac but haven't
>> had success viewing the file. Any suggestions?
>
> That's odd since wmv files should play in QuickTime using Flip4Mac. I wonder
> if the teacher used some odd setting and thus made it viewable only to those
> with Windows. I wish I knew why people did this.....
>
> At any rate, all I can suggest is: 1) Is your Flip4Mac up to date?, 2) Have you
> tried another player such as VLC? (VLC is a useful tool since it play a myriad of
> video formats), 3) Install the Perian plugin for Quicktime...just because it works
> so well for so many formats. 4) Ask the teacher to send it to you in a different
> format. 5) Try viewing it on a Windows computer, maybe the trouble isn't with
> your machine but with her file...does the same thing happen to other Windows
> users?
>
> Those are off the top of my head...as I said it should work so I am
> leaning towards #5.
>
> Greg
>
> Perian: http://perian.org/#download
>
> VLC:http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Posts on this thread, including this one

• windows media file, 12/16/07, by Laura.
• Re: windows media file, 12/16/07, by Greg.
• Re: windows media file, 12/17/07, by Laura.