WOW!!!...Windows media player for X ROCKS...

**quaiz** · October 10th, 2001, 05:14 AM

Media Player functions just like the OS 9 version except it's native. It is nothing close to the windows version, but it plays asf media (Microsoft media format) very well. It totally leverages the power of OS X. As a matter of fact i have a 308k stream playin in it as well as music in itunes, Office burning in toast, a terminal shell running "top" @ .75 sec intervals, AIM, Quicken 2002, and a few idel apps (quicktime,stuffit deluxe, word x, sys prefs, IE, and acrobat) and i am having no probs or dropped frames. (I'm on cable with a G4 [450/10.1/512MB]).

Once Adobe and Macromedia step up with their products this OS will ROCK and i will be able to <b>BUY</b> all the products i need to get some work done.

Does anyone know what i need to do so that when i click on asf links they sent it Media player? Right now i have to copy the link then paste it in the "open URL" box.

**sithious** · October 10th, 2001, 05:31 AM

where did you get it? i can't find a download anywhere ...

**serpicolugnut** · October 10th, 2001, 09:08 AM

It's floating around on Carracho...

It will probably be released alongside Office v. X next month...

I think it rocks, too. My only complaint is that it didn't configure the webbrowser to use it for .asf and .asx downloads. Hopefully the final version will do this and have a browser plug in to make it all seamless.

**quaiz** · October 10th, 2001, 08:29 PM

that thing about the explorer integration got to me too. I had to add it to explorers helper list by hand.

**boi** · October 11th, 2001, 07:21 AM

in order to add it to the helpers list, what did you put for the four character file type and file creator?

thanks
=- boi.

**adambyte** · October 11th, 2001, 02:06 PM

I'm not much of a warzer, and can't find it on carracho... I don't suppose someone could do the ever so huge favor of putting it on their iDisk, ftp, or just emailing it to me? Muchas muchas gracias in advance.

**adambyte** · October 11th, 2001, 02:10 PM

adambyte@aol.com please ;-)

**twyg** · October 11th, 2001, 02:35 PM

Last I checked, AOL had a problem with files/attachments over 1MB.

It's probably since been updated, but that doesn't mean that AOL wouldn't raise their suspicions to a 10MB+ .sit file. Basically it's a "what the hell were you sending that's so big, and why did you try to crash our servers with it?" line.

Any file that's named WindowsMediaPlayerBeta.sit will raise eyebrows...

This is just a warning... e-mailing warez is a bad idea in general...