Safari not playing .wmv and .wma files

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ericleins

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I am designing a website with iWeb. I am linking to Windows Media audio and video files. On my PC, the files play with no problem. On my Mac, no such luck. I do have Windows Media Player installed on my Mac. And, the Windows Media Player application launches when I select the link. However, I get an error message that says:
The specified stream type is not recognized.

Can you help me work around this glitch?
 
Annoying isn't it? Flip4Mac (a free browser plug-in) can help you play .wmv files in Quicktime:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx

But my experience is that it only works on some websites. Windows Media Player for Mac ios no longer supported and therefore is obsolete, so I've deleted it from my Macs.

I really think that Apple should get it together and give us something that will play all streamed video through Safari.
 
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