Re: Cannot play XM Radio Online

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Windows Media Player, and streaming audio/video specifically, do not
function properly under 10.4.x. You're not the only one with this problem.
Petition Microsoft to fix the problem.

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Mark Mahacek
Merced County Office of Education


"jb9152" <jb9152@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1117555968.642654.304080@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello, oh WMP 9 for OSX gurus...
>
> I'm an XM Radio Online subscriber, and I'm unable to access their
> content using the recommended configuration - latest versions of
> Firefox, Flash, and WMP 9.
>
> When I try to access an XM channel, I get the message "Cannot find
> file. Verify that the path and filename are correct and try again."
>
> Interestingly, all of my wmv and asf files on the local hard drive also
> have problems playing. Most of them will at least open, but I get the
> error message, "This file may not play correctly because it was
> compressed by using a codec that is not supported."
>
> I've trashed the prefs and plists, repaired permissions, removed the
> app and all traces of it and reinstalled several times to no avail.
> Incidentally, I have OSX 10.4.1.
>
> Any clues? Are there perhaps codecs that I'm missing that should be
> automagically installed with WMP 9 that are not, or are being
> interfered with by other codecs? I'm stumped.
>


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