How to get your Intel-Mac to play WMV Files (back
to main help)
1) Download
Mac Windows Media Player 9 for Mac OSX, click
here
It can be extracted using Stuffit Expander: http://www.stuffit.com/mac/expander/
2) Change your Installer to use "Rosetta"(Rosetta allows
PowerPC compiled apps to work on an Intel Mac)
Before running the installer you will need to navigate to Macintosh
HD/Applications/Utilities. Find the application
called "Installer," and either right-click
or Apple+click to get the context menu. Select
"Get Info."
Beneath the color labels you'll notice a checkbox that reads "Open
Using Rosetta" Tick the box.
3) Install Mac Windows Media Player 9 after quiting your browser
Navigate back to the Windows Media installer and run the file. Follow
the on screen instructions. Close the installer.
At this point, you should go back and change
the "Installer" application so that
it no longer runs using Rosetta.
4) Change your browsers (Safari, Firefox) to use "Rosetta"
Windows Media Player is now installed. However to get it to work
with your browsers you need to set these to
run using Rosetta.
Navigate to Macintosh HD/Applications/ and right click or apple+click
on the browser application (either Safari, IE,
or Firefox) and select get info. Beneath the
color labels you'll notice a checkbox that reads
"Open Using Rosetta." Tick the box.
How to get Safari on Intel-Mac to play RealPlayer Files (back
to main help)
Click here to download
and install the free RealPlayer 10 for Mac OSX
Or get the advanced RealPlayer Plus
Go to 'Get Info' on the Safari application; about half way down the
resulting dialogue, tick "open using Rosetta".
(Rosetta allows PowerPC compiled apps to work
on an Intel Mac)
Install
after quiting your browser, then return to viewmy.tv
How to get Firefox on Intel-Mac to play RealPlayer Files (back
to main help)
Click here to download
and install the free RealPlayer 10 for Mac OSX
Or get the advanced RealPlayer Plus
Go to 'Get Info' on the Firefox application; about half way down
the resulting dialogue, tick "open using
Rosetta". (Rosetta allows PowerPC compiled
apps to work on an Intel Mac)
Install
after quiting your browser, then return to viewmy.tv
How
to get your pre-Intel Mac to play WMV files (back to main help)
1) Download and install
Flip4Mac from http://www.flip4mac.com/wmv_download.htm
If the browser still will
not stream in the videos, you may want to download
and Install Windows Media Player as well.
Download
Mac Windows Media Player 9 for Mac OSX, click
here
It
can be extracted using Stuffit Expander: http://www.stuffit.com/mac/expander/
Install
after quiting your browser, then return to viewmy.tv
The G3 requires an older version of flip4mac (version 3.10...) which is not available as a download. The best thing we can do is to advise G3 users not to upgrade their current versions of Flip4Mac if they work. Here's a link for flip4mac version 2.3.10 for older G3s.
