Welcome to MacForumz.com!
FAQFAQ   SearchSearch      ProfileProfile    Private MessagesPrivate Messages   Log in/Register/PasswordLog in/Register/Password

Program .avi conflict-asks for WMP9 to be installed when I..

  
   Macintosh computer (Home) -> Media Player RSS
Related Topics:
OS 10.2.8 and WMP9 - hi, I've installed the new WMP for Mac OS X and after looking around at other posts in this newsgroup I've managed to set op file helpers and protocol helpers etc. so that whenever I click a mms stream link the player opens. Fine but... Only audio..

WMP9 - When I try to download WMP9 from microsoft it hangs, All download sites I have tried link back to Are there any sites with a direct download or can anyone please advise. If - does it work ????

WMP9 - Is there anywhere I can download WMPv9 directly without a link back to microsoft ? Download hangs from If anyone could send me the file via e-mail I would be eternally grateful.

WMP9 - Hi , I'd been trying to download WMP9 but I get the error message: to find the server: what's going on? -R

[ANN] WMP9 - Hi All, I just saw on that WMP9 is out. The page is no yet up on Mactopia though and since I noticed a new group : I wonder whether this version is actually beta... anyway, this sounds like good news to..
Next:  Media Player: Windows Media Player 9 for Mac OS X 10.5  
Author Message
RPD

External


Since: Nov 04, 2007
Posts: 4



(Msg. 1) Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 3:41 am
Post subject: Program .avi conflict-asks for WMP9 to be installed when I have WM
Archived from groups: microsoft>public>windowsmedia>player>mac (more info?)
Hi
A program I have (Fritz9 chess) refuses to play it's own directory .avi
files and it gives a message saying install WMP9 when WMP11 is installed.
Is there any way to fix this apparent WMP version conflict as I would like
this chess program to show these .avi multimedia files.
(NB I have emailed Fritz9 makers ChessBase but have not yet received a reply).
If anyone has any idea if & how this can be resolved I am most grateful for
replies please.Many thanks
--
RPD

 >> Stay informed about: Program .avi conflict-asks for WMP9 to be installed when I.. 
Back to top
Login to vote
Neil Smith [MVP Digital M

External


Since: Nov 21, 2005
Posts: 92



(Msg. 2) Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 7:14 pm
Post subject: Re: Program .avi conflict-asks for WMP9 to be installed when I have WM [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 03:41:00 -0800, RPD <RPD.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>Hi
>A program I have (Fritz9 chess) refuses to play it's own directory .avi
>files and it gives a message saying install WMP9 when WMP11 is installed.
>Is there any way to fix this apparent WMP version conflict as I would like
>this chess program to show these .avi multimedia files.
>(NB I have emailed Fritz9 makers ChessBase but have not yet received a reply).
>If anyone has any idea if & how this can be resolved I am most grateful for
>replies please.Many thanks


It depends whether the issue you're having is that Fritz Chess itself
is trying to play the videos, or if you're seeing this problem when
playing the videos from it's AVI directory in media player.

GSpot http://www.headbands.com/gspot/ is able to say what the required
playback codec would be for a specific AVI file, so find the directory
of videos (they're likely to be all in the same format) and run GSpot
on one or two, write down the audio and video codec and we should be
able to find one to get you running those videos in media player.

If the chess program authors have incorrectly written their program to
require *only* an earlier version of media player before it plays back
in the program - as you say the only recourse would be to contact the
authors and get them to fix or patch their program to recognise
there've been 2 more versions of WMP since WMP9

PS this is a Mac newsgroup, so it's probably the wrong place to have
asked this - WMP9 is the last version on Mac OSX, only windows got
WMP10 and 11.

HTH
Cheers - Neil

 >> Stay informed about: Program .avi conflict-asks for WMP9 to be installed when I.. 
Back to top
Login to vote
RPD

External


Since: Nov 04, 2007
Posts: 4



(Msg. 3) Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 7:14 pm
Post subject: Re: Program .avi conflict-asks for WMP9 to be installed when I hav [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Hi Neil
Thanks for your help.
Yes the Fritz multimedia files are .wmv & they run OK in WMP11 on their own
but do not run from the Fritz9 program.
(In the Fritz program they should coordinate with a chess pgn game viewer to
show the moves that are played & which the speakers are describing. On their
own no chess board viewer displays so it is hard to follow the moves from the
speaker's commentary alone)
I wonder if Fritz9 is configured to look in the right directory for WMP?
(not that I can remember which directory WMP11 is in or where this directory
would be on my computer!).
When I ran GSpot it said undefined codec.

Sorry for posting in the wrong group.
Again thanks for your help, best wishes
--
RPD


"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:

> On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 03:41:00 -0800, RPD <RPD RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Hi
> >A program I have (Fritz9 chess) refuses to play it's own directory .avi
> >files and it gives a message saying install WMP9 when WMP11 is installed.
> >Is there any way to fix this apparent WMP version conflict as I would like
> >this chess program to show these .avi multimedia files.
> >(NB I have emailed Fritz9 makers ChessBase but have not yet received a reply).
> >If anyone has any idea if & how this can be resolved I am most grateful for
> >replies please.Many thanks
>
>
> It depends whether the issue you're having is that Fritz Chess itself
> is trying to play the videos, or if you're seeing this problem when
> playing the videos from it's AVI directory in media player.
>
> GSpot http://www.headbands.com/gspot/ is able to say what the required
> playback codec would be for a specific AVI file, so find the directory
> of videos (they're likely to be all in the same format) and run GSpot
> on one or two, write down the audio and video codec and we should be
> able to find one to get you running those videos in media player.
>
> If the chess program authors have incorrectly written their program to
> require *only* an earlier version of media player before it plays back
> in the program - as you say the only recourse would be to contact the
> authors and get them to fix or patch their program to recognise
> there've been 2 more versions of WMP since WMP9
>
> PS this is a Mac newsgroup, so it's probably the wrong place to have
> asked this - WMP9 is the last version on Mac OSX, only windows got
> WMP10 and 11.
>
> HTH
> Cheers - Neil
>
 >> Stay informed about: Program .avi conflict-asks for WMP9 to be installed when I.. 
Back to top
Login to vote
Neil Smith [MVP Digital M

External


Since: Nov 21, 2005
Posts: 92



(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 4:56 pm
Post subject: Re: Program .avi conflict-asks for WMP9 to be installed when I hav [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
The directory is pretty much always in the same place even on Vista so
that can't be the issue. It's likely they're doing similar to what a
lot of websites did - inspect media player version string (9.00.4.2567
or 11.0.6000.6344 for example), use the first digit (9, or in the case
of WMP10 and 11 that's "1") and going "Opps version 1 is less than 9"


Cheers - Neil


On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 15:16:04 -0800, RPD <RPD.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>Hi Neil
>Thanks for your help.
>Yes the Fritz multimedia files are .wmv & they run OK in WMP11 on their own
>but do not run from the Fritz9 program.
>(In the Fritz program they should coordinate with a chess pgn game viewer to
>show the moves that are played & which the speakers are describing. On their
>own no chess board viewer displays so it is hard to follow the moves from the
>speaker's commentary alone)
>I wonder if Fritz9 is configured to look in the right directory for WMP?
>(not that I can remember which directory WMP11 is in or where this directory
>would be on my computer!).
>When I ran GSpot it said undefined codec.
>
>Sorry for posting in the wrong group.
>Again thanks for your help, best wishes
 >> Stay informed about: Program .avi conflict-asks for WMP9 to be installed when I.. 
Back to top
Login to vote
Display posts from previous:   
   Macintosh computer (Home) -> Media Player All times are: Pacific Time (US & Canada) (change)
Page 1 of 1

 
 You can post new topics in this forum
You can reply to topics in this forum
You can edit your posts in this forum
You can delete your posts in this forum
You can vote in polls in this forum



[ Contact us | Terms of Service/Privacy Policy ]