Windows Media Components for Quicktime by Flip4Mac 2.2.2.3

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Windows Media Components for Quicktime by Flip4Mac 2.2.2.3

5-17-09 1 pm Eastern U.S.A.
Hello to everybody.
After checking the Flip4Mac Update area, it stated that the version that had been working fine since Nov. 08 was outdated and would I like to update to the newer version 2.2.2.3, I first investigated the System Requirements.
All looked good.
I have MAC OS X 10.3.9 and 7.5 Quicktime Pro.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=915D874D-D747-4180-A400 -5F06B1B5E559&displaylang=en#Requirements

After downloading and installing, I went to System Preferences to click on the Icon Flip4Mac had placed there the first time last year, which I thought then was really cool, I tried to open Flip4Mac ... System Preferences crashed!
After investigating the other icons, accounts, security, etc., I relaxed! All worked

Any ideas?
Below is the original website.

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

Powerbook G4 17" (1-2005), Mac OS X (10.3.x), 1.5 GHz Power PC G4 / 512MB DDR SDRAM / 80GB HD

Posted on May 17, 2009 10:49 AM

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Answer 1

Klaus1

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May 17, 2009 11:05 AM in response to Vincent Marks

Please don't triple-post! 🙂

You should get Flip4Mac WMV Player from http://www.telestream.net/flip4mac-wmv/overview.htm

Make sure the version can work with your old operating system.

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Answer 2

May 17, 2009 12:48 PM in response to Vincent Marks

Well, I found a temporary fix (while Flip4Mac figures out why they state their updates WILL work correctly with the running systems they say will...10.3.9 and Quicktime Pro 7.5, but don't.)

FROM FINDER: REMOVE EVERYTHING WINDOWS MEDIA AND FLIP4MAC.
DO A DISK UTILITY PERMISSIONS REPAIR AND A RESTART.
GO TO THIS APPLE PAGE: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/flip4macwmvstudiopro.html AND DOWNLOAD 2.1.2.72
(my old version was 2.1.1.11)
DO ANOTHER DISK PERMISSIONS AND RESTART.

...THEN THOSE WHO HAD A CRASHING SYSTEM PREFERENCES OR BROWSER WITH NO W.M.V.PLAYER AT ALL, HAVE SOMETHING.
Please note, I did try to put the new 2.2.2.3 over this upgrade 2.1.2.72 from what I had before 2.1.1.11 thinking there sometimes is a "sequence of events" involved,
but it DID NOT WORK.
2.2.2.3 DOES NOT WORK.

I hope that I have helped someone with this post.

**Please Mr. Klaus, I would rather you not reply to my literature.**
Thanks and God Bless.

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