Can't Play WMV from mms:// URL

Question

Level 1

10 points

Can't Play WMV from mms:// URL

I have tried it after installing Flip4Mac and Perian, but my QuickTime (10) just can't open WMV streams (mms://). The most I get is the audio, sometimes.

My current "fix" is to watch them on VLC, but I'd really like to use just QuickTime.

Is that possible, somehow?

Thanks!

Message was edited by: M4R4G4T0

MacBook White, Mac OS X (10.6.3), MC207BZA

Posted on Apr 15, 2010 9:23 AM

Reply

Answer 1

Apr 15, 2010 11:36 AM in response to M4R4G4T0

Check out this free utility called More Internet.

!http://i50.tinypic.com/izvwo1.gif!

Reply

Answer 2

M4R4G4T0 Author

Level 1

10 points

Apr 15, 2010 12:16 PM in response to Baby-Boomer-USofA

Thanks for the tip, but QuickTime actually opens, it just can't play it.

Reply

Answer 3

Limnos

Level 10

428,171 points

Apr 15, 2010 12:20 PM in response to M4R4G4T0

[VLC media player|http://www.videolan.org/vlc> - general media player that plays just about anything.

Reply

Answer 4

M4R4G4T0 Author

Level 1

10 points

Apr 15, 2010 12:23 PM in response to Limnos

Sorry, "my current 'fix' is to watch them on VLC, but I'd really like to use just QuickTime".

Reply

Answer 5

Limnos

Level 10

428,171 points

Apr 15, 2010 12:28 PM in response to M4R4G4T0

Flip4Mac is really the (only) answer for Windows Media in Quicktime. I remember mms being persnickety. I don't run QT X but I have read others post here about retaining QT7 alongside X for some compatibility that apparently X loses.

Reply

Answer 6

M4R4G4T0 Author

Level 1

10 points

Apr 15, 2010 12:36 PM in response to Limnos

My Mac came with Snow Leopard and QuickTime 10, already. Can I get 7, somehow? Thanks!

Reply

Answer 7

Limnos

Level 10

428,171 points

Apr 15, 2010 12:48 PM in response to M4R4G4T0

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3678

Reply

Answer 8

M4R4G4T0 Author

Level 1

10 points

Apr 15, 2010 12:52 PM in response to Limnos

Thanks, Limnos! Do you know if Flip4Mac will integrate on QuickTime 7 and if there are such thing as a preference order, or a "default" QuickTime version setting once I get both installed?

Reply

Answer 9

Limnos

Level 10

428,171 points

Apr 15, 2010 12:56 PM in response to M4R4G4T0

Those are getting a bit beyond me, a humble user of Tiger OS. 🙂 As for default version, I would get info on a mms stream file and see if you can select a particular version.

Reply

Answer 10

M4R4G4T0 Author

Level 1

10 points

Apr 15, 2010 1:02 PM in response to Limnos

Sorry for being so picky. I'll try it in a few hours and then let you know if QT7 did the trick for me. Thanks a lot!

Reply

Answer 11

M4R4G4T0 Author

Level 1

10 points

Apr 15, 2010 3:19 PM in response to M4R4G4T0

It didn't work. Same blank screen, no sound behavior as QuickTime 10. Looks like I'm gonna have to use VLC for this kind of stuff.

Reply

Answer 12

Limnos

Level 10

428,171 points

Apr 15, 2010 3:58 PM in response to M4R4G4T0

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx
says that the components available at:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=915D874D-D747-4180-A400 -5F06B1B5E559&displaylang=en

support both RT and HTTP mms playback with QTX Maybe you should try reinstalling them just to check.

Reply

Answer 13

M4R4G4T0 Author

Level 1

10 points

Apr 15, 2010 4:24 PM in response to Limnos

Yes, I have just filled an Apple Feedback form, so I hope they can figure out what's wrong. Thanks!

Reply

Answer 14

Limnos

Level 10

428,171 points

Apr 15, 2010 4:54 PM in response to M4R4G4T0

Well, I suspect they will just say it is a Microsoft/Flip4Mac problem. After all, it isn't their first priority to ensure that a Microsoft proprietary format play on a Mac.

Reply

Answer 15

M4R4G4T0 Author

Level 1

10 points

Apr 16, 2010 4:31 AM in response to Limnos

I agree with you on the priority matter. But maybe they forward the subject to Flip4Mac or even Microsoft, which I believe would be interested in full compatibility.

Reply