Help! MMS Video & Google Chrome

Hey all, I am taking some online college classes and need to be able to access some MMS files. This particular class the instructor has really did a good job with giving instructions on how to make your Mac work with everything. Following the instructions I can get the website to open in Firefox; however, I prefer to keep using Chrome as my default browser, if possible.


Any ideas? I have Flip4Mac and QT7 installed. Running Lion OS X 10.7.2.


One of the videos I have to watch: mms://streaming.tulsacc.edu/media/streamer/dhockenb/MI_Touch.wmv


When I open in Chrome, I just see spinning waiting for it to load. Below are the instructions he posted regarding the Firefox fix:



Attention Mac OS Lion 7.2 Users: Resolving Video IssueIf you are using Mac OS X Snow Leopard, the following does not apply to you

unless you are having difficulties watching videos on our class Blackboard site.If you are using the current version of Mac OS X Lion, there is an issue playing

Windows media video (WMV). The fix is relatively simple. Follow the steps below.

Step 1: If you have installed Perian, you should uninstall Perian because it containsa video codec that is producing a conflict. To uninstall Perian, go to SystemPreferences and the “Other” category toward the bottom. Right-click the Perianpreference pane and select “Remove “Perian” Preference Pane”

Step 2. If you have not already installed Microsoft’s Flip4Mac, go to the followingWeb address and do so:

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/flip4mac.mspxStep 3: Download and install QuickTime 7 Player by going to the following Apple

address:

http://support.apple.com/kb/dl923

Step 4: Open Firefox and under the Firefox menu, select Preferences, then clickApplications. If you have already install Flip4Mac, you should see a window thatlooks something like this:





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Step 5: Scroll down to the Content Type named mms, and in the right column ofthat line click on the drop-down menu and select Use other...




Step 6: A window will open titled Select Helper Application. Navigate to theUtilities folder on your Mac and select QuickTime Player 7 (not the regularQuickTime Player).

Step 7. Close Firefox, save any documents you had open, and restart your Mac.

Step 8: After your Mac has completely restarted, open Firefox and sign on to ourclass Blackboard site. Click on any of the videos and QuickTime Player 7 shouldautomatically open. Click the start arrow. Or, in the QuickTime Player 7 preferences,you can select the “Automatically play movies when opened” option if you wantvideos to start playing automatically.



MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Nov 29, 2011 12:27 AM

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