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What is a .stix?

I'm trying to download Windows Media Player 9 for Macs but it's a .stix file. What kind of program do I need to run this?

iMac Dual Core, Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Posted on May 31, 2006 9:13 AM

24 replies

box15

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May 31, 2006 1:04 PM in response to Wade Peeler

OK if you are on a DUO Core Intel MAC of anykind can you see this video without having to download it and then re-opening it. Within a video player?

http://www.flightlevel350.com/video_streaming.php?id=4305

All I see is a lego piece with a "?" on it. How do I make that go away

Wade Peeler

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May 31, 2006 1:07 PM in response to box15

I have a PowerPC Mac, not an Intel one. However, when I encounter Windows Media files, Safari pops up a window asking if I want to play the file in Windows Media Player, and when I click "OK", WMP opens and plays the file. I do not have to download it first.

Anybody out there with an Intel Mac want to help out here?

hudgie

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May 31, 2006 3:57 PM in response to box15

Here's how I managed to get it to work:

Install WMP 9.
In the Finder, find Safari>Get Info>Open using Rosetta

Now it will work, at the price of Safari being much, much slower. I haven't tried it with any other browser.

edit:
Firefox works exactly the same way, running in Rosetta.

May 31, 2006 5:11 PM in response to TonyBar3

the software developers have to catch up with the intel. it will take some time. it certainly doesn't mean that apple is inferior. quite the contrary. i'm sure with the introduction of boot camp, more people than ever will be purchasing macs. it's just new, that's all. i would hold on to the machine.

box15

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May 31, 2006 5:16 PM in response to hudgie

Holy Crap click the rosetta box did it! ! ! ! !

We have a winner!

Kurt Lang

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May 31, 2006 6:34 PM in response to box15

Just one other note on that, box15. Microsoft halted all Mac development of Media Player a few months back. Even their own site refers to Flip4Mac as an alternative. There's already a number of proprietary MS video formats that the Mac version of Media Player can't handle that Flip4Mac can. So keep an eye on Flip's site for an Intel version.

Ken Dine

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Jun 17, 2006 3:57 AM in response to Kurt Lang

Just one other note on that, box15. Microsoft halted
all Mac development of Media Player a few months
back. Even their own site refers to Flip4Mac as an
alternative. There's already a number of proprietary
MS video formats that the Mac version of Media Player
can't handle that Flip4Mac can. So keep an eye on
Flip's site for an Intel version.

Hi - the normal version of Flip4Mac can be installed on the Intel by temporarily changing your installer to run under Rosetta.

Kurt Lang

Level 9

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Jun 17, 2006 1:14 PM in response to Ken Dine

Good tip, Ken. Not having an Intel based Mac, I haven't learned these little tricks yet.

hudgie

Level 7

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Jun 23, 2006 6:18 AM in response to Ken Dine

At this point, there is a beta of F4M, it's a Universal Binary.

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