Jen, There are a couple of plugins for playing codecs in quicktime not officially supported by apple
One is perian: http://perian.cachefly.net/Perian_1.1.4.dmg Flip for Mac is specifically for WMV files: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx Or Windows Media player for OS X: http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.mspx?pid=Mactopia_WMP&fid=1E974157-5031-4AC6-840A-6E07547B6AEB#viewer On Aug 14, 2009, at 8:26 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Barry, > > I'm playing the video! It's so great! I don't have real media or wm > on my mac. I'll try to use a PC. After I try to download/burn I'll > email you with questions if it's a problem. > > Really love this video. What year is this from? > > Jenny > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Barry Caselli <[email protected]> > To: ENTS <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, Aug 13, 2009 10:30 pm > Subject: [ENTS] A request > > ENTS, > I have a request. There is an old Pine Barrens documentary called > Ghosts of the Pines. > It is available for viewing on this site: http://www.wpunj.edu/njvid/ > It's available as a flash video or a Quicktime video. The problem > is, I cannot view the Quicktime video. Every time I try, there's a > message in the bottom left corner of the Quicktime screen that says > connecting. That goes for maybe half a minute and then it says > disconnected. Yet the people who maintain the website says it > streams fine for them. > > So my request is that someone try and get it to play. If it does > play, then I'd like someone to record it and put it on a CD ROM for > me. I'm willing to pay a couple of bucks. There are many ways to > record streaming videos. One way is to use the built-in recorder/ > downloader in the Real Media Player. There's also a free program > called WM Recorder. > > So, to find the video, you need to visit that site (above), then > mouse-over "Browse by Subject" and then choose "Goegraphy and > Travel". Then you'll see a few titles. Choose "Ghosts of the Pines". > When you click on that you'll get the links for the flash and > Quicktime videos of the program. > > So I would be most appreciative if someone is able to get it to play > for them, and then record it. If you have DSL or faster, then the > recording should take only a few minutes. > Oh, by the way, there's a huge tree that is shown at the beginning > and at the end of the video. I've been by that site, but I can't > remember if I've seen a tree there or not. > Thanks, > Barry > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
