In a message dated 3/2/04 11:46:29 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << someone said, was it here or other
that older versions of players plays more formats, does this apply aswell to windows media player ? and if so where can I get a version prior to 7 ? L>> That is correct. Windows Media Player 7.0 also dropped Save and save as options in both Mac and Win versions. That was to encourage streaming and discourage downloading proprietary material. (The official MS work around for PC v. 7 was to make 6.4 the default viewer!!!) WMP went proprietary and only plays MS flavored video except for MPEG4 v.1 The published codecs for 6.3 and 7 are below. QT is (or was) much more robust in terms of playing AVIs than the latest WMP. However WMP files ONLY play on WMP. Do a web search for WMP 6 for Mac in case MS hasn't pulled it completely off the web. (Also Quicktime ran on WMP 6, but was dropped from 7. Here's what the official MS explanation for why .mov files would pull up WMP 6 instead of WMP7 (on a PC but it should also apply to Macs). "This behavior occurs because Windows Media Player 7 does not support files that are created with QuickTime version 2.0 and later. File formats from QuickTime version 2.0 and earlier are supported in Windows Media Player 7 only if you have upgraded from a previous version of Windows Media Player. If you have not previously installed Windows Media Player, Windows Media Player 7 does not support the playback of QuickTime files." --- ie WMP 6 DID support QT. Here are the codecs WMP 6.3 Video ------------ MPEG4 v2 MPEG4 v3 MPEG4S JPG (Illustrated Audio) ------------ Audio ------------ WMAudio v1 WMAudio v2 Acelp.net Voxware MetaSound MPEG 2 Layer 3 -------------------------- WMP 7.0 Video Codecs * Microsoft Windows Media Video codec version 7.0 * Microsoft Windows Media Screen codec version 7.0 * Microsoft MPEG-4 codec version 2.0 and 3.0 * ISO MPEG-4 video codec version 1.0 Audio Codecs * Microsoft Windows Media Audio codec version 1.0, 2.0, and 7.0 * Sipro Lab Telecom ACELP codec * Fraunhofer IIS-A MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3 codec * Voxware MetaSound codec (16kbps, 16kHz mono) * G.726 -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
