Ah, there you are. Couldn't find you in the crowd. Thank goodness for that GPS tracking device in your iPhone, huh? I hopped on the Web, punched in your telephone number and there you were. This modern technology is just amazing.
Me, I'm not partial to any OS. Hell, given my druthers, I'd be on my Amiga 1200 right now. See, I hold to this wild, unconventional notion that once a program is up, it doesn't matter what the hell the OS is. Not once, in umpteen billion computer articles written over 20 years, have I ever said one OS was "better" than another.
So, now that you don't hate me too much for being one of those prissy, starched-shirt PC users, can I ask a question? I'd normally just do a Google search, but since I wouldn't have a Mac to test it on, it wouldn't do much good.
As I understand it, there's some way Macs can play online WMV video files. They can't normally because WMV is a proprietary streaming format and the prissy, starched-shirt PC users at Microsoft want a bazillion dollars from Apple for the licensing rights to play them. In turn, Apple wants a bazillion dollars from Microsoft so PCs can play streaming Quicktime videos, so it all evens out, neither can play the other, and thankfully the only people hurt are us users.
The solution was mentioned once in the comments here, years ago. I had (innocently, to be sure) posted a link to a clip in Doc's Bag O' Clips, which are WMV files, and one Mac user promptly bitched moaned cursed me out politely noted that WMVs don't play on Macs. Another Mac user piped up with the answer, but I failed to jot it down.
I'd like to put the info in the 'tech' section of the 'Clips' area so Mac users can enjoy the videos as well. All of the rest of the videos on the site are in standard FLV format, but for full-screen, knock-your-socks-off, almost-DVD quality online videos, WMV is the only way to go in the streaming world.
Since I won't be able to run it myself, please leave some brief instructions on where to get it and how to install and run it. I'll not only put the info in my 'Clips' area but also make a post of it here for future linkable goodness. I'll even mention you by name in the article so later you can impress the babes by shyly admitting, "Well, yes, I am published."
Thanks!
Update: I think we got it, thanks to MikeNC and 'muleheadedfarmer'.
For you daredevils out there who want to give this a go, try this site. Then click on the above link and test out one of the clips. In theory, Quicktime should open and everything should play just fine. Please let me know in the comments what blows up melts down how it goes.
Tech note: streaming WMV files are 'activated' by a small WMA text file. I point it out so you won't be confused if you see both extensions mentioned. The actual video is a WMV file, initiated by a WMA file, which is what the link goes to.
