Quick check for MAC please...

fanger · 29 Sep 2007 at 14:52

Would some kind Mac user please check this link is working on their browser.
A page should open but it's only a photo.
Please hit the small photo bottom left and check THAT opens a window and a video commences.

I am very grateful indeed, in advance.

fanger

link:

http://www.stageonestudio.co.uk/web111/grangedempplaceholderSSSsite1SSSs1sSTREAM.htm

griffy · 29 Sep 2007 at 14:55

Using safari 3 beta on my mac, the page opens quickly, then the video gives the following error, it seems its just a plugin missing

The page “Romeo & Juliet on Tour” has content of MIME type “application/x-mplayer2”. Because you don’t have a plug-in installed for this MIME type, this content can’t be displayed."

Slogan · 29 Sep 2007 at 14:57

MacBook Pro with Safari 2.0.4.

griffy · 29 Sep 2007 at 14:57

Tried it with Firefox, it does the same, but at least links me to the plugin required to play the clip!

hope this helps

fanger · 29 Sep 2007 at 14:58

Thanks,
it's Media Player 9 or above.
Do you not have Media Player installed?

Could you tell me what your default media player is please.

fanger · 29 Sep 2007 at 14:59

Slogan; :) MacBook Pro with Safari 2.0.4.[/QUOTE said:
Marvellous Slogan...Thank you.

Mikeyboy · 29 Sep 2007 at 16:00

Works for me on a MacBook Pro, using Safari 3.0.3 and Flip4Mac plugin.

JDMAN · 29 Sep 2007 at 16:07

Worked for me fine.

fanger · 29 Sep 2007 at 16:10

Thanks for the feedback chaps...

AlexBell · 29 Sep 2007 at 16:30

yep worked fine for me, running firefox 2.0.0.7 on 10.4.10 with perian and wmv components installed.

fanger · 29 Sep 2007 at 16:39

AlexBell said:
yep worked fine for me, running firefox 2.0.0.7 on 10.4.10 with perian and wmv components installed.

Thank you Sir.
Did you have to install the .wmv components manually please?

Westyfield2 · 29 Sep 2007 at 16:58

Worked fine for me, Intel MacBook Pro, Safari 2.0.4 using Flip4Mac WMV plugin (MS WMP is also installed but Safari uses Flip4Mac.) On OSX (10.4.10)

fanger · 29 Sep 2007 at 18:02

Westyfield2 said:
Worked fine for me, Intel MacBook Pro, Safari 2.0.4 using Flip4Mac WMV plugin (MS WMP is also installed but Safari uses Flip4Mac.) On OSX (10.4.10)

Thank you

Anewbe4u · 29 Sep 2007 at 18:18

Works fine here too

fanger · 29 Sep 2007 at 18:23

anewbe4u said:
Works fine here too

Thank you.
Could you please state you OS and mac product type.
Fine if you don't want to - it's just helpful for me.

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griffy · 29 Sep 2007 at 19:06

I have a 15" MacBook Pro 2.4ghz Intel core 2 Duo, that I've only just bought, hence me lacking the correct plugins

which I have now installed for Safari 3.03 beta and Firefox 2.

My OS is OSX 10.4.10

Spyhop · 29 Sep 2007 at 19:10

The key thing is that in order to play back WMV videos on Mac OS, you must have the Flip4Mac WMV plug-in installed. This must be installed manually:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/flip4mac.mspx

The actual "Windows Media Player" for Mac is outdated and not used any more.

theheyes · 29 Sep 2007 at 19:20

Works fine for me too. MacBook/OSX 10.4.10

Your problems are going to begin when you implement the rest of the page and try to make it look good in IE.

fanger · 29 Sep 2007 at 19:57

theheyes said:
Works fine for me too. MacBook/OSX 10.4.10

Your problems are going to begin when you implement the rest of the page and try to make it look good in IE.

Please take a moment to explain what you mean.

Thanks

theheyes · 29 Sep 2007 at 20:53

As I'm sure you're aware, different browsers interpret the html rules differently. You can have something that looks perfect in firefox but when you open it with another browser it can be a jumbled mess. MS Internet Explorer is the worst offender for this because they dont stick to the HTML standards. Even something as simple as aligning content on a page can be a headache when IE doesnt do it in the same order the other browsers do.

When I was writing webpages (amateur) a large percentage of my time was spent looking for hacks to make things that just worked in firefox/opera/safari simply look right in IE.