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- Known Issues
- Windows Media Player: Mac OS versions 8.1 through 9.x
- Windows Media Player: Apple Mac OS X version 10.1
Windows Media Player: Mac OS versions 8.1 through 9.x (Mac
OS 8.6 or later recommended)
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System Requirements
- Mac OS versions 8.1 through 9.x (Mac OS 8.6 or later recommended)
- PowerPC 603e 180 MHz or higher processor
- 32 megabytes (MB) or higher of RAM
- Virtual Memory turned on
- 10 MB of free hard disk space
- Monitor color depth of 256 colors (millions of colors recommended)
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0.1 or later (Internet Explorer 5 or later recommended)excluding 4.5, Netscape Navigator 4.x (PowerPC version)excluding 6.0, Netscape Communicator 4.0 or later (PowerPC version)excluding 6.0, or America Online for Macintosh 4.0 or 5.0
Windows
Media Player: Apple Mac OS X version 10.1
Download Media Player
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to Microsoft.com
Download Internet Explorer for Mac
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to Microsoft.com
System Requirements
- Operating system: Apple Mac OS X version 10.1
- Computer: Any computer supported by Mac OS X version 10.1 with a processor that is 233 MHz or higher
- Memory: 128 megabytes (MB) or higher
- Free hard disk space: 10 MB
- Monitor color depth: 256 colors (millions of colors recommended)
- Web browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.1 for Mac, or America Online for Mac OS X
Known Issues
Netscape 6
The Nescape 6 browser is not supported. After upgrading your Netscape browser, Windows Media Player must be reinstalled.
Internet Explorer 4.5 for Mac
The Internet Explorer
4.5 for Mac browser is not supported. After upgrading your IE browser,
Windows Media Player must be reinstalled.
Link
issues when using MMS protocol
When
using a Web browser, you may experience problems opening Web links
to content that uses the Microsoft Media Server (MMS) protocol.
You may need to manually enter the address to the content in Windows
Media Player.
Issue
playing files with a .wmd extension
The
Player may not play all digital media files packaged in a Windows
Media file with a .wmd extension.
Classic
version of Windows Media Player launches
When using a Web browser to open links to content, the Classic version
of Windows Media Player (Windows Media Player 7.01 for Mac or earlier)
may launch. To fix the problem, do one or more of the following:
- If you have Mac OS 9.1 or earlier installed in your Classic environment, install Mac OS 9.2 or later in your Classic environment.
- Delete all Classic versions of Windows Media Player from all Classic environments on your computer.
UNIX
File System is not supported
Windows Media Player for Mac OS X does not support the UNIX File
System (UFS). Install the Player on a Mac OS Extended (HFS+) volume
only. HFS+ is the default file system format for Mac OS X.
To determine the format of your volume (hard disk), see the Devices and Volumes tab of the Apple System Profiler utility.
Your proxy settings are configured incorrectly.
The HTTP settings in Windows Media Player have been changed after you installed Windows Media Player.
To resolve this issue, verify your proxy settings are configured correctly, and verify your HTTP transport settings in Windows Media Player. To do this, follow these steps:
- In Media Player, click Options on the View menu, and then click the Advanced tab.
- Click Streaming Media (Windows Media), and then click Change.
- Under Protocols, click the appropriate configuration under the HTTP check box. If you click Use proxy, then you can click Configure Proxy Settings to change your proxy settings. If you do not know the correct proxy settings for your network, contact your network administrator and ask for the proxy hostname and port number.
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