Hey you old guys, I have a Question for ya!

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14738
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/16623

What does this mean?
You are requesting file: /mplayerosx/MplayerOSXB8r4.zip
Please select a mirror

click the location nearest you, its set up so you get the correct language and fastest download.

ok Ill try that, I have been dealing with James but I can not open his wish me luck lol

That worked but the video I opened with it looked terrible picture was all broken up and slow mplayer not so nice to me lol

iNAP said:

That worked but the video I opened with it looked terrible picture was all broken up and slow mplayer not so nice to me lol

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can't blame the player if the video is doggie dung...

How do I know which is bad?

Also shouldn't I be able to just click on that .wmv and it play without me having to place it on top of the mplayer folder?

mplayer can not play all wmv, that i know of from experience.

Macman said:

why does it need to be named windowsmediaplayerinstaller.bin? at any rate, .sitx isn't working, it may need to be .bin, but if so, why would it be a .sitx file?

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That is what i am trying to figure out too. I downloaded the same file and when i get it, it is named .bin, and his is .sitx...why would the same file read different on the two systems? It works here, doesn't work there...

oh well no idea why it comes up as .sitx but how about this Question "Also shouldn't I be able to just click on that .wmv and it play without me having to place it on top of the mplayer folder?"
Shouldn't it be automatic that it opens it?
edit: Mplayer that is!

you can ctrl+click the file and there is a check box where you can change the default. i am at work and on a pc so i can tell you exactly right now, bu ti am sure someone will tell you.

iNAP said:

oh well no idea why it comes up as .sitx but how about this Question "Also shouldn't I be able to just click on that .wmv and it play without me having to place it on top of the mplayer folder?"
Shouldn't it be automatic that it opens it?
edit: Mplayer that is!

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Did tiger come on the machine? Was Panther ever installed and if so did you Upgrade to tiger? If it's a Fresh install of Tiger, I am told that Tiger out of the box does not contain Stuffit Expander! I did not notice as I did an upgrade to my existing Panther install. If that is the case it explains why you can not open the .sitx. I just ran the windowsmedia.sitx on my Imac with Panther and it opened right up. If you are missing Stuffit Expander, you can download a copy from their site or version tracker.

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/12012

I went into Spot light typed in Stuffit and see this
StuffIt EXP 902 Installer
Wednesday, May 4, 2005 3:20 AM
Uninstall:
~StuffIt Expander 9.0 Uninstall
~StuffIt Framework Uninstall

Uninstallation was successful!
Wednesday, May 4, 2005 3:20 AM
I didn't uninstall anything.whats that mean? Is Stuffit not here? or is it?

iNAP said:

I went into Spot light typed in Stuffit and see this
StuffIt EXP 902 Installer
Wednesday, May 4, 2005 3:20 AM
Uninstall:
~StuffIt Expander 9.0 Uninstall
~StuffIt Framework Uninstall

Uninstallation was successful!
Wednesday, May 4, 2005 3:20 AM
I didn't uninstall anything.whats that mean? Is Stuffit not here? or is it?

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I have read over and over Tiger if installed Clean does not have stuffit installed. that StuffIt EXP 902 Installer is an installer for Stuffit Expander. Try running that.

I like VLC and the other movie player that Macman recomended, but with some windows Media files I have needed Windows Media player installed.

dtravis7 said:

I have read over and over Tiger if installed Clean does not have stuffit installed. that StuffIt EXP 902 Installer is an installer for Stuffit Expander. Try running that.

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You're correct, if you do an erase and clean install of Tiger will not have Stuffit on your system. Just go to version tracker or the programmers website and download it for free.

-Chris

I am getting to the point where maybe I should just erase everything and reinstall It seems everything is where it shouldn't be I think that's what I am going to do, does anyone have any suggestions first?

iNAP said:

I am getting to the point where maybe I should just erase everything and reinstall It seems everything is where it shouldn't be I think that's what I am going to do, does anyone have any suggestions first?

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Just make sure to do the usual back-up. If you don't have a great deal of personal files and applications on the computer already, a clean erase and install might be just what the doctor ordered.

-Chris

Well, I'm going to a do clean install if I'm not back you'll know why lol I have all my isp info I'm having everyone in my address book reply to an email that way I can just add them with a push of a button., I don't care about any other stuff on here yet so that should do it, right? As far as Stuffit goes and the p.c. stuff to open files, that will just have to wait till I get someone to walk this slightly computer illiterate old dog thru the headaches of the simple way of doing things lol Thanks for the help guys
is the best! But what do I know? LOL j/k

Let's put it this way, it's better to do this sooner rather than later. If you think a reinstall will fix the problems (which I think it very well may) and you think it will make you feel better knowing everything is fresh again (which would make me feel better) than do it now when you have fewer personal items on the system. Good luck iNAP, if you're not back in a day I'll hold a Mac-Forums vigil for you.

-Chris