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XM web player problem?

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Macbook Pro Core Duo 1.83ghz 1gb ram 80gb HD
Has anyone tried listening to the XM player through their site on your mac either through safari or firefox? I tried and it couldnt find the correct mime plugin. Did XM screw up by not making their player mac friendly? I haven't had much time to investigate but if anyone has had a similar issue, let me know!
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White MacBook Intel C2D 2.2GHz, 2G, 250G, SD, Leopard.
You need to install Flip4Mac and WMV Player. Now I don't recall everything I did, but when I go to the XM page and start the player, it runs through Quicktime. This isn't perfect. Assuming you're on a broadband connection, you need to let it buffer for 5 or so seconds, and then hit the play button.

I first did this through Firefox, and it worked. At the moment I'm doing this through Safari, and it still works.

Hope this helps. If you can't get things working, I'll try to recreate my steps for you.
 

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