Are there any MAC users out there who are willing to help me!??!
 

I have a member having some issues with the videos on my site, and I was wondering if anyone who is familar with MACs would be willing to help a sister out....pppllluuuueeessseeee :)



Thank you in advance!

hit up [email protected]

he's the only one I know with a mac.

Thank you so much!!! I will e-mail him tonight! You are a lifesavor :)

Do you think he would mind?

or hit me up [email protected]

Thank you!!! Will he mind though? :)

I have a G4 laptop.

cory at wegcash.com

Mac blows. I would help you if I remembered anythign about them but its been several years.

Here is what the e-mail said


"Hello and thanks for the email.
I have Windows Media Player version 9, Mac OS
version ...Yes, I'm a Mac user, Everytime I click on
the files to view. It automaticaly opens, launches WMP
but gives me this message =Window Media Player cannot
play this file, because the Player does not support
the file format. I cannot download them to my desktop
or harddrive until they have opened and started
playing. Once they are playing I could go up into the
file menu and "save as" However Right click on a Mac
does not give you this option
so I cant save them in order to open them in another
player.
The best thing for a MAc are Quicktime files,
however again quicktime does not support mpeg or AVI
files. So in order to view these types of files you
must go to download.com and download a version of VLC
media player, but again to open the mpeg files in VLC
I must first have been able to download the files to
my desktop or harddrive."

Does your site have the option to "download" or "stream?"

Macs do not get along with Windows Media player, most of the time, the issue is rooted in DRM I believe. You usually can't view them.

I think they have upgraded that feature on the WMP making it ok on many macs. OS 9 probably has a lot of issues with viewing them.

Yes it does download and stream. He was saying in the e-mail that he could go download a version of VLC, but he can't even download them. I don't know what to tell him or what to do.

And do you guys think it is worth it to put an option on the videos that is specifically directed to MAC users? No other members had ever said anything about it.

I would say no honestly, unless it is super easy on your part and then it falls into the "it can't hurt" category."

But few people have Macs in the grand scheme of things. It may seem like a lot do, but look through your server stats and I bet Mac OS' make up for less than 2 percent of your total hits. Moreover, they are a lot more expensive. Generally Mac users have PC's as well, cutting the need to cater to them down even lower.

You are right, this
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/125

was the last out of the list of 15. I just feel bad cause I wish there was something I should do.

Thank you everyone for taking the time to help out. I really really appreciate it :)

hit me up if you need it

Digi will help you. Go post it on http://macpimps.com

Lots of people there to get you straight. I have his ICQ too if you need it, but it's on the board.

You could test just showing up to Mac users homes personally.

I will beta.

Are you talking about DigiPimp? I do have his ICQ. I had tried to sign up to that board, BuckNaked referred me to it, but I had some problem registering :(

Thank you very very much Holly!!! :)

:Graucho Hey there!!!!

Yeah. Maybe he'll see this.

Might be best to hit his ICQ, anyway. Doesn't look like he's posting there much.

Arika - usually - error message with mac video are either avi files or the application needs to be updated

is that on their end?

by the way...I love your stuff, it's awesome! I actually referred someone to your site (a photographer) and they were like OMG....loved it!

That's odd... the latest version of WMP plays almost any file I throw at it on my mac... I have noticed a few quirks with DRM files and a few codecs.... but overall not many problems... although I hate WMV files...

I prefer mpeg, seems to be a lot more compatible with different operating systems.... and not tied directly to Microsoft or Apple...

Make sure he has the latest version and have some other mac users you know check out the site for you.

just use VLC

I will buy a Mac to become part of that beta group. It's on the way.

Thank you abadfish! He said that he had version 9 with WMV, so I don't know, I am talking to xtreme now, and he is helping me out...good guy for sure!!!

Doomed...he said that for VLC you have to be able to at least download the video, I am not sure though, but that was what he had said...thank you!

Baddog...you are evil....LOLOLOL