[Dixielandjazz] Re: Blue Skies Singer

[Dan Augustine]

Bill and other Macers--
     I just played the Windows Media sound-clip on 
my Mac without any trouble (i ran the High-res TV 
spot). It was at 
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/hpads/demandmore/ 
under

"Adaptive Enterprise television
You must have Microsoft's Windows Media Player or 
Real Networks' RealPlayer installed on your 
computer to view these videos. Ads are available 
in high-resolution and low-resolution formats. 
Those on dial-up or slower connections to the 
Internet should choose the low-res version.
Constant Change
» High-res
» Low-res
Change television spot
» High-res
» Low-res
Music is "Blue Skies," written by Irving Berlin, sung by Maxine Sullivan"

     I've got a Mac G4 (400 MHz) running OSX 
10.3.6 (but with 1.12 gigs of memory). The 
version of Windows Media Player is 7.1.3.  (I 
also have a pretty fast cable-modem.) I have 
played lots of stuff (both videos and audios) on 
WMP without any trouble, so maybe you need to 
delete everything relating to your version of WMP 
and download a new copy of it, including any 
plug-ins in your web-browser's preferences 
(file-helpers).  As i recall, WMP also worked 
when i ran OSX 10.2.8, so it sounds like an 
installation-problem.
     Good luck!

     Dan
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>Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 12:54:52 +1100
>From: Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>
>To: "Edgerton, Paul A" <paul.edgerton at eds.com>,
>	dixieland jazz mail list <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
>Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Blue Skies Singer
>
>Paul Edgerton wrote:
>  > Bill,
>You can download the HP commercial if you wish (Windows Media format):
>        http://www.hpbroadband.com/program.cfm?key=O34VYL461G
>
>This version seems to be slightly truncated and I don't hear the
>two-clarinet phrase being discussed. At any rate, you can clearly hear the
>rather clumsy editing they did to fit the :30 spot.
>Regards,
>Paul Edgerton<
>
>Dear Paul,
>Thank you for the video lead.
>However, it is a Windows Media Player application.
>I have an Apple eMac with OS X Jaguar and notwithstanding numerous attempts
>to download the version for Macintosh have been unable to do so.
>The application is still on my desktop and opens the the movie screen, but
>then dispays a message which says 'The playlist format is not recognized'.
>I have come to the conclusion that WMP and OSX 10.2.8 are not compatible.
>Perhaps one of our DJML computer gurus can explain it all.
>Kind regards,
>Bill.

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