Re: iPhoto-spotting

On 31/1/06 6:28, in article
0001HW.C0055CE9001D8652F02B4550@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Michael H.
Phillips" <mhp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:28:46 +0000, Ian McCall wrote
> (in article <449hhuF128ovU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>):
>
>> Thanks to Slashdot, I downloaded and watched the first episode of this:
>> <http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/I/itcrowd/>
>
> When I click the link on the Channel 4 site, Safari says
>> Safari can¹t open ³mms://edge.channel4.com/theitcrowd/episode1_c4web.wmv²
>> because Mac OS X doesn¹t recognize Internet addresses starting with ³mms:²
>
> What's that all about?

It is some sort of protocol for streaming Windows Media files. On my machine
Safari hands that URL off to Windows Media Player which eventually gets
around to playing something.

There doesn't seem to be a way of making Flip4Mac play the thing
automatically via Quicktime.

Cheers,

Chris

.

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