.wmv files work for pc but not on my mac

[Apples]

Hello,

I've put some video clippings on a website I'm working on. They are from 2 - 5 MB. I'm using a Mac and doing the editing on the software program iMovie.

After I've loaded everything on the server, I can see the videos from a PC, but when I click from my Mac, I get the error message: "Cannot open the file. Verify that the path and filename are correct."

What can I do to solve this problem? If you need the url to see what I'm talking about, I can email it to you.

Thanks in advance!

[Macguru]

Hello Apples,

Welcome to the board.

The only way I know to read .wmv files on the Mac is to use Windows Media Player for the Mac. Most Mac users wont have it installed.

You can either put a link to download the Player or convert your files to .mpg for a better cross-platform compatibility.

[microcars]

stickymail me the URL please

I've not encountered the error message you describe.

[microcars]

also- what are you using to convert to .wmv from iMovie?

[mivox]

only way I know to read .wmv files on the Mac is to use Windows Media Player

I thought that too... but I looked around anyhow, and found a free program available for OSX that claims to run them (downloaded, but not tested it yet):

VLC Media Viewer, from [videolan.org...]

YAY! Now I can finally look at all those silly email attachments windows users keep sending me...

[Apples]

Looks like its a server config issue. I tested the files on my local server and on another web server and they worked just fine. My guess is this particular ISP has incorrect MIME configuration for WMV files.

[Agua]

Hi

I am assuming that you are embedding the wmv into a html page!

If this is the case then I have found that making the url to the wmv file absolute, not relative, makes this work for a mac.

If you are getting lots and lots of code - then this is the mime type problem.

Cheers