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Thread started 04/19/03 7:50am

Doozer

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Anyone running Mac OS X...

Has anyone running OS X found a way to save the song "Reflection"?
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Reply #1 posted 04/19/03 7:58am

Doozer

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Doozer said:

Has anyone running OS X found a way to save the song "Reflection"?



Ha ha...just figured it out, so here's how to do it for those of you running OS X:

Go to the "reflection" room, click in the water and let the song load.

After the song fully loads, check this location on your hard drive:

home:library:preferences:explorer:temporary files:reflection.mp3

You can copy "reflection.mp3" into another location on your hard drive (your iTunes music folder, for example) and play it whenever you'd like. It's 3:05, 96kbps.
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Reply #2 posted 04/19/03 8:02am

bryanpage

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Thanks for that.

Have you managed to view the video using Mac OS X ?
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Reply #3 posted 04/19/03 8:12am

Doozer

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bryanpage said:

Thanks for that.

Have you managed to view the video using Mac OS X ?



No. I've downloaded Windows Media Player 7.1 for OS X here:

http://www.microsoft.com/...fault.aspx

And the videos still won't play. I'm going to e-mail the club and ask for help. Will post if I get a reply.
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Reply #4 posted 04/19/03 11:58pm

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Add me to the Mac OS X mailing list. I couldn't get the videos to play with Windows Media Player, Internet Explorer, or Safari. Nothing seems to work. I e-mailed the club, but the misinterpreted my question/concern. They thought I was complaining that there are only Mac versions for one of the video, when in fact I was complaining that the site (plug-in) was not working in OS X 10.2.5. I sent them a follow-up to further clarify my problem and I also sent them screen captures so that they could see exactly where I was and exactly what kind of error messages I was getting. I also suggested the simple solution: post the videos in QuickTime format! Please let me know if you can get the videos working.

Thanks...Mark
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Reply #5 posted 04/20/03 7:16pm

Doozer

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Cool Mark -- I'm also running 10.2.5 but never got a response from my inquiry to the club as to why the videos won't work. Please post if you get a response to your e-mail with screenshots of the error messages.



markemery said:

Add me to the Mac OS X mailing list. I couldn't get the videos to play with Windows Media Player, Internet Explorer, or Safari. Nothing seems to work. I e-mailed the club, but the misinterpreted my question/concern. They thought I was complaining that there are only Mac versions for one of the video, when in fact I was complaining that the site (plug-in) was not working in OS X 10.2.5. I sent them a follow-up to further clarify my problem and I also sent them screen captures so that they could see exactly where I was and exactly what kind of error messages I was getting. I also suggested the simple solution: post the videos in QuickTime format! Please let me know if you can get the videos working.

Thanks...Mark
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Reply #6 posted 04/21/03 1:06pm

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I'm also running 10.2.5 and had NO luck with viewing the videos. I tried Safari first and then Explorer.
I downloaded the WMP 9.0 for OSX, and still no luck.

Also, I started up in System 9.2 to see if that would work, and downloaded the correct version of WMP for 9 -- still NOTHING.

I have a feeling the videos will be made available for download soon, OR they'll have a Quicktime option added. I don't care about downloading them -- I just want to SEE them!

The "temp files" method of getting the MP3 is great -- it works for a lot of "locked" files.

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Reply #7 posted 04/21/03 1:26pm

alandail

anyone figured out how to get the song file in safari? I guess I can run explorer, but I never use it for anything else anymore.
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Reply #8 posted 04/21/03 3:44pm

caelle

Hey, thanks for that tip. I finally managed to listen to "reflection" and it is now nicely placed in Itunes and... playing!!! Thanks
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Reply #9 posted 04/28/03 6:36pm

markemery

Please see my earlier post to this topic.

Today I received this e-mail from the NPGMC:

Hello
Can u view realmedia files?

I basically told them yes and no. There are times when you can view Real files and there are times when you cannot - just like Windows Media files. I strongly suggested QuickTime and recommended they check out the new Apple Music Store that launched today - specifically the Bob Dylan video for Tangled Up In Blue. Works flawlessly! Ya'll should check it out after you download iTunes 4.

--Mark
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