Why not post this as an mpeg so we can download it and watch it at 
our ease?  It seems a much easier solution than all this nonsense 
about Media Player and different versions, and different browsers and 
what not.  Mpeg's will play on any machine.

Thanks.

Thomas Baley wrote:
~
>Thank you, Kevin, Pina, et al, for your level-headed responses.
>
>I already had v7 of Media Player installed and was puzzled.  Kevin, 
>as soon as I
>read your message, I tried MS IE instead of my default Netscape.  Everything
>works fine in IE.  However, beware, this is what happens when the 2,000 lb.
>gorilla from Redmond throws his weight around.  I'm told (I'm not a 
>techie) that
>the scripting is MS non-standard and that is why it does not work in Netscape
>but does work in IE.  I have run into this before with web page HTML.
>
>In any event, thanks, folks.
>
>Tom Baley
>
>
>
>Metcalfe Kevin J COCA wrote:
>
>>  There seems to be something about the link that will only work with IE and
>>  not Netscape.  For me, it wasn't that it didn't work, but that it couldn't
>>  find the file with Netscape.  It worked fine with IE.
>>
>>  In Netscape, if you put the mouse over the link or opened it into a new
>>  window, the url of the file was something like this:
>>
>>  http://www.sfdj.com/dive/mms://media.worldpub.com/vid/dir3-roughcut-56k-vers
>>  ion.asf
>>
>>  Which didn't work.
>>
>>  If you did the same thing in IE, it looked like this:
>>
>>  mms://media.worldpub.com/vid/dir3-roughcut-56k-version.asf
>>
>>  Which worked.
>>
>>  BTW, i tried to upgrade to version 7 of media player and the Microsoft site
>>  told me that they don't support NT 4.0 (which I use) for version 7 and that
>>  the latest previous version would be fine.  It was.
>>
>>  Something for all of us Netscape types to keep in mind.  Always try it on IE
>>  before you decide that the link is broken.  I know from one of the Navy
>>  sites that I use for work that some things just don't work with Netscape.
>>
>>  Kevin Metcalfe
>>  (who's not in the Navy, he just programs for them)
>>  kmetcalfe@ns*.na*.mi*
>>  925-246-5938
>>  DSN 350-5938
>>
>>  > -----Original Message-----
>>  > From: Esse [mailto:enordesjo@ho*.co*]
>>  > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 10:00 PM
>>  > To: techdiver@aquanaut.com
>>  > Subject: Re: Equipment information
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > From: "Thomas Baley" <tbaley@wo*.at*.ne*>
>>  >
>>  > > The links seem to be messed up.  None of the streaming
>>  > videos work, and
>>  > when I
>>  > > tried to used their email comments box, that failed
>>  >
>>  > From: "Jack Farmer" <jack@we*.th*.co*>
>>  >
>>  > > IF you can ever make the links work and IF the tapes become
>>  > available for
>>  > > purchase I'm VERY interested in buying the DIR 3 tape. But
>>  > PLEASE don't
>>  > insult
>>  > > us with win-blows sites that don't even work.
>>  >
>>  > The links for the modem speed streams works if you take the
>>  > time to install
>>  > mediaplayer 7 which probably has the codecs needed to sort
>>  > out the video.
>>  > Sound works with other media players. The "broadband" streams
>>  > dont work.
>>  >
>>  > INSULT ?? -A little rich from somebody who made a big deal of being a
>>  > hotshot administrator. read what is says on the page- install
>>  > Media player
>>  > 7.
>>  > I get it to work from Sweden over a slow moden and win 98.
>>  > get real.....
>>  >
>>  > /E
>>  >
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