> Thats how MOST of the internet does it. billy boy gate$ from mickey $oft
makers
> of whimp-doze the one and only mickey mouse boopt sector virus that people
> actualy PAY for and THINK theyu are getting a good deal. Hmmmm... kinda
reminds
> me of P.A.D.I.   (Put Another Dollor In) try to do it in such a way you are
> FORCED to use their non standard non compliant crap.

Sorry for the rant had to fix way too many mickey $oft sites.

L8R



> 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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