Trackpass issues

[jmre5150]

Ok, got me a brand new Macbook Pro. Lovin' it. But I'm having one problem...


I try to run video in Trackpass, and it says that Safari can't run video because it needs a plug-in. It then asks me if I want to try Windows Media Player. Since Nascar.com says this is required to run Trackpass on Macs, I installed the version for mac.

However, when I click yes to allow safari to run the video with WMP, WMP says it can't display it either.

Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

The only requirements for Nascar Trackpass is:

G4 Processor (yeah, I know mine's an Intel)
Mac OS X 10.3.8 or higher
Safari 1.2 or higher
Windows Media Player 9 for Mac

Any help would be appreciated, bigtime.

 

[dorthyinoz]

have you tried flip4mac?

 

[jmre5150]

have you tried flip4mac?

Yeah, got no luck with that either.

I can view WMP videos on other sites...so I'm guessing its Nascar.com's way of saying Trackpass no longer works for us Mac users. Darn.

 

[jeremy.king]

I can view WMP videos on other sites...so I'm guessing its Nascar.com's way of saying Trackpass no longer works for us Mac users. Darn.

Hillbillies shouldn't really be using Macs.

Edit: According to this, they support Macs

 

[Nermal]

As far as I can remember, Windows Media Player (PowerPC) won't "talk" to the Intel version of Safari. I think running Safari in Rosetta may help.

 

[jmre5150]

Hold on...its not Nascar.com. Its definitely my comp.

I went to http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/index.html?tag=nav-top;xbox360 and clicked on "Watch It" for that game trailer. It made me pick my choices: Quicktime and 300K DSL/Cable

It came up saying Safari cannot display video...just like on the Nascar site.

So what am I doing wrong? Clearly you folks don't have these problems, and I'm a noob, so I must be screwing up or missing something. Whenever I need to stream a video, it wont work.

 

[Nermal]

I get "the URL is not valid" with that link.

Edit: It worked after turning off "Launch QuickTime Player" in the Flip4Mac prefs.

 

[jmre5150]

I get "the URL is not valid" with that link.

Edit: It worked after turning off "Launch QuickTime Player" in the Flip4Mac prefs.

Try this one then http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/ , and click on "Watch It" for the demo. Let me know if the streaming video comes up for you. Thanks.

 

[Nermal]

That seems to be exactly the same page, and it works.

 

[jmre5150]

That seems to be exactly the same page, and it works.

Crap...I'm missing something then. I'm using Firefox (but I have tried it in Safari as well) and it wont load. I have Quicktime (naturally), VLC, WMP 9 for Mac, and none of them work for streaming.

Its a brand new comp (3 days old) so I'm probably missing a key app or something.

 

[jmre5150]

I get "the URL is not valid" with that link.

Edit: It worked after turning off "Launch QuickTime Player" in the Flip4Mac prefs.

Oh, I didn't see your edit. Let me try that.

 

[jmre5150]

Edit: It worked after turning off "Launch QuickTime Player" in the Flip4Mac prefs.

That worked nicely, Thank You. Although the Nascar.com site still won't work, but I'll settle for that.

 

[dpaanlka]

Immediately delete Windows Media Player:Mac. It is not developed or supported anymore, is not Intel native, and Microsoft clearly hints that they don't want people downloading it.

 

[TonicAngel]

hm. I had that issue come up during the season and I just uninstalled WMP for mac and reinstalled it. That seemed to helped me. I have power pc though. I am not sure if WMP is Universal binary or not you could just download the power pc version and run it under rosetta. I am at work now but will try it when I get home, since I want to trackpass working when the season starts.

 

[jmre5150]

hm. I had that issue come up during the season and I just uninstalled WMP for mac and reinstalled it. That seemed to helped me. I have power pc though. I am not sure if WMP is Universal binary or not you could just download the power pc version and run it under rosetta. I am at work now but will try it when I get home, since I want to trackpass working when the season starts.

Pardon my ignorance, but what is rosetta? I'm new to this whole mac-wonderfulness.

 

[TonicAngel]

Pardon my ignorance, but what is rosetta? I'm new to this whole mac-wonderfulness.

Rosetta is a program running in the background in os X that will run power pc applications (i.e. Microsoft Office 2004) on your intel macbook pro. Rosetta is like software emulation. (someone please correct me if I am wrong in that thinking?)

 

[dpaanlka]

Rosetta is like software emulation.

No, it is software emulation.

jmre5150, before 2006 every Macintosh had a PowerPC processor, manufactured by either Motorola or IBM (before 1997 there were also 68ks, but don't worry about that, you can worry about getting *into* vintage Macs later). Unlike, say, AMD's processors, PowerPC processors are not based on nor intended to be compatible with Intel processors. So when Apple rolled out Intel Macs in 2006, all new software has to be written to run on them. To run older PowerPC software, Rosetta translates PowerPC code into Intel code, and back again, in real time. This lets the software run, but at a lower speed than it would if it were on an actual PowerPC machine, or if it were an Intel application.

Mac OS X, iLife, iWork, and every Apple thing that ships on your new Intel Mac is Intel-compatible. Some software, such as Adobe CS 2 and Microsoft Office 2004, is PowerPC-only still. You'll have to wait until the next versions of those come out to get Intel-native performance.

Best Rosetta explanation ever!

 

[jmre5150]

No, it is software emulation.

jmre5150, before 2006 every Macintosh had a PowerPC processor, manufactured by either Motorola or IBM (before 1997 there were also 68ks, but don't worry about that, you can worry about getting *into* vintage Macs later). Unlike, say, AMD's processors, PowerPC processors are not based on nor intended to be compatible with Intel processors. So when Apple rolled out Intel Macs in 2006, all new software has to be written to run on them. To run older PowerPC software, Rosetta translates PowerPC code into Intel code, and back again, in real time. This lets the software run, but at a lower speed than it would if it were on an actual PowerPC machine, or if it were an Intel application.

Mac OS X, iLife, iWork, and every Apple thing that ships on your new Intel Mac is Intel-compatible. Some software, such as Adobe CS 2 and Microsoft Office 2004, is PowerPC-only still. You'll have to wait until the next versions of those come out to get Intel-native performance.

Best Rosetta explanation ever!

Thank you kindly for bringing me up to speed. Very informative.