sites like this
http://www.starterupsteve.com/video/vista_vs_unbuntu.shtml

how do you overcome? it there a player on mac that plays Windows Media files?

there are flip4mac WMV , windows media player for mac, vlc player
but i'm not sure if it's browser integrated or not.

p/s: i could load on my safari. flip4mac could integrated the codec into quicktime

ok. i shall give it a try, hopefully my firefox knows how to load it.

On my Macbook, Flip4Mac does the job automatically. Using Firefox too..

Flip4mac is the plugin for quicktime that apple and MS both use officially to play WMV files on mac OSX, the thing is u have to purchase a flipping license if you want to encode on WMV on the mac otherwise its a 60 second cut off point >_<

WMV files with DRM will not play on the Flip4Mac codec. I'm not sure about the Mac Windows Media Player.

When I visit some of the sites that has audio or video streaming and requires a Media Player...i just ignore it. To me those streamings are more of a hassle than informative.