Photo Story 3 and playback on Mac's

> the codecs for the Mac player are hard-coded into it, not downloaded as
> needed as WMP does it on PCs... and the newer codec for PS3 stories isn't
> included.... the PS2 one is.
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> "MrG" <nospam@spam.com> wrote in message
> news:e$ZqZhw2FHA.892@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

>> I'm quite big fan of photo story 3 and regularly compile snaps from my
>> friends social events and post them on my website. Unfortunately many of
>> my group have Mac's and don't seem to be able to play the latest shows
>> despite having the latest codecs for windows media player on their
>> machines.
>>
>> I understand that PS3 uses a special codec designed specially for it that
>> provides a higher quality image and transition than if you use one of the
>> previous video codecs. Is this the problem? Is the PS3 codec not
>> available to WMP for Mac's?
>>
>> Any help would be much appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>

>
>

> Indeed when I mentioned latest codecs I should have said latest versions
> of
> WMP.
> So recompiling with a more generic codec it is then.
>
> Do you know if there are any plans to include that in later versions or
> will
> it remain a pc-only scenario?
> Thanks for your reply P.J.
>
>
> "PapaJohn (MVP)" <PapaJohn@CharterMI.net> wrote in message
> news:%23KwB%23sw2FHA.1876@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

>> the codecs for the Mac player are hard-coded into it, not downloaded as
>> needed as WMP does it on PCs... and the newer codec for PS3 stories isn't
>> included.... the PS2 one is.
>> --
>> PapaJohn
>>
>> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
>> MM2 Tips and Tricks:
>> http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
>> Online Newsletters: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx
>>
>>
>> "MrG" <nospam@spam.com> wrote in message
>> news:e$ZqZhw2FHA.892@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

>>> I'm quite big fan of photo story 3 and regularly compile snaps from my
>>> friends social events and post them on my website. Unfortunately many
>>> of
>>> my group have Mac's and don't seem to be able to play the latest shows
>>> despite having the latest codecs for windows media player on their
>>> machines.
>>>
>>> I understand that PS3 uses a special codec designed specially for it
>>> that
>>> provides a higher quality image and transition than if you use one of
>>> the
>>> previous video codecs. Is this the problem? Is the PS3 codec not
>>> available to WMP for Mac's?
>>>
>>> Any help would be much appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>

>>
>>

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