NO 'Get Info' results for .wmv files!?

I recently tried to 'get info' on a few .wmv
files I had saved to my HD.
Strangely, there was absolutely NO response,
no matter how many times I tried it.
ALL other filetypes will yield 'get info' results
in the usual manner.
WHAT is this about?
Yes, restarted, permissions, etc, as per usual.
Any ideas?
G4 DA 466 1 GB RAM OS X Tiger 10.4.6 (Note: Downgraded
from the .7 'upgrade'. The right way.)
Thanks!
G4 DA 466 Mac OS X (10.4.6) Since Mac OS3.1

WHAT is this about?
Don't see here with 10.4.7. Maybe it's a LaunchServices or Spotlight problem. Rebuilding the former's database and reindexing with the latter is in order, but don't know.

Similar Messages

  • How to display the Get info window for a file or folder

    Hello,
    How can I display the Get Info window for a file or folder using Applescript - instead of selecting it in the finder and using Command-I ?
    Thanks.
    lenpartico

    The item property that the Get Info was opened for is read only, so it doesn't look like you can just throw a file path at it. You could do something like telling the Finder to reveal the item, then keystroke the command, e.g.:
    <pre style="
    font-family: Monaco, 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;
    font-size: 10px;
    margin: 0px;
    padding: 5px;
    border: 1px solid #000000;
    width: 720px;
    color: #000000;
    background-color: #FFEE80;
    overflow: auto;"
    title="this text can be pasted into the Script Editor">
    tell application "Finder"
    reveal "Path:to:your:file"
    activate
    end tell
    tell application "System Events" to keystroke "i" using {command down}
    </pre>
    ... but this doesn't seem to be much different than the regular method. There are other methods to get various information, what are you wanting to do?
    Edit:
    Hmmm, I could have sworn (I do a lot of that these days) I tried Hiroto's method, but that does work. It still seems to be a roundabout way of doing something though.
    Message was edited by: red_menace

  • Making Windows Media Player my default player for WMV files

    I installed Flip4Mac and set it as my default player for WMV files. Now when I open large WMV files, I have to wait 10-20 seconds for them to load. I want to go back to Windows Media Player as the default player for all my WMV files - how do I do that? Thanks in advance!

    Single click on a .wmv file and open the Get Info window.
    Change the "Open with:" app and then click the "Change All..." button.

  • To run iTunes in 64-bit mooose the "Get Info" command in the File menu, and uncheck the "Open in 32-bit mode" checkbox in the iTunes Info window. but i doesn't have the tick thing plus i redownloaded it a

    To run iTunes in 64-bit mode, select the iTunes application in the Finder, choose the “Get Info” command in the File menu, and uncheck the “Open in 32-bit mode” checkbox in the iTunes Info window. but i doesn't have the tick thing plus i redownloaded it again and same message comes up

    Have you disclosed the "General" brick in the "Info" panel? Click the disclosure triangle to the left of "General":
    What is your iTunes version and MacOS X version?
    -- Léónie

  • Get info tab for volume setting wont work IN ITUNES?

    GET INFO TAB FOR VOLME SETTING WONT WORK IN ITUNES

    well then i guess its ok lol i cant see it tho and that's y i wondered

  • Get a result for all step by string

    I'm have to get a result for all step by a string , when the step is pass/fail , it return a 0/1,when the step return a real value, it return a real value,in totally all step run over, the string will be have this format : "0,1,1,...1,0.44,0.55,0.43,0"
    how to created this kind of sequence procedure ?
    thank you in advance...
    Alex

    Hi,
    You could do this as of the report generation (reportgen_txt|html.seq).
    what are you going to do with this string that you propose to generate?
    Regards
    Ray Farmer
    Regards
    Ray Farmer

  • How to get info from a .class file at run time? thanks for help

    I need to get methods and properties (variables) from a .class file at run time.
    as u know, javap.exe can do that in an independent way. but i need to get info at run time once the .class or packeges have been changed, javap is not suitable in the case.
    i try to read data directly from .class file but it's hard to know the file format.
    e.g. a class looks like (java file):
    class MyClass extends Frame
    int i0;
    String s0;
    public String getName()
    if the file is compiled to .class file, how to get properties (variables: i0,s0) and methods String getName() from the .class file by an applicaton at run time?
    Doclet is not suitable for speed reason, it is too slow to get right info in right format.
    Thanks for any help, please write a little bit more in detail if you know.

    Use the Java Reflection API. Have a look at the Reflection section of the Java Tutorial located at http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/reflect/index.html

  • Display number of items in Get Info results?

    Our studio has finally made the jump to OS-X (Tiger) from OS-9. (Okay... I'll admit we had a bit of an "encounter" with Windows XP in the interim...)
    Part of our production workflow sees 1000's of folders/files routinely moved around from various media - CF card to hard-drive, DVD to external hard-drive etc. As part of our SOP, after a large transfer of important files, we check both the source drive/folder and the destination drive/folder to ensure the item count is the same.
    In OS-9, Apple accomodated this step in the Get Info window by showing the number of items in any given volume or folder. In OS-X, it seems to be gone. Surely I'm missing something...
    If Apple truly has done away with this feature (bad move from a production standpoint IMHO) is there a third-party patch or app that can display the number of items in any given folder or volume?
    Thanks-
    j
    G5   Mac OS X (10.4.5)  
    G5   Mac OS X (10.4.5)  

    I made an Automator action, which I can access with a control click on any folder.
    1. Launch Automator, click on Finder in the Library, then drag the "Get Selected Finder Items" from Actions into construction area
    2. Click on Automator in the Libray, select Run Applescript in Actions and drag it into the work area
    3. Paste in this Applescript:
    tell application "Finder"
    count every file of entire contents of (selection as alias) --files only
    display dialog ((the result) as string) & " Files" & "." buttons {"OK"} default button 1
    end tell
    4. Go to menu item File and select Save As Plugin, fill in the name and have it as a plug-in for Finder. It will be saved to
    "/Users/username/Library/Workflows/Applications/Finder/FileCount.workflow"
    which will appear in the Automator section of your control click contextual menu.
    This counts files only. If you want to include files and folders you will need to change the Applescript.
    Francine
    Francine
    Schwieder

  • Making Quicktime the default viewer for .wmv files.

    Whenever I try to open a .wmv file, my default program is iphoto. I have Flip4Mac and I want to use Quicktime to be the default viewer for it. I know how I can get each file to open with Quicktime, but I want it to be permanent. For instance, I download a .wmv file and I want to double click the new file on my desktop and Quicktime comes up so I can view the video. I figure this is a very simple thing to do, I just don't know where to change it. Please help. Thank you.

    I find that this does not work- pilot error I'm sure.
    When I right click on a .wmv file and chose "Get Info", a small window appears that has a section titled "Open With".It defaults to "Windows Media Player" and has a drop down window, offering me a choice of "Other..."
    When I select "Other" a window opens that lets me chose an application. I select Quick Time Player and hit "Add". QT then populates the drop down window. I then select "Change ALL" which causes another window to open that asks "Are you sure you want all your Windows Media Player documents to open with the application Quick Time Player?". I answer "Continue" and as soon as I do that Windows Media Player is replaced in the Get Info window as the "Open With" choice.
    I can't see how to make the change. Help!!

  • I just purchased a few songs from Itunes and could not edit the information in the Get Info section of the file.  It's greyed out.  Any ideas?  Has ITunes changed and no longer allows editing.

    Has ITunes changed its editing feature for songs, etc.?  I just purchased a few songs and found that I could not edit them using the "Get Info" feature.  The information is greyed out and does not allow editing.  Among other things, I usually like to eliminate the word "THE" from group names for easier alphabetizing in my library.  Thanks for any help. 

    Check permissions and ownership of the files. Maybe this helps....
    How to Take Ownership and Grant Permissions in Windows Vista

  • I have Media Player for WMV files -- but Quicktime tries to open them

    I have both Windows Media Player and Flip4Mac installed... but anytime I am trying to watch a WMV video on the Net, or when I download a WMV file... I always get a "can't play" error. It seems that Quicktime is trying to play these files... how do I disable this and tell all WMV's to play with Media Player?
    When I download wmv's, they have the Quicktime logo on the icon... I have to right-click and then choose to play with Media Player (the icon changes) and THEN I can play it.
    Advice? Thanks!

    Sorry, I don't, though if you have an Intel-based Mac as your profile suggests, it may be that it can't set the default app to WMP since it's not Intel-native. You might want to ask about that in the Mac OS X or iMac Core Duo area and see if anyone can confirm that.
    Note, though, that there's little if anything that the Flip4Mac codec (as long as you have the latest version) cannot play that the Mac version of WMP can. There are a number of codecs that Microsoft has only released for the Windows version of WMP, so if you're hitting any of those, nothing's going to play them in Mac OS X (this applies to any WMV or WMA content that carries copy protection).

  • Encoder Options For *.wmv Files re Premiere Pro CS5.5

    Hi,
    I have a collection of *.wmv files that Premiere Pro CS5.5 refuses to open and it always generates an error message so I need to re-encode these *.wmv files into a format that Premiere Pro will import OK. I know that Premiere Pro will open *.wmv files so I think that the ones I have must have some data structures slightly out of normal. The files actually play with VLC and open with Sony Vegas so they are not corrupt.
    What I hope to do is to use an encoder that will re-encode the files without any loss of video quality into another format or even into a slightly renamed *.wmv file in the hope that the re-encoded version of the *.wmv file will then be palatable to Premiere Pro.
    Would anyone please be able to recommend an encoder that is suitable for my needs? On a final point, as a total novice with video, what aspects on re-encoding would cause loss of video quality or is there no loss of quality when re-encoding? Apologies for such a dumb question but I really am a newbie to all this.
    Rgds

    If you can get the files open with Vegas, you could probably export them using Lagarith Lossless Video Codec or Ut Video Codec Suite, both of which are lossless AVI codecs that work nicely with Premiere Pro. PPro needs the 64-bit version, but I don't know enough about Vegas to know if you need 32-bit or 64-bit, so just install both. Note that the files will be much larger, but will not suffer any perceptible quality hit.
    I'm not sure of any way to do a WMV rewrap--I'll see what I can find.

  • Export chapter marker for WMV file or print a chapter marker list?

    Is there any way to ether export chapter markers to a wmv file, or to print a chapter marker list from FCP?

    It's strictly a QT function, AFAICT, moving marker files from one QT app to another. Could be wrong, though, so I hope you get better advice later today.
    Does WMV even support markers? I haven't seen the ability in any of my references but I haven't actually gone searching for it.
    bogiesan

  • Cannot get audio from streamed .WMV files

    Up until a week ago I had no trouble seeing & hearing CNN's streaming video. As of about 3 days ago, the audio is gone. The only changes to the system (15" PB with 10.4.2) have been the Graphics Update and the recent Security Update (which postdates the problem).
    Repairing Permissions made no difference, reinstalling Windows Media Player ditto. Is there any way to change the plugin that opens .WMV files? I recently bought and installed (Long before this issue) WMV Player, which allows running .WMV files in Quicktime and wonder whether it would have better luck.
    Help?

    Thomas...don't know for sure but check out this link...see if this is the problem
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300832

  • File - Get info and Renaming a file

    Get Info on a file.
    In the Name and Extension box, rename it to something already in the same location.
    Click the close window dot.
    A window pops up telling you that the file name is already used (or somethign similar). Close the window and the Get Info window is also closed.
    Should't the Get Window stay open since a change was attempted but didn't happen?

    No?

Maybe you are looking for