Open video in Windows media player

The county offers streaming video of meeting of the Board of Supervisors.
The video requires that it be playing in Windows media player for the Mac.
When I click on the video link on the County's web site the video opens in what I presume is a dedicated Safari player but the video does not run properly in that player. (The name of the Safari player isn't identified.)
Is there a way to get Safari to open video files in the Windows media player?
Thanks,
Jim

Hi iBob,
Yes, I do have Flip4Mac installed. I don't know that Safari (3.2.3) recognizes it. Safari used to display the plug-ins under the Help menu, but now it doesn't on my new Mac Mini.
Let me issue a challenge--if you are willing.
1) Go to url: (http://new.mynevadacounty.com/streaming/)
2) At the bottom of the page there are 3 video links labeled: "video" Click on any one of the three.
3) Assuming that it will begin to play (on my Mac it opens in an undefined player) you are supposed to be able to jump to any of the agenda items listed in the box in the lower left hand corner of the screen. (Otherwise you have to listen to the entire meeting (lasting over 7 hours) to get to the item.) This option (jumping to the selected agenda item) doesn't work on either of my Macs (Power Book and Mac Mini).
I would appreciate your feedback.
Jim
P.S. According to the County IT department you need:
1) A G3 or newer with Mac OS X installed.
2) You also must use Window Media player version 9 or higher or silverlight player.

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