Windows Media-9.sitx

When I go to some websites, I'm told I don't have the plug-in to view videos, etc, and am directed to the Windows Media download center, where I click on the Windows Media Player 9 for Mac OS X to download. What comes up every time I've tried this is what looks like a text file beginning with: StuffIt!°JªÖ*+±Rõµ∂+s#Dõ{gXõ∞f+ÀF∏++”.!T+∑]¬Rõqó0U+◊]¬≠+Á]¬X+ÔªÑkõ`7ú3ôwî
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Mulder:
Were you on the X Files?
I tried that and it downloaded fine. Presumably it will work on some sites (and as the icon looked familiar, I may have already had a older version.) But on the site I'm trying to view, it still says: The page “weather | azcentral.com | arizona weather” has content of MIME type “application/x-mplayer2”, but you don’t have a plug-in installed for this MIME type. A plug-in should be available on this page:
http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=windows&sbp=mediaplayer&ar=media&sb a=plugin&
So, I still can't view the video clips on that page. Apparently, they are just not Mac-friendly. I guess I'll have to give up if they don't make an OS10.5 version. Thanks anyway.

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