Windows Media Plug-in

Hi All,
I am looking for some assistance on an issue i am having. I have downloaded windows media player for mac. However when i browse to a web page that has streaming media that uses Windows Media Player, the media doesn't stream and shows a plug in icon (like a blue lego brick) and i get an error message saying that Safari cannot play the media as i don't have the correct plug-in, do i want to try using Windows Media Player. If i click 'yes' Media Player launches as a stand-alone application. Is there a way to stream the media on the original site as intended?
I hope that all makes sense.

http://flip4mac.com
Free to view WMP formats using QuickTime.

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Hi guys a just got a mac last week and I love it, they only thing I dont like is it does not do windows media in safari, I have downloaded windows media player and that is ok but I want to watcha inbeded WMV in a web page and it says I need a plug in so it is going to try to luanch another program so it luanches windows media player but for some reason it does not work. but if I got to my PC it works fine. So I think I may need ie so I try to find that but I guess they stoped devloping it so does anyone have any ideas on how I can watch a emded WMV. Thanks
intel mac mini core duo Mac OS X (10.4.6)

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