On Saturday 14 May 2005 04:38, Ken Schneider wrote:
"Dreamland appears online every Saturday afternoon at 1PM Pacific time. Each program is available for one month, and may be listened to any time on any PC or Mac that is equipped to play sound, or on WebTV. Windows and Mac users need the Windows Media Player, available free from Microsoft at Windows Media Downloads."
It requires WMP is why.
PS -- Under the FAQ it also says: http://www.unknowncountry.com/dreamland/listening_faq.phtml#nowmp "I can’t use Windows Media Player or I would prefer not to. Our streaming audio is in Windows Media format. Any audio software compatible with Windows Media files may be used to listen to our programs. There are a variety of options available to people who cannot use the Windows Media Player, or would prefer not to. Many alternative products exist for users of Microsoft Windows. Fewer options exist for Macintosh and Unix/Linux users. Macintosh users might begin with Microsoft's Windows Media Player for OSX. Linux users can add WMA functionality to the popular XMMS with xmms-wma. MPlayer, the movie player for linux, also supports WMA playback. Popular alternatives for Windows systems include Winamp and JetAudio. Additionally, Subscribers have access to a download area containing most, if not all, of our programs, in mp3 format. "