Running I.E. on a Mac (Re: Online Japanese TV Free Trial)

[drainer at mpinet.net]

 I haven't tested it out myself (only checking e-mail lately, no web use), 
but from the other messages it sounds exactly like Netflix's codec, which I 
think is based on ActiveX, and you guessed it, doesn't work with anything 
other than IE.

 However, your last comment sounds like another problem altogether!
 Seems redundant for the block, when there are other internet based TV 
services available in Japan. But then again, that's how business is 
conducted in Japan, if it's explicitly for 'export' purposes then that's the 
only market share it will get.

 Has anyone else outside of Japan tried internet TV through other services?

 I have an acquaintance who gets real time Tokyo broadcasts at his business, 
I think he uses the original internet TV service based in Japan, registered 
to a Japanese address. He has it streaming through a television set and it 
works well, however, I have no idea how the setup takes place. From my 
understanding, I am led to believe that users in Japan get the service and 
relay it through some server where upon the international user can access 
it. I'm not sure it's as simple as a login/password, since we know they 
block non .jp IPs.

 That is the service I would like to try out, even though it's an obvious 
grey area.

-d

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark D. Roberts" <mroberts37 at mail-central.com>
To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 9:58 AM
Subject: Re: Running I.E. on a Mac (Re: Online Japanese TV Free Trial)


>
> On May 2, 2008, at 9:40 PM, <drainer at mpinet.net> <drainer at mpinet.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> I think it's called ie4osx.
>
> http://www.kronenberg.org/ies4osx/
>
> Note that you must have an Intel processor for this option.
>
> It's still an open question why the J-Net service "requires" IE and 
> Windows. For the most part, browsers are supposed to be platform  neutral. 
> If it's just for a video codec, might be possible to find the  right one 
> for another OS X browser. If it's ActiveX or a plug-in or,  shudder, some 
> other Microsoft stuff like COM, then it's a hard  technical requirement.
>
> It is possible, though, that J-Net's service organization simply isn't 
> trained to deal with anything other than IE, and that there is no real 
> technical hurdle involved. They just couldn't help a Mac user if, for 
> example, s/he called in with a service question. It is also possible  that 
> their web site could work with other browsers, but they enforce  the 
> requirement by having their server sniff the "user-agent" header  from 
> your browser and refusing service to anything other than IE. In  the 
> latter case, you could use Camino or Opera to spoof their server  to get 
> access.
>
> I went to look at the J-Net site to get more details, but it  completely 
> blocks access from browsers inside Japan!
>
> M