orbit help

I use IE7 and orbit to access sites that have videos I want to save, so I can view them without having to wait for them to "stream"( I don't really know what stream is though)
I save the video to my harddrive, but when I go to open the saved file, it opens "MY ADOBE PHOTOSHOP" I want it to open WMP, I can't open it through the WMP as the files don't show up
can someone help me with what I'm doing wrong?
thanks

 

Vista or XP? What happens when you right click on the video file and select "open with"? Your should be able to find an option to select Windows Media Player from a list? It's usually the last option on the little menu. When you select that, the list opens.

Videos should be saved to your My Videos folder.

You should also check what version of Windows Media Player you're running. Perhaps it's just too old.

There's also the possibility of downloading extra codecs for WMP.

 

XP
wmp version 9(that's what it says)
codecs? no idea what those are

I changed the destination to a folder I wanted so they arent save to MY VIDEOS folder
I just can't get the saved files to play using WMP!

 

Your player is way too old. Version 9 came in January 2003. We running number 11 now and the release of version 12 is expected any day. Here - download the newest one: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/11/default.aspx

 

Windows Media Player is freeware which is why it's only partially updated automatically via Microsoft Update. If you go there and click the button "Custom" - not the button "Express" you'll probably get offered a number of updates for other freeware products from Microsoft. Give it a try: http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-US