Flip4Mac

Annoying isn't it? Flip4Mac (a free browser plug-in) can help you play .wmv files in Quicktime: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx But my experience is that it only works on some websites. Windows Media Player for Mac ios no longer supported and therefore is obsolete, so I've deleted it from my Macs. I really think that Apple...

I'm running OS X 10.3.9 on a 3 year old eMac. I've had issues with my memory before, since I'm only at 256MB, so I'm not ruling this out as a potential memory problem. My applications are crashing immediately after I open them, or after I use the application the slightest bit. Firefox is somehow working, miraculously. But I'm still having issues with iTunes, Adium, and...

where your Flip4Mac went if properly installed. ...

Hi, whenever I try to open a wmv file online, itunes automatically opens, and I get the beachball of despair. I have media player, and flip4mac installed. How can I stop this? ...

That is because Microsoft has not provided Mac users the DRM licensing. As soon as you can convince Microsoft to sell Flip4Mac the DRM you will be S.O.L. on Windows DRM files on a Mac or Linux. ...

If you can't get there with Flip4Mac (which replaces Win Media Player on the Mac), or VLC, or MPlayer - you likely can't open it on a Mac. You may have some files that require Windows, and not just WMPlayer.

Oh really?

QT Pro & Flip4Mac do not convert anything to WMA. The only export of the WM persuasion is "WMV," which isn't exactly the same thing.

The paid version of Flip4Mac with QuickTime Pro should do the trick, but why? ...

Toyviewer - a good graphics viewer with some nice tools Firefox - a great browser Thunderbird - email & newsgroup reader CocoaWget - downloader VLC - multimedia player - also does streaming Flip4Mac Perian codecs Cog - sound file player - cannot play .ogg files without it Jview - a nice viewer, especially for going through a large image collection