Flip4Mac

The system is an iMac G5 rev. b, 10.4.4, QT Pro 7.04, Player 7.04. Flip4mac 2.0.1 is installed. BT firmware version 3.1965. ...

Is this since the OSX10.4.4 update? No problems on my machine Or have you used flip4mac, it has been fixed now to version 2.01, version 2.00 was causing quicktime7.04 crashes and I guess could do the same to iTunes. Just a thought ;)

What kind of video is it, i.e., what's its extension (.mov, .wmv)? You'll probably want to get the free flip4mac player at http://www.flip4mac.com/ It allows Quicktime to play various Windows Media, without installing Microsoft Windows Media Player for Mac (which MS may not even distribute any more). Flip4mac now includes a plugin for Safari _and_ Firefox, so you'll be...

Download the new Flip4Mac codecs: http://flip4mac.com/wmv.htm VLC and QuickTime should be able to play most WMV files after installation.

MPlayer and VLC are great for older files, but they can't decode WMV3 (WMP 9) video, which makes them useless for newer movies. Flip4Mac's codec handles WMV3 video, though, as does Windows Media Player (although it sucks). Flip4Mac's WMV Player is really good.

OS X maintains a database, and updates its entry for each application whenever that application is moved. So when you install an application, it's added to the database. When you delete it, it's removed. And every time you move it, it's updated. I often tweak my applications to allow them to accept dropped files of types they don't normally accept. One example is QuickTime...

I just dowloaded Flip4Mac which is a plug in for Quicktime that opens .WMV files. ...

This makes sense why M$ went with flip4mac. http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/01/13/wmpplayer/index.php

I just upgraded back to QuickTime 7.04 after downgrading to make Flip4Mac work. I upgraded to the latest version of Flip4Mac then let Software Update do the upgrade to QuickTime 7.04. ...

They knew their WMP sucked the big one so it's easier and cheaper for them to pay the little bit of money to license the Flip4Mac plugin. ...