[DM-MUG] WMV files

[Matt W]

I second Flip4Mac. I was about to purchase it until Macworld. MS  
decided that they didn't want to develop WMP for Mac anymore so now  
maybe Telestream will do it right. The only issues I've seen so far  
is that it doesn't do some online content or DRM through QT just yet.

You probably did read older files using a reader that you've  
previously installed, but, there are a lot of issues when playing  
differently-encoded media files. Even if you run across an .AVI,  
or .WMV, or many other file types, there are *many, many* different  
methods of encodings within that type. Just because the player has  
played .WMV files before, doesn't mean it will play all of them in  
the future.

VLC (videolan.org) and MPlayer (versiontracker) are good  
alternatives. Each has its own pros & cons.

Matthew

On Jan 26, 2006, at 6:20 PM, John Rearick wrote:

> You can download and install a free QuickTime plug-in to play WMV  
> files.  You can find it at http://www.flip4mac.com/wmv.htm .  My  
> experience with this plug-in has been better than with the official  
> Microsoft Windows Media Player.
>
> John