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Flip4Mac WMV 2.3.1.2 for Mac

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Price: Free
Operating system: Mac OS X 10.6/10.4 PPC/Intel/10.5 PPC/Intel
Date added: December 11, 2009
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CNET editors' rating: 4.0 stars
Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 32 votes
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CNET editors' review

Reviewed by: Paul Hughes on November 16, 2009

Most PCs can handle QuickTime videos, but playback for Windows Media (WMV) files on a Mac isn't always predictable. Flip4Mac WMV is a free collection of QuickTime components that lets you play WMV and Microsoft Silverlight files on your Mac, either through QuickTime Player or right in your browser. You can also pay to upgrade Flip4Mac for more advanced WMV features, such as importing, exporting, and creating encoding profiles, which integrate with other QuickTime applications like Final Cut Pro.

If you just want to play videos, you only need the free Flip4Mac WMV Player. Flip4Mac then installs plug-ins that let you play Windows Media streams and Silverlight media in Safari and other browsers. (You can also customize your installation if you don't want to install Silverlight.) You can change your settings in the Flip4Mac preference pane later, but for the most part this app's functionality is invisible once installed, with playback in your browser that's nearly indistinguishable from QuickTime.

Flip4Mac isn't perfect--for example, it can't play Windows Media Digital Rights Management, and it hasn't fully made the jump to handle Safari's default 64-bit mode in Snow Leopard. But if you ever visit the growing number of sites that use WMV and Silverlight (such as Netflix and its Watch Instantly titles), Flip4Mac gives you a free, easy way to watch videos on those sites.

Publisher's description

From Telestream :

With the Windows Media Components for QuickTime by Flip4Mac, you can play Windows Media files (.wma and .wmv) in QuickTime Player and view Windows Media content on the Internet using a web browser.

The Windows Media Components for QuickTime have been highly optimized and support playback of Windows Media HD.

What's new in this version:

Fixes an audio bug when exporting from Final Cut Pro that was causing it to hang.
Fixes importing MP3 audio and exporting multi-channel audio.
Allows third-party applications to fully import a WMV clip from their application when QTMovieOpenAsyncOKAttribute=NO.

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Average user rating: 4.1 stars out of 32 votes
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4 stars

Version: Flip4Mac WMV 2.3.1.2

"Works very effectivley"

by Davjus on January 30, 2010

Pros: Easy to use

Cons: No Problems found

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5 stars

Version: Flip4Mac WMV 2.3.1.2

"Does exactly what it says it will without problems."

by spedteacher127 on January 22, 2010

Pros: See above.

Cons: None that come to mind.

Summary: Get it, use it.

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5 stars

Version: Flip4Mac WMV 2.3.1.2

"Great product Can't live with out"

by fitzt on January 3, 2010

Pros: Saves me a lot of work with adding expensive software to get the job done

Cons: None. Just keep the update coming

Summary: I can't live with out it!

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4 stars

Version: Flip4Mac WMV 2.3.1.2

"I'd rather have this than not, and it's free."

by michaelharmon on December 30, 2009

Pros: Ability to view wmv files on the mac.

Cons: Apple should include this in Quicktime, but they don't. This is the next best thing. Thank you to the developer for doing this.

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4 stars

Version: Flip4Mac WMV 2.3.1.2

"Does what it promises"

by ares1pres on December 29, 2009

Pros: The free version allows you to play your MWV files on your Mac without any clitches. The Pro version (not free of charge, but at a reasonable price) is required when you want to convert your windows files to the Quick Time format.

Cons: Would be good if the number of versions could be reduced to two, the free one and a Pro version. The latter including all the capabilities of the higher priced versions. In that case a somewhat higher price for the Pro version would be acceptable.

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