- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Mac OS X 10.2, Mac OS X 10.1, Mac OS X 10.3
- Date added: November 06, 2003
- Total Downloads: 965,714
- Downloads last week: 3,190
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 77 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
While you may need a player for Windows Media, this is probably not the program you want. It features a brushed metal Aqua interface and complies only with older Windows Media files (this app was released in 2003), but the video quality is not what Mac people are used to. When you move the playback window, quality degrades. What's worse, this free program wants an administrator password when you install it. Although Windows Media files are smaller than some popular alternatives, this particular player is strictly for those who have no other option. VLC Media Player is a much better choice.Publisher's description
From Microsoft :Sporting a new brushed steel skin for Apple's newest operating system, this new version of our player opens the world of Windows Media 9 content to Macintosh users, enabling them to access the best audio and video on the Web. New plug-in support added for Internet Explorer, Netscape and Safari enables playback of Windows Media files right from the browser.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 1.9 stars out of 77 votes
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5 out of 10 people found this review helpful
Version: Windows Media Player 9.0
Pros: It matches the native Mac interface...
Cons: ALL it does is play Windows Media and that's it. No AVI, MPEG, MP3, NOTHING. I don't even think it plays those files in Safari or any other web browsers either. It's quite a waste.
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1 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Windows Media Player 9.0
Pros: NOT BAD AT ALL
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3 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Windows Media Player 9.0
"What is Popular must not be good!"
Pros: Very popular.
Cons: Not too much features.
Control.
Stream connections.
Design.
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6 out of 10 people found this review helpful
Version: Windows Media Player 9.0
"i cant get it to play videos on the msn site or yahoo??"
Pros: its free, i guess, i see no pros
Cons: i download and installed it, went to yahoo and it will not play any videos, on the msn site it says i dont meet system requirements, maybe its because of firefox?? who knows, but i hate it
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: Windows Media Player 9.0
"Absolute crap - sums up Windows!"
Pros: You can move it to the trash simply enough!
Cons: This is absolute rubbish and if it is windows' showcase for the mac there it certainly wont have users switching any time soon! Don't download it as it will just quit on opening. This means that many streaming files are impossible to view. I also had difficulty with the installer just hanging. When visiting this site I realised that I wasn't the only one!
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