How Do I Get Video To Play?

[BeeS4335]

Apologies for my naiveté but I've recently switched to MacBook Air. I would very much like to watch video clips from my local newspaper but when I click to watch I'm told I don't have the plug-in/MIME. It leads me to a page for download but all that does is give me a document in Text Edit. It appears as hieroglyphics/gobbledygook. Is anyone able to tell me what I should do to get this really wonderful little machine to play Windows style video clips?

[juro]

Apologies for my naiveté but I've recently switched to MacBook Air. I would very much like to watch video clips from my local newspaper but when I click to watch I'm told I don't have the plug-in/MIME. It leads me to a page for download but all that does is give me a document in Text Edit. It appears as hieroglyphics/gobbledygook. Is anyone able to tell me what I should do to get this really wonderful little machine to play Windows style video clips?

Download the Flip4Mac plugin for Quicktime.

This will let you play WMV clips.

[krye]

Download Perian while you're at it.

[BeeS4335]

Thank you. Took a couple of goes (probably me) but works well. Except I have to launch it before playing a video clip. Is that normal?

[Consultant]

Thank you. Took a couple of goes (probably me) but works well. Except I have to launch it before playing a video clip. Is that normal?

You only have to launch it once to install. Once it's installed you don't need the installer or launching it anymore.