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wowser
Mar 17, 2004, 05:04 PM
Hi. I've only had my mac a moth opr so but am already starting to fing Windows Media Player to be almost unusable. Videos take forever to buffer and i can't even seem to fast forward along the video etc etc. Therefore, is there any other player that will play the WMV format, and does a better job than WMP?


realityisterror
Mar 17, 2004, 05:37 PM
i don't think you will be able to find anything that will play them for you...
microsoft is just stupid like that. better get used to it.

reality
wowser
Mar 17, 2004, 05:41 PM
that sucks. i hate all this 'we oen this file type' crap
briankonar
Mar 17, 2004, 05:47 PM
Hi. I've only had my mac a moth opr so but am already starting to fing Windows Media Player to be almost unusable. Videos take forever to buffer and i can't even seem to fast forward along the video etc etc. Therefore, is there any other player that will play the WMV format, and does a better job than WMP?

VLC .7 does a fairly decent job with WMV and ASF, although fast forwarding gives a weird "inverted" color for a few frames and then reverts to normal. Far more usable than WMP.

i don't think you will be able to find anything that will play them for you...
microsoft is just stupid like that. better get used to it.

reality

fortunately your reality doesn't seem to coincide with mine.
wowser
Mar 17, 2004, 06:12 PM
thnaks - i'll give it a try :)
Heb1228
Mar 17, 2004, 06:19 PM
What is VLC .7 ? initials don't help if i don't already know what program you're talking about
RiseAgainst
Mar 17, 2004, 07:00 PM
What is VLC .7 ? initials don't help if i don't already know what program you're talking about


VLC stands for VideoLanClient......but if your searching for it at VersionTracker or Macupdate search for VLC. You don't really see it as VideoLanClient.
realityisterror
Mar 17, 2004, 07:26 PM
VLC .7 does a fairly decent job with WMV and ASF, although fast forwarding gives a weird "inverted" color for a few frames and then reverts to normal. Far more usable than WMP.


i stand corrected. that's why it's always better to stick in that "think" :p

reality
blackfox
Mar 17, 2004, 07:42 PM
...mplayer also does the job...I prefer it to VLC, but between the two, there is nary a file they cannot handle...
stoid
Mar 17, 2004, 08:18 PM
I think it's just ridiculous that you have to register QuickTime for the Pro version just to play back movies full screen.
wowser
Mar 17, 2004, 08:39 PM
yeah - be nice if pro came with all apples, rather than offering what even windows users ger for free


as for this vlc player, i can't get it to work. i paste a url into the player and it won't play. clicking on a wmv link just opens a blank window