Flip4Mac free alternative?

[keysofanxiety]

Hi all,

As Flip4Mac is now paid only, I'm hoping for a free alternative that does the same job -- that being, play .wma files natively without opening in a third-party program.

Does anybody know of any?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Lunfai]

Hi all,

As Flip4Mac is now paid only, I'm hoping for a free alternative that does the same job -- that being, play .wma files natively without opening in a third-party program.

Does anybody know of any?

Thanks in advance.

Nope, best to bite the bullet and purchase it.

 

[roadbloc]

Perian may work for you.

 

[keysofanxiety]

Perian may work for you.

Thanks roadbloc, hadn't heard of this one before -- unfortunately it's not compatible with the latest OS or versions of QuickTime as it's no longer under development.

Thank you for your response though With the lack of alternatives seemingly available, I'm starting to see why Flip4Mac have moved away from making a free version...

 

[roadbloc]

Thanks roadbloc, hadn't heard of this one before -- unfortunately it's not compatible with the latest OS or versions of QuickTime as it's no longer under development.

Thank you for your response though With the lack of alternatives seemingly available, I'm starting to see why Flip4Mac have moved away from making a free version...

If you defiantly don't want to use a 3rd party player, the only thing I can suggest to you now is converting the WMA files into another format like MP3 or M4A. Switch trial may be long enough for you to convert all of your files into a playable format.

 

[Joelee]

Free Alternaitve for Flip4Mac

Try VLC. It works well for me.

 

[nicky0]

Seconded VLC. It's free, and plays pretty much anything.

 

[AndyK]

VLC will do what you're looking for.

 

[AlabamaSlammer]

Vlc!!!!

 

[wadjj]

If you defiantly don't want to use a 3rd party player, the only thing I can suggest to you now is converting the WMA files into another format like MP3 or M4A. Switch trial may be long enough for you to convert all of your files into a playable format.

I thought iTunes offers to do that when you try to add .wma into the iTunes library? I had my ancient .wma all converted to .m4a by iTunes when I was still on windows 7.

 

[roadbloc]

I thought iTunes offers to do that when you try to add .wma into the iTunes library? I had my ancient .wma all converted to .m4a by iTunes when I was still on windows 7.

Only the Windows version of iTunes has this ability. OS X lacks the WMA codec thus iTunes does not have the ability to import and convert.

 

[keysofanxiety]

Try VLC. It works well for me.

Seconded VLC. It's free, and plays pretty much anything.

VLC will do what you're looking for.

Vlc!!!!

Thanks all, unfortunately I needed one that allows OS X to play it natively (not in a third-party program). It's okay, we'll just use earlier versions of Flip4Mac/shell out to buy it.

Thanks again for all your help though!

 

[66318]

With the lack of alternatives seemingly available, I'm starting to see why Flip4Mac have moved away from making a free version...

Microsoft was actually funding the free version for a time, as a migration path for users of the old Windows Media Player for Mac product.

 

[sugababe]

VLC for Mac OS X is now out…VLC for OS X 2.1.5

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html
Worked perfectly for me.
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