How do I open videos with a .wmv ending?

[divi424]

I am a computer knowledge lightweight and I need help with this one. I have a 1 year old 24" iMac and every time I open videos with a .wmv ending, the machine downloads them but all I get is gibberish text. Do I need a program to open them? It seems like everyone sends me videos with .wmv

 

[PrinceOfEgypt]

I am a computer knowledge lightweight and I need help with this one. I have a 1 year old 24" iMac and every time I open videos with a .wmv ending, the machine downloads them but all I get is gibberish text. Do I need a program to open them? It seems like everyone sends me videos with .wmv

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx

 

[divi424]

THANKS Prince! Appreciate the quick reply!

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx

Going to download it today...

 

[hughvane]

Windows Media Player 9 (the last one issued for MacOS) will work with an Intel Mac using a Rosetta workaround. See here: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060307172148591&lsrc=osxh
and here: http://www.osnews.com/story/13902

 

[toolbox]

Try this one

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

 

[nissan.gtp]

Try this one

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

second that, VLC is excellent

 

[epyfa]

Try this one

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

I third that. Even if it is not 100% stable, it supports many different formats, so that you only need one player.

 

[jackerin]

Windows Media Player 9 (the last one issued for MacOS) will work with an Intel Mac using a Rosetta workaround.

First of all: it is true that Windows Media Player is PPC-only. But Windows Media Player is not the same as the Flip4Mac component, which, as far as I can tell, is a Universal Binary.

Windows Media® Components for QuickTime has been highly optimized for Power Mac G4 and G5 and Intel computers and supports playback of high-definition Windows Media video files.

 

[Consultant]

Google:
- Flip4mac
- VLC

Don't use windows media player.

 

[Dimwhit]

Download and install Perian. Let's you view wmv, as well as a slew of other formats, directly with Quicktime. And it's free.

 

[kolax]

Two things you should get for QuickTime to play anything (almost):

- Flip4Mac
- Perian.

Go fetch.