Playing PC WMVs

[brand.new]

I have movies that are wmv files for pc only.
is there anyway i can convert them and get them to play on my powerbook g4?

 

[Benjamin]

http://www.flip4mac.com/

 

[epochblue]

My understanding is that Flip4Mac will only play WMVs up to WMP9? If your files are WMP10 or 11, then I don't think Flip4Mac will handle them correctly; so, be aware of that.

 

[im_to_hyper]

I have found that many movies that don't play in Flip4Mac or in Windows Media Player for OS X will indeed run in VLC

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

 

[brand.new]

i have flip and vlc, flip wouldnt open the file and vlc played it but it was all distorted and i couldnt see anything. I checked and found out you need wmp 10 or higher so i guess im S.O.L...thanks for the quick responses...if you have any other ideas let me know.

 

[im_to_hyper]

My only other thought would be to get Virtual PC, install Windows XP, and WMP 10. I have parallels set up on my Intel iMac just for this purpose.

 

[clevin]

u can still install windows media player for mac, its not universal, its slow, but it still works.

 

[im_to_hyper]

Windows Media for Mac will only play Windows Media 9 files, so its the same boat as the other pieces of software.

 

[clevin]

Windows Media for Mac will only play Windows Media 9 files, so its the same boat as the other pieces of software.

no, i have some cases where only old WMP can play while both VLC and flip4mac fail.

 

[im_to_hyper]

Oh really? Wow. I'll have to try that sometime, although I haven't really dealt with wmv files often.

 

[brand.new]

do you mean to try windows media player 7?

 

[clevin]

do you mean to try windows media player 7?

i mean this
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/windowsmediaplayerformacosx.html

 

[brand.new]

oh yea..that was the first thing i tried..still no luck

i tried converting to divx but that didnt work either, oh well i guess im running out of options