Windows Media Player for Mac ? ? ?

[lugesm]

Anyone using this? Is there a downside to having this program on my iMac?

Would appreciate comments from anyone using this program.

Thanks,
L

 

[Tallest Skil]

Downside? Yes. It's unsupported.

Get Flip4Mac.

 

[lugesm]

Someone also recommended a program called "VLC."

Any thoughts or comparisons?

Thanks,
L

 

[wrldwzrd89]

VLC works great for those oddball formats Flip4Mac and Perian can't play, such as MKV. I recommend you get all 3 - that way, you're covered unless you encounter a WM file wrapped in MS DRM, which none of those can play.

 

[lugesm]

I went to the "Flip4Mac" site and found a link to MS to download a QuickTime plug-in that provides just the capability to read WMV and WMA files, both on the computer and on the Internet through Safari. This plug-in for QuickTime was free and seems to work OK.

Thanks for your help and advice.

Regards,
L

 

[marmiteturkey]

Another vote for VLC - seem to have a lot of movie files that QT can't handle, even with Flip4Mac installed. Best to have both, as they're both free...

 

[messedkid]

I use Quicktime along with the Perian Codec.

Perian will install in your System Preferences and allow you to watch practically every video format in Quicktime.

I used VLC for awhile, but didn't like having 2 different video players, when I would only use one.

http://perian.org/