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Nick Boxler · March 31st, 2007, 12:13 AM

i have tried using safari and mozilla, but neither one can find the right plug in for my iMac to view wmv video online.
i'm kinda new to macs, so, don't be too mean, ;]

Jonathan Jones · March 31st, 2007, 01:04 AM

Hi Nick,
Microsoft discontinued support for the Mac Version of the Windows Media Player and they now link to a download for the free Flip4Mac Quicktime plug-in that allows you to view Windows Media content through your Quicktime engine.

Find the Flip4Mac plug-in here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...omponents.mspx

Since Quicktime is basically the engine upon which much of the OS handles much of the multimedia content, once you have the Flip4Mac plug-in correctly installed, your browser should be able to view the bulk of standard online windows media content.
-Jon

Nick Boxler · April 1st, 2007, 05:25 PM

okay, my brother turned out to say the same thing, ahahaha.
thanks for helping though, man!
oh, but isn't the Flip4Mac that you download like a trial, or like, only play 30 seconds, or something dumb like that?

Jonathan Jones · April 1st, 2007, 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nick Boxler

oh, but isn't the Flip4Mac that you download like a trial, or like, only play 30 seconds, or something dumb like that?

They do have 'for-pay' options at the flip4mac site, and they tout them pretty heavily with the easiest to find links - and depending upon how you enter the site, you may have to look through the page to find the free plug-in - but the free one is not a trial download...unless they've made changes to it since I downloaded mine some time ago.

You do have to pay a tiered pricing depending upon your intention to author Windows Media content, but just to play windows files through quicktime requires the free non-trial version.
-Jon

Adam Bray · April 1st, 2007, 11:26 PM

I use the free non trial version of Flip4. Works fine.

March 31st, 2007, 12:13 AM	#1
Nick Boxler New Boot Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: golden, colorado Posts: 16	online video trouble... i have tried using safari and mozilla, but neither one can find the right plug in for my iMac to view wmv video online. i'm kinda new to macs, so, don't be too mean, ;]

March 31st, 2007, 01:04 AM	#2
Jonathan Jones Trustee Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Healdsburg, California Posts: 1,138	Hi Nick, Microsoft discontinued support for the Mac Version of the Windows Media Player and they now link to a download for the free Flip4Mac Quicktime plug-in that allows you to view Windows Media content through your Quicktime engine. Find the Flip4Mac plug-in here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...omponents.mspx Since Quicktime is basically the engine upon which much of the OS handles much of the multimedia content, once you have the Flip4Mac plug-in correctly installed, your browser should be able to view the bulk of standard online windows media content. -Jon __________________ "Are we to go on record, sir, with our assertion that the 'pink hearts, yellow moons, orange stars, and green clovers' are, in point of fact', magically delicious?" - Walter Hollarhan before the House Subcommittee on Integrity in Advertising - May, 1974

April 1st, 2007, 05:25 PM	#3
Nick Boxler New Boot Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: golden, colorado Posts: 16	okay, my brother turned out to say the same thing, ahahaha. thanks for helping though, man! oh, but isn't the Flip4Mac that you download like a trial, or like, only play 30 seconds, or something dumb like that?

April 1st, 2007, 11:26 PM	#5
Adam Bray Major Player Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Houston/Austin Posts: 394	I use the free non trial version of Flip4. Works fine.