Windows Media Components for QuickTime

Windows Media Components for QuickTime

Infobox Software
name = WMV Player



caption = The WMV Preference Pane.
developer = Flip4Mac
latest release_version = 2.1.2.72
latest release_date = May 24, 2007
latest preview_version =
latest preview_date =
operating system = Mac OS X
platform =
genre = Multimedia framework plug-in
license =
website = [http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx Link]

Windows Media Components for QuickTime, also known as Flip4Mac WMV Player by Telestream, Inc. is one of the few commercial products that allow playback of Microsoft's proprietary audio and video codecs inside QuickTime for Mac OS X.

It allows playback of:
* Windows Media Video 7, 8, 9, SD and HD
* Windows Media Audio 7, 8, 9, Professional and Lossless

It also includes a web browser plug-in to allow playback of embedded Windows Media files in web pages.

With the components installed, any QuickTime-compatible application is able to directly play WMV content. This includes the official QuickTime Player by Apple as well as countless third party players. WMV Player also allows Windows media files to be associated to QuickTime Player.

On 2006-01-12, Microsoft discontinued support for Windows Media Player for Mac OS X and began distributing a free version of WMV Player as Windows Media Components for QuickTime on their website [http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/flip4mac.mspx] .

Timeline

*July 8, 2006 - Flip4Mac did not officially run on Intel-based Macs.
*July 15, 2006 - version 2.1 of Flip4Mac now supported Windows Media Player 10 content, which was previously inaccessible to Macintosh users. This newer version also supports Intel-based Macs.
*July 27, 2006 - version 2.1 is a non-beta release of the Universal Binary format for OS X.

ee also

* Flip4Mac
* Perian
* VLC media player, an alternative open source player
* Xiph QuickTime Components

External links

* [http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx Official download site] (microsoft.com)
*

http://www.flip4mac.com/


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