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The essential QuickTime plugin for playing Windows Media files, Flip4Mac, has been updated. In addition to bug fixes, etc., the new beta version 2.1.1.70 adds the significant improvement of support for Windows Media 9 Advanced playback. If you've been running into incompatibilities with a favorite site that uses that codec check out this latest version.Use Spotlight as a reference tool. Type any word in the Spotlight box and one of the top entries will be a definition. Click on it, and it will bring up the dictionary application to check the word in either the dictionary, thesaurus, Apple database, or Wikipedia.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
George said 7:01PM on 4-30-2007
Honestly, I don't have any favourite website using Microsoft video technologies, but kudos to Filp4Mac team, the also offer a really good support.
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Pete said 7:11PM on 4-30-2007
Finally! I never really understood why this wasn't implemented, as Microsoft stopped supporting WMP on the mac and now directs you to Flip4Mac...
It actually works, now I can watch those cnn videos
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Andy Somogyi said 8:56PM on 4-30-2007
The Flip4Mac plugin is a great player, and is absolutly indespensible with the majority of websites publishing in windows media format.
I really really wish Apple would have some sort of agreement with Flip4Mac so that it would be included be default with new Macs.
I have stopped counting the number of new Mac users who ask me how to play web videos.
The sad reality is that most websites do use this microsoft format, and when a new Mac user tries to look at thier favorite websites and can not, it leaves a bad impression of Apple products.
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Dan Woods said 9:58PM on 4-30-2007
I find that most of the WMV on the web isn't worth watching anyway. Most of the good content is in Quicktime h.264 or Flash.
There is quite a lot of crap in Quicktime and Flash too, but most of the crap is WMV.
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Fornya said 4:11AM on 5-01-2007
This is a beta you're linking to, no? Any idea how that affects a Flip4Mac Pro account?
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Garrick said 10:09AM on 5-01-2007
Let us know when it comes out of beta. No offense to the F4M team -- I just don't feel like being adventurous today.
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Antonio said 11:21AM on 5-01-2007
Yeah, Flip4Mac is definitely something that has to live on your Mac, but I would prefer Quicktime...that ain't gonna happen though. WMV dominates the video landscape on the net, and the problem further compounds when the various providers wrap weird codecs inside a WMV. If they could all just settle on the compatible formats that F4M already deals with.
BTW, Telestream has a new DVD imaging app out now that I think is pretty good. I actually like the idea of working with a DVD copying program that's on the "up and up", And, it produces complete imaged copies in the original resolution. Check it out HERE
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