Filed under: Software, Video, Beta Beat
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.Filed under: Multimedia, Software, Video, Deals
Ok, so for whatever reason you just need to have the ability to encode darling little WMVs on your Mac, Flip4Mac is probably the way you'll want to go, and macZOT! makes the encoding software more appealing with a nice 35% off discount. The full-fledged Flip4Mac WMV Studio package typically runs $49, but with this offer (good for today only) the price gets knocked down to just under $32. As a side note, you don't need to spend any money to play Windows Media files: simply grab the free plugin. The software requires OS X 10.3.9, and QuickTime 6.5 or later. (Don't shoot the messenger!)Filed under: Software
Telestream (aka the "Flip4Mac" people) announced the 4.2 release of its "Episode" compression software for Mac. Episode provides compression solutions for both the desktop (from $395) and for workgroups (from $6500) for media distribution on the web, podcasts, and DVD. Version 4.2 adds VC-1 HDV and 5.1 surround sound support, WMA Pro Audio and (on the proper machines) real-time HD encoding. The higher-end solutions offer field-order control plus multi-server job queuing and reprioritizing.Filed under: Software, Universal Binary
People who want to play Windows Media files on their Intel Macs can rejoice, eventually. That's right, Telestream, the makers of the very cool Flip4Mac which enables Quicktime to play Windows Media files, have posted a note on their website. It basically says that they are working on a Universal Binary and they hope to release it within the next few weeks.Filed under: Audio, Software, Video, Internet Tools, Universal Binary
For Intel Mac users who either love or hate WMV but have to deal with it one way or another, Flip4Mac has just begun beta testing the long-awaited Universal Binary version of their WMV QuickTime components. Announced in their forums today, it is more or less an invite-yourself program, as I had to contact them weeks ago to get on their email announcement list.Filed under: Audio, Software, Video
Some users,
myself included, are reporting that the 3rd party Flip4Mac plugin Microsoft recently purchased and offered
for free seems to break QuickTime Pro's ability to export movie files. This morning I was trying to compress and export
to H.264 some AVI files I shot with my Canon digicam over the weekend, but was met with relentless "error
-2126" messages. Some research revealed a few articles and Apple Support threads, like this one, that have found
this and various other buggy issues with the WMV plugin, but most of them pointed to this Flip4Mac support topic on the grubby process of
uninstalling and/or Flip4Mac. A future release of the plugin promises a true, automated uninstaller option, but for
now: if you're having QuickTime issues like this after installing Flip4Mac, try going through their uninstallation process to reclaim the software's
abilities.Filed under: Multimedia, Software
Yesterday, we wrote about the extraordinary
generosity that Microsoft displayed by distributing the Flip4Mac player available for free. Flip4Mac is a tool that allows you to play WMV files with
Quicktime. Before you get a warm fuzzy for Microsoft, check this out: They've
suspended development of Windows Media Player for Mac OS X. No big loss, of course, especially now that we have an
alternative.Holding the Command key (aka the Apple key) and pressing Tab will cycle through your open applications. It's easier to Cmd-Tab if you are Copy (Cmd-C) and Pasting (Cmd-V) to and from various applications.
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