Thread: im a greeny: What programs to watch a video on a mac
View Single Post
  #2 (permalink)  
Old June 25th, 2005
Lord of the Rings's Avatar
Lord of the Rings Lord of the Rings is offline
ContraBanned
  
Join Date: June 30th, 2004
Location: Middle of the ocean apparently (middle earth)
Posts: 656
Lord of the Rings has a distinguished reputationLord of the Rings has a distinguished reputationLord of the Rings has a distinguished reputation
Default
Mac users usually very wisely ignor M$'s WMV & WMA formats. Ignore files that ask for licencing or want you to connect to the net. These are diallers, marketers & porn sites. See this
Also be aware of autogenerated spam results & What you should know about WMA Files which also applies to WMV files.

A hint to read this: Movie download issues

A trusty mac video player is VLC: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ (choose nearest mirror site)

Whilst QuickTime player can be used, it helps if you have all the necessary 3rd party plug-ins which aren't always easy to get. And QT player cannot play WMV! VLC will be more reliable for previewing anyway. And it can play WMV files so long as they don't require licencing or have DRM.
Last edited by Lord of the Rings; June 25th, 2005 at 07:22 PM.
Reply With Quote