For the first time, it introduces its own player - Flip Player - but it will still allow you to view WMV videos in QuickTime. However, with Perian only supporting older versions of WMA and now no longer being developed, Flip4Mac is set to become the most logical choice for users, especially because it is officially endorsed by Microsoft and effectively, the official Windows Media Player for Mac.įlip4Mac 3.0 is not just a plugin for QuickTime however.
The most common solution for users has been to install a multimedia player such as VLC media player or a plugin such as Perian or Flip4Mac which both allow QuickTime to play WMV files. WMV is Microsoft's own video format which by default, won't play on Macs since Apple's own video format is QuickTime. Fixed encode errors when the audio bit rate is set higher than the video bit rate.First some background to Flip4Mac.Fixed DCT Blocking issue (progressive deterioration with increasing distance from previous keyframe).Improved support for MMS servers and live streams.Added support for web authors to disable "save as" feature in web browser.Added overlay when importing WMV content in trial mode.
Added significant export optimizations for PowerPC Macs.Added playback optimizations for Intel Macs.Now I can go back and watch all those WMV's I've been stashing in a folder until this day came. Long story short, if you run an Intel-powered Mac and need to be able to view Windows Media files, go get Flip4Mac's WMV component! I can hear Mac users everywhere rejoicing. Microsoft then stopped producing WMP for the Mac and made a deal with Flip4Mac to offer their windows media plugin for QuickTime at no charge. As most people know, Microsoft has never been fond of supporting Mac users, so when Intel processors were introduced to the Mac, Microsoft could care less about getting its outdated Windows Media Player software running. After lingering in a non-existent then beta phase for what seemed like an eternity, Flip4Mac has been released as a Universal Binary.
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