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mlnixon@aol.com
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Mar 3, 2008 , 02:25 AM
 
How can I get my iMac to recognize and read wmv format?
     
silver
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Mar 3, 2008 , 02:52 AM
 
Use VLC and that should be able to play your .wmv files. Also there's Flip4Mac and I've come across a few .wmv that I could open with Perian & Quicktime combo.


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danangdoc
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Mar 3, 2008 , 11:48 AM
 
Go to Flip4Mac - Digital Media Tools for the Mac and download (free) vers 2.2 I had vers 2.1 and it worked fine - just updated this weekend. Brief install after download.
     
TravisReynolds
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Mar 3, 2008 , 09:06 PM
 
Yes, do what danangdoc says. Flip4Mac sense i've used it has been amazing. Everything plays in quicktime
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Gavin
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Mar 3, 2008 , 09:10 PM
 
While you're at it get Perian to play everything else too.

Perian - The swiss-army knife of QuickTime® components
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antoniola
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Apr 21, 2008 , 12:09 PM
 
All good advise...Flip4Mac is the primary plug in, BUT, if you run into and DRM protected content, it won't play. That's 'digital rights management'...
     
King Bob On The Cob
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Apr 21, 2008 , 07:17 PM
 
Well, there is no way at all to play DRM WMA content on your Apple Macintosh. Sorry.
     
   
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