Comments on: Forget Windows Media Player, Here Are 3 Free Ways to Play WMV Video on a Mac http://osxdaily.com/2012/07/17/play-wmv-on-mac/ News, tips, software, reviews, and more for Mac OS X, iPhone, iPad Fri, 24 May 2013 05:38:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: steelo brown http://osxdaily.com/2012/07/17/play-wmv-on-mac/#comment-409216 steelo brown Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:35:46 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=31839#comment-409216 One word of warning if you decide to upgrade Flip4Mac, there's several options designed to force you spend more. I recently had to convert a video for a client to WMV. After purchasing the "Studio" version we found there were not even basic options for encoding the WMV and the quality was very poor. Upgrading to the Studio Pro HD is 3 times the price. Kind of a con. One word of warning if you decide to upgrade Flip4Mac, there’s several options designed to force you spend more.

I recently had to convert a video for a client to WMV. After purchasing the “Studio” version we found there were not even basic options for encoding the WMV and the quality was very poor. Upgrading to the Studio Pro HD is 3 times the price. Kind of a con.

]]> By: matt http://osxdaily.com/2012/07/17/play-wmv-on-mac/#comment-407935 matt Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:17:34 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=31839#comment-407935 mplayer osx extended has been abandoned. this fork of mplayer works great: https://sites.google.com/site/hermihg/ also would recommend Movist 1.2: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/movist/id461788075 mplayer osx extended has been abandoned.

this fork of mplayer works great:
https://sites.google.com/site/hermihg/

also would recommend Movist 1.2:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/movist/id461788075

]]> By: outket http://osxdaily.com/2012/07/17/play-wmv-on-mac/#comment-407843 outket Wed, 18 Jul 2012 07:23:40 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=31839#comment-407843 MPlayerX has a serious issue with its rendering engine that results in blurry image quality. It's easy to notice if you play the same HD video side by side in MPlayerX and VLC. The developer has been aware of the problem since December 2011. http://code.google.com/p/mplayerx/issues/detail?id=703 MPlayerX has a serious issue with its rendering engine that results in blurry image quality. It’s easy to notice if you play the same HD video side by side in MPlayerX and VLC. The developer has been aware of the problem since December 2011.

http://code.google.com/p/mplayerx/issues/detail?id=703

]]> By: outket http://osxdaily.com/2012/07/17/play-wmv-on-mac/#comment-407840 outket Wed, 18 Jul 2012 07:13:10 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=31839#comment-407840 MPlayer OSX Extended hasn't been updated in 18 months. It's dead. MPlayer OSX Extended hasn’t been updated in 18 months. It’s dead.

]]> By: Kr00 http://osxdaily.com/2012/07/17/play-wmv-on-mac/#comment-407832 Kr00 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 05:33:14 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=31839#comment-407832 You forgot to mention Perian. I understand it's being retired shortly, but it was a better option than Flip4Mac. VLC has always been the backstop video player after Quicktime, but since MPlayerX came out, it gets a gold star too. You forgot to mention Perian. I understand it’s being retired shortly, but it was a better option than Flip4Mac. VLC has always been the backstop video player after Quicktime, but since MPlayerX came out, it gets a gold star too.

]]> By: inket http://osxdaily.com/2012/07/17/play-wmv-on-mac/#comment-407768 inket Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:54:46 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=31839#comment-407768 MPlayer OSX Extended (http://www.mplayerosx.ch) is really nice, too. MPlayer OSX Extended (http://www.mplayerosx.ch) is really nice, too.

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