Newbie mac question

[llrickman]

I've looked around and I can't find the awnser for me question . I get lots of wmv files on email and I seem to be having trouble plaing them on my new macbook. I asked the "genius" at the apple store when I bought it if it would play them he said it would.
Am I doing something wrong , do I need to change something or will it just not play them since they are windows media

Thanks
I am slowly figuring this thing out lol

[pjw]

http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/175

try that link, gives you a couple options

[gotzaiPhone]

I actually got Flip4Mac WMV right off of the apple website and its a plug in for quicktime that plays all that is windows media. it works flawlessly for me.

[acosmichippo]

VLC media player (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html) is another option. It plays anything. Even non-media.

[Classick]

I actually got Flip4Mac WMV right off of the apple website and its a plug in for quicktime that plays all that is windows media. it works flawlessly for me.

The only problem with Flip 4 Mac is that each .wmv has to be coded every time you play it by Quicktime, which can take a minute or two- depending on the length of the video.

[llrickman]

I got VLC and it works great

[Ramesh]

VLC works well.

[Classick]

VLC is really glitchy for me. It either crashes or I get distortion when I try fast forwarding through movies.

[acosmichippo]

huh... i've found just the opposite. I started using it because quicktime was f'ing up more and more.

[Classick]

Mac is starting to seem like an inconsistent OS.

[acosmichippo]

The OS is fine... i just think Quicktime is lacking a bit.

[Classick]

It works perfect for me, but VLC is a trainwreck.