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{{Short description|MacOS media plugin}}

{{Infobox Softwaresoftware

| name = Flip4Mac - Windows Media Components for QuickTime

| name = Flip Player

| logo =

| logo = <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:WMV Player.png|48px|WMV Player icon]] -->

| screenshot = [[Image:Flip4Mac WMV PreferencePane.png|200px|The WMV Preference Pane.]]

| caption = TheFlip4Mac WMV [[Preference Pane]].

| developer = [[Flip4MacTelestream|Telestream, Inc.]]

| operating system = [[OS XmacOS]]

| discontinued = Yes

| latest release version = '''3.3.8''' (latest version for [[Mac OS X LionSnow Leopard|Mac OS X 10.76.8]] andthrough laterMac OS 10.11.6)<br>'''3.2.0.16''' (last free version for [[Mac OS X Lion|OS X 10.7]]6.8 andthrough later10.11.6.)<br>'''2.4.4.2''' (last supported version for [[Mac OS X Leopard|Mac OS X 10.5]] and [[Mac OS X Snow Leopard|Mac OS X 10.6]])

| latest release date = May, 2014

| latest previewrelease versiondate = May 2015

| latest preview date =

| platform = [[IA-32]], [[x64]]

| genre = [[Multimedia framework]]<br>[[Plug-in (computing)|Plug-in]]<br>[[Media player (software)|Media player]]

| license = [[Commercial software]] (from v3.3)<br>[[Freeware]] (until v3.2)

| website = {{URL|http://www.telestream.net/flip4mac/overviewdownload.htm}}

}}

'''Windows Media Components for QuickTime''', also known as '''Flip4Mac WMV Player''' by [[Telestream|Telestream, Inc.]] iswas one of the few commercial products that allow playback of [[Microsoft]]'s proprietary audio and video codecs inside [[QuickTime]] for [[Mac OS XmacOS]].

It allowsallowed playback of:

* [[Windows Media Video]] 7, 8, 9, SD and HD

* [[Windows Media Audio]] 7, 8, 9, Professional and Lossless

It also includesincluded a web browser plug-in to allow playback of embedded Windows Media files in web pages.

With the components installed, any QuickTime-compatible application is able to directly play WMV content. This includes the official [[QuickTime Player]] by Apple as well as countless third party players. WMV Player also allows Windows media files to be associated to QuickTime Player.

On 2006-01-January 12, 2006, Microsoft discontinued support for [[Windows Media Player]] for Mac OS X and began distributing a free version of WMV Player as Windows Media Components for QuickTime on their website .<ref>[http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/flip4mac.mspx]. Windows Media Components for QuickTime]</ref> As of June 2015, there is no longer a free version of this application offered. Flip4Mac was retired as of July 1, 2019. "If you are a current user of Flip4Mac, or your Flip4Mac stopped functioning when up upgraded your operating system, we invite you to take a look at Switch."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.telestream.net/telestream-support/flip4mac-wmv/faq.htm?kbURL=http://telestream.force.com/kb/articles/Knowledge_Article/Flip4Mac-retired-as-of-July-1-2019|title=Telestream Flip4Mac - Support - Knowledge Base|website=www.telestream.net|access-date=2019-10-23}}</ref>

==Timeline==

*July 8, 2006 – Flip4Mac did not officially run on Intel-based Macs.

*July 15, 2006 – version 2.1 of Flip4Mac now supported Windows Media Player 10 content, which was previously inaccessible to Macintosh users. This newer version also supports Intel-based Macs.

*July 27, 2006 – version 2.1 is a non-beta release of the [[Universal Binary]] format for Mac OS X.

*September 20, 2016 - Flip4Mac doesn't work in macOS Sierra (10.12)

*July 1, 2019 - Flip4Mac officially discontinued by Telestream (Telestream had stopped development as of 2016)

==See also==

* [[Flip4Mac]]

* [[Perian]]

* [[VLC media player]], an alternative [[open-source software|open source]] player

* [[Xiph QuickTime Components]]

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==

*[httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20131222230313/http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=9442 Flip4Mac 3.2.0.16 download]

*[http://dvd-mac.com/flip4mac.html Flip4Mac 3.2 and Flip4Mac 4.2.2 downloads] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141001032728/http://dvd-mac.com/flip4mac.html |date=2014-10-01 }}

*[http://www.telestream.net/telestream-support/flip4mac-wmv/faq.htm?kbURL=http://telestream.force.com/kb/articles/Knowledge_Article/Flip4Mac-retired-as-of-July-1-2019 Official retirement announcement]

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[[Category:OS X media playersQuickTime]]

[[Category:MacOS media players]]

[[Category:Codecs]]

[[Category:Component-based software engineering]]