Windows Media Components for QuickTime: Difference between revisions

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

| developer = [[Flip4Mac]]

| latest release_version = 2.1.27

| latest release_date = [[July 27]], [[2006]]

| latest preview_version =

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It allows playback of:

* [[Windows Media Video]] 7, 8, 9, 10 SD and HD

* [[Windows Media Audio]] 7, 8, 9, 10 Professional and Lossless

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

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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, like [[NicePlayer]]. WMV Player also allows Windows media files to be associated to QuickTime Player.

On [[2006-01-12]], 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[http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/flip4mac.mspx].

==Timeline==

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

*As of 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.

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

==See also==