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It also includes 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, 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].