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Earlier this week the release of Windows Media Player 11 was pushed back a few days, but the word is it will arrive very soon. Good news -- if you're a Windows user.
As a Mac user, Windows updates tend to slip by me, but Media Player is somewhat cross-platform and I would like to be able to watch .wmv movies on my Mac. Unfortunately Microsoft ceased development on the Mac version of Windows Media Player back at Windows Media Player 9.
Since that time [Flip4Mac][1] has released a set of codecs that allow you to watch .wmv files via Quicktime (Flip4Mac's free offering is essential a set of codecs that allow Quicktime to read .wmv files). With Microsoft's own website pointing Mac users to Flip4Mac, this seems to be the only option at this point.
I've been quite happy with Flip4Mac and in some ways I like .wmv better than Quicktime movies, but with the imminent release of a new version of Windows Media Player it's possible that we Mac users won't be able to view movies made with the new player.
Does anyone have an suggestions on alternate ways a Mac user can view wmv files? Are there any alternative to Flip4Mac? And does anyone know of a Mac program that can handle Windows Media DRM files (something neither Flip4Mac nor the old official WMPlayer 9 can do)?
[1]: http://www.flip4mac.com/ "Flip4Mac"
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