Flip4Mac WMV is a collection of Windows Media Components for QuickTime that allow you to play, import, and export Windows Media video and audio files on your Mac using your favorite QuickTime-based applications.
Flip4Mac WMV 2.1 Beta (Universal) program is now open to the public.
Changes in this beta release
• Added universal binary support for Intel Macs
• Added playback optimizations for Intel Macs
• Added significant export optimizations for PowerPC Macs
• Added multi language audio support in player
• Added overlay when importing WMV content in trial mode
• Added support for web authors to disable “save as” feature in embedded stream
• Improved support for MMS servers and live streams
• Fixed DCT Blocking issue (progressive deterioration with increasing distance from previous keyframe)
• Fixed encode errors when the audio bit rate is set higher than the video bit rate
Not yet added (planned for final release)
• Fix 2-pass VBR green shift issue
• Updated User Guide
More info and download link: http://www.flip4mac.com/wmv_beta.htm
MacDailyNews Note: According to a note on the site, the download “link is no longer active – look for release coming soon.” FYI: We have been using Flip4Mac WMV 2.1.0.24 Beta on Intel-powered Macs for a few weeks now and it seems to work as well as the PowerPC version we’ve used in the past.
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Related articles:
Flip4Mac WMV for Mac OS X goes Universal – June 06, 2006
Windows Media Components for Apple’s QuickTime by Flip4Mac distributed free by Microsoft – January 11, 2006