WMV Player for Mac

Windows Media Video or WMV is a file format developed by Microsoft to store video content in a compressed format so that movies and other video programs can be viewed on a personal computer. This video format was developed upon non-standard version of MPEG-4. But as WMV was standardized as an independent SMPTE standard and is considered to be a unique format now.

The advantage of the format it that it allows to compress large video files yet retaining considerably high quality. On-line radio stationss use this format to deliver continuous flow of data.

WMV is similiar to ASF (Advanced Systems Format). In fact, WMV is often packed into ASF and the resulting file can be named .wmv or .asf. It is possible to play WMV files on a Mac. OS X does not come with any software that can play wmv files, but there is software you can download to get the job done.

Windows Media Player for Mac

Windows Media Player for Mac offers great new ways to store and enjoy all your music, video, pictures, and recorded TV. Windows Media Player for Mac play Windows Media Audio (.wma) and Windows Media Video (.wmv) files on Mac OS X or QuickTime Player.

Introducing Windows Media Player for Mac. Sporting a new brushed steel skin for Apple's newest operating system, this new version of our player opens the world of Windows Media Player 9 content to Macintosh users, enabling them to access the best audio and video on the Web. New plug-in support added for Internet Explorer, Netscape and Safari enables playback of Windows Media files right from the browser. Windows Media Player for Mac Download

MacVCD X

MacVCD X is easy to use video media player for Mac OS X. MacVCD X plays VCD, SVCD, XVCD, SXVCD, AVI, DivX, xVID, MPEG, WMV, iMovie, video, Quicktime movies (.mov) and DV. Use the screen display you prefer - full screen display, small screen display (floating or regular window), or show on your TV.

Get the features you want - movie saving, track selection and repeat track features, Photo VCD, multi-language and karaoke VCD support with this easy to use video player. MacVCD X also features advanced features such as Hands Free speech activated controls, fast-motion, slow-motion and backwards playback. MacVCD X Download

VLC Media Player for Mac

VLC Media Player for Mac is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats for Mac OS X, including DVD AVI MPEG MPEG2 MPEG4 DivX MP3 OGG, VLC Media Player for Mac is also VCD & DVD Player for Mac, and various streaming protocols.

VLC Media Player for Mac can also function as a streaming media server. VLC Media Player is based on an open-source foundation, therefore, Updates, fixes, and addons are released frequently.

VLC Media Player for Mac is a must-have Mac media player and Mac DVD player for its ability to open just about any type of video file you throw at it. VLC Media Player for Mac Download

MPlayer OSX

MPlayer OSX is project based on MPlayer (The Movie Player for Linux) port to Mac OS X platform. MPlayer OSX consist of compiled binaries of mplayer and mencoder, separate GUI for mencoder and standalone Cocoa player application based on mplayer binaries.

MPlayer OSX impresses by playing virtually any video file type. These include MPEG/VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, RealMedia, Matroska, NUT, NuppelVideo, FLI, YUV4MPEG, FILM, RoQ and PVA files. It also supports many native, XAnim, and Win32 DLL codecs, and enables you to watch VideoCD, SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, DivX 3/4/5 and even WMV movies.

MPlayer OSX has very good postprocessing. On every image in the movie is applied a filter to reduce square areas, which comes from codec's compression algorithm. MPlayer OSX Download

Flip4Mac WMV

Flip4Mac WMV Plugin can be used with most QuickTime based applications, including QuickTime Player, iMovie '06, Final Cut Pro and more.

With the Windows Media Components for QuickTime by Flip4Mac, you can play Windows Media files (.wma and .wmv) in QuickTime Player and view Windows Media content on the Internet using a web browser.

After installing Flip4Mac WMV Plugin you can play Windows Media files using QuickTime Player and view Windows Media content on the Internet using Safari and other Web browsers. By upgrading Flip4Mac WMV Plugin you will be able to import Windows Media files for editing and create Windows Media files for distribution. These features are optional, but are available in trial mode until you're ready to purchase an upgrade. Flip4Mac WMV Download