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How to Play a WMV File on a Mac Computer

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Play a WMV File on a Mac Computer
Play a WMV File on a Mac Computer

Macs won't play WMV files by default. Here is how you can get Quicktime to play WMV files on your Mac OS.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Mac OS X
  1. Step 1

    Download the Windows Media components from the Microsoft site.

  2. Step 2

    After downloading the Windows Media components, install them and launch Quicktime.

  3. Step 3

    Navigate to the folder that contains the WMV file and launch it.

  4. Step 4

    Your Quicktime player should now play the file smoothly.

Tips & Warnings
  • This will not play protected WMV files. You will need to do that on a Windows computer.

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jblavigne said

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on 3/8/2009 The article is excellent go there immediately: http://www.aimersoft-mac.com/articles/play-wmv-on-mac.html#129

Lynn-LU said

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on 11/19/2008 Yes ,a nice way for playing WMV.
And I also found a wonderful article about how to play WMV on Mac.
http://www.aimersoft-mac.com/articles/play-wmv-on-mac.html#129

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