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CreativeTechs QuickTips #82

Week of February 20, 2006

Tech Tip: Play Windows Media files in QuickTime Player.

The bad news: Microsoft has discontinued its Windows Media Player for Macintosh.

The good news: A utility called Flip4Mac -- which lets you display and control Windows Media files within QuickTime Player 6.5 or higher. It also enables Safari to play WMV files in your browser window.

http://www.flip4mac.com

The even better news: Flip4Mac is now free to anyone who wishes to download it. (It used to cost $10.) In fact, Microsoft is now mentioning Flip4Mac as the official alternative to their discontinued media player.

Source: Flip4Mac was profiled in February's issue of Design Tools Monthly.

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