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Windows Media Player is Dead, Long Live...

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..."Windows Media Components for QuickTime."

Microsoft has begun distributing the Flip4Mac Windows Media plugin for QuickTime. (Though in typical Microsoft fashion, their version is slightly out-of-date; the current version fixes some problems with the QuickTime 7.0.4.)

It seems this will be replacing the unreliable (and difficult to remove) Windows Media Player for OS X in the future.
 
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badmojo

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Yea, the first version of their release was horrible. It crashed QT and Safari after every play. This version seems better and I'm thrilled to be rid of WMV for Mac.
 
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topshot

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Can it work with DRM content though.

I hate it how if you use any MS software you also have to use everyother piece of thier software. They should be made to make their software cross-platform. Their are also plenty of reports of it not working with other video sites.
 

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