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. . .I can't seem to get video clips off the web to play on the Quicktime I downloaded. When I select a video, it downloads in a small window, then the icon stays, for example RUF.wmv. It shows up on my desktop, but how do I get it from there into Quicktime? Or am I not understanding something basic? Thanks very much.
 
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JMH said:
. . .I can't seem to get video clips off the web to play on the Quicktime I downloaded. When I select a video, it downloads in a small window, then the icon stays, for example RUF.wmv. It shows up on my desktop, but how do I get it from there into Quicktime? Or am I not understanding something basic? Thanks very much.
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I'm not sure but I think Quicktime doesn't play .wmv files, you need windows media player:

http://download.com.com/3000-2182-10242701.html

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NOOOO don't infect your Mac with Windows media player!
Use VLC!
(google for VideoLAN, it'll be the first one. I'm feeling lazy right now.)
 
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NOOOO don't infect your Mac with Windows media player!
Use VLC!
(google for VideoLAN, it'll be the first one. I'm feeling lazy right now.)
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Does VLC do all the codecs now? Last time I tried it it would only do about half the files I found and had some sound problems.

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it does **** near everything. It's played all but exactly one video file I've thrown at it.
 
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Thanks, I'll give VLC a try. Anything to avoid any Windows product. One more question: When I download a clip it appears as an icon on the desktop. how do I move it from there into the video player's file? Thanks again.
 
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yeah VLC is the way to go.. I use it, i know mac addikt uses it, pretty much anyone whose tried it uses it.
 
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JMH said:
Thanks, I'll give VLC a try. Anything to avoid any Windows product. One more question: When I download a clip it appears as an icon on the desktop. how do I move it from there into the video player's file? Thanks again.
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Not quite sure what you mean here... but it sounds like something a click and drag would solve?
 
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JMH said:
One more question: When I download a clip it appears as an icon on the desktop. how do I move it from there into the video player's file? Thanks again.
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If you download and install VLC - you can drag the VLC icon from your Applications folder into your Dock so it's always there for ya'. Then when you download a movie to your desktop, just drag the file to the VLC icon in the dock. It'll launch VLC and begin playing your movie.
 
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Also, if you want to be able to double-click to play in VLC:

Right-click the file
Open With -> Other
Find VNC
Make sure "Always open with" is checked

There are a number of kinds of video files and each of these must be set like this.
 

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