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- 4g3nt_Smith, on 10/12/2007, -4/+78http://rapidshare.de/files/22303367/Flip4Mac_WMV_v2_1_0_24.dmg.html
For those not lucky enough to get in on the actual beta. - cavemonkey50, on 10/12/2007, -8/+56You guys have no appreciation. This is a CLOSED BETA and someone was kind enough to make it available to you for free.
- 4g3nt_Smith, on 10/12/2007, -1/+28plain http download for all the angry people:
http://nicklin.us/Flip4Mac_WMV_v2_1_0_24.dmg - cavemonkey50, on 10/12/2007, -5/+22@dracula: Because downloading a torrent at 1Kb/s is so much faster than waiting 30 seconds to type in a verification code.
- threepio, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14A big thank you for this one Agent Smith. Cheers.
- aquax, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14That whopping .3% of the internet must be a great place for you :-)
- lowededwookie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13MP3 is crap. MP4 AAC is just so much better.
AVI technically isn't a format. It's a wrapper for WMV, MP4, MPEG very much like MOV files.
MP4 H.264 is an awesome format for small size and high quality picture. When I "make backups" of my DVDs I always use H.264.
WMV on ANY platform is crap not just the Mac.
Haven't really used OGG or FLAC so I won't comment on that. I have to admit that for me AAC is perfect as I don't often just sit and listen to music, I'm normally doing other things at the same time so I don't need absolutely pitch perfect music. - damien6669, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12a rootkit? somebody get this guy some duct tape for his tinfoil hat.
- JackAxe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8MP3, OGG??? QUICKTIME??? (I guess you don't know that this is Apple's "native" Format...) What? I've "never" had a problem playing any of those formats. I was playing MP3s on my Macs back in 96, which was the first time I was introduced to them. OGG has never been a problem I just don't use it, since it's advantages are null when you have plenty of storage space.
WMV plays fine on my Macs. I've been using Flip4Mac since I found them the other year. I use it to convert the WMVs I get from clients into a format I can work with in my video apps. I stopped using MS's WMPlayer for OS X, since it was a rather poor implementation compared to its PC counterparts.. Of course MS now owns Flip4Mac, so hopefully they leave them to do their own thing.
The "only" format that I can not play on my Macs these days through OS X, is Indeo. And now days this codec is pretty much obsolete. The only reason I mention that, is because I've had to work with video provided in that codec from a few peeps over seas.
Last time I checked I can play WMA, but that's the one format I personally avoid.
I'm an interactive/multimedia artist. I find your statements a complete contradiction to what's true. In all reality, my Macs are much better multimedia machines than my XP Pro PCs, which I use for geometry conversion, games, and rendering-support. - 4g3nt_Smith, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Now, hence the "Universal" part.
- Kolenka, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Huh? I am confused... Pain in the ass to get full multimedia support on OS X?
Quicktime is installed by default, but that only gets you Quicktime's formats, and the 'open' formats (MPEG, MP3). AVI mostly works, with the exception of VBR MP3 (which is mostly Apple trying to adhere STRICTLY to the AVI standard, not the additions the open-source community have made to the standard to get things like VBR MP3).
So that leaves the OSS formats, and MS' formats. MPlayer or VLC is a single download, a single application, and works (although the UI could use work, methinks). There, you have the OSS formats.
RealMedia stands on its own, refusing to integrate with anyone, so that is on parity with Windows, for the most part.
WMV9 is the real problem... on Linux and OS X because until Flip4Mac, there was nothing to play it with. This won't change until some programmer manages to reverse engineer WMV9 and integrate it into libavcodec.
OS X and Windows really aren't much different except on which set codecs play out of the box and which you have to run using a 3rd party player/codec, and WMV9. - LoungeActx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7This program is decent, but overall, WMA and WMV files suck so badly on the mac.
- nicklinus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8yes it was really that bad in rosetta because it would not run under rosetta.
- Macintosh, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8*sighs*
- Bassguy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6It's about damn time. I've been without WMV files since I bought my iMac. Thanks for the mirrors, folks.
- wastern, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7not really all that closed. all you had to do was ask them to get in on the beta test. i sent them an email a few weeks back and have gotten updates on when it would be released and got emailed the beta today. no need to go underground, unless you're just too lazy to send an email
- 4g3nt_Smith, on 10/12/2007, -10/+16then show me a free file host where I dont have to register and you don't have to wiat. Then I'd be more than happy to re-up it.
EDIT: Thank you Caveman50. - cavemonkey50, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Confirmed. I'm a member of the closed beta. I ran an MD5 of my file against this one. It checks out, so download away.
- treblah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Log out and log back in. That worked for me.
- Livewire, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5www.xthost.info
www.yousendit.com
a torrent would be the best though just because of the sheer number of people that visit this site.
or even google pages if you have one. i'll email invites if you need an account, just post your current email address. if you are a woman than just post your name, phone #, street address, and your email. - Kolenka, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5@zweben: There are rootkits for OS X. In fact, http://www.macintouch.com/opener.html has the scoop on when Opener was discovered. The flip-side is that you have to have root access to install the root kit. The lack of attention on the platform, combined with only having a couple ports open by default, combined with needing user authentication to even install the root-kit... makes it difficult to install them. A root-kit is something you install once you have root access.
This installer does not prompt the user for an admin authorization, and can't install a root-kit because of it. Woo. Of course, if it did... well, this would be a trojan that installs a root-kit. :) - staan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6jeb00d, you do realize that MD5 could just as easily be the MD5 of the version which is being spread around, right?
I don't think that it's some malicious trojan, just making sure you realize that checking that MD5 proves absolutely nothing. - zodieman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6zweben, there IS a rootkit for Mac OS X. Do a GIS for "OS X opener"
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Here's a mirror of that mirror, in case it goes down:
http://www.bandwidthorbust.com/mirror/Flip4Mac_WMV_v2_1_0_24.dmg - thejokell, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Can anyone confirm that this works (and is genuine)?
- autoy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I have even been able to watch some asx streams in front row :)
- Open asx in safari
- Go to FFM menu in the player and save as source
- Change the asx extension to mov
- Save in Movies directory
- Open in frontrow and smile :D - cyssero, on 04/18/2009, -0/+4Yousendit will take the file down if it gets too popular, like it would on digg.
Try http://sendspace.com . I haven't seen a file taken down from their servers yet, no wait, no verification code.
But rapidshare is wonderful for popular files, has a near unlimited life span. Thanks OP. - neko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4the Matroska container is pretty cool too. I'm considering going over any old .avi+.idx+.sub files I have and merging them into a .mkv just for the convenience.
And yes, I gotta agree, .wmv sucks donkey balls. The container format is actually the same as the old windows .asf, but with a different extension. I much prefer MPEG-4 and H.264 over the WMP{7,8,9,98} codecs too. - nicklinus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4yea but it slowed safari down
- SpacePirate, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3If you had the PPC version installed and ran Safari under Rosetta, it worked; at least for me.
- christianw, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3thank you 4g3nt_Smith very cool of you
- drn666, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Try playing a 1280x720 WMVHD stream in Rosetta QuickTime.
Yes - it -was- that bad in Rosetta.
That said, it still doesn't work very well (like 5fps on a 29.97 fps file) under the Uniuversal version (1.83 dual core MacBook here), but they have also clearly stated it's not optimized at all. - polygoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Download here:
http://tinyurl.com/kpqwn - shinyplasticbag, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This works (sorta) in Safari but messes Camino up big time. Anyone had better luck than me?
- nicklinus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3sorry guys you killed my bandwith bill.
- kupodan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3another mirror for the download: http://www.degaming.net/files/flip4mac.dmg
- el_jefe, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Reading the title is the clue.
- zweben, on 10/12/2007, -6/+9This is an OS X application. OS X doesn't have rootkits.
- silic0n, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4By the way, it's totally crap at playing 1080 HD WMV... on a 2.16 Core Duo (MBP)...
Way to optimise people! Nah I'm just joshin', I know it's beta.
But it's still LAME - beaver2672, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I can finally listen to XM online on my MacBook now!!
- hihyooka, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I just downloaded it and installed it, and every time I try to watch a wmv in safari or firefox, it crashes. I've logged out, and even restarted, but it still doesn't work. Can anyone give me some advice?
- mellenger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3it works right after you install it, log out and log in again.
- xinul, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2thanks 4g3nt_Smith pay no atention to the ungreatful asses
- Weaselboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Perfect timing.. I just ordered my new Macbook yesterday and this software was the one concern I had. yay
- fbmdeth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2A Simple Thank You.
- ductions, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2at long last. private beta mehhhhh
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2And I took it down because the author emailed me and kindly asked me to remove it.
- xoineg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Works without a problem...Thanks to all that posted the mirrors and files.
- NetSliderX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Can't find a link to download anymore. Any help?
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