Need Help / Information to Play .wmv Downloads
First, I am a technology clod. I am a tool user, but I don’t always understand a lot about the tool I am using.
I had a tool on my desktop that helped me see .wmv things my friends send in the e-mail. I’m on a Mac. My friend Mrm gave me a recommendation, I downloaded it and it worked like a charm.
Today I went to use it and it is gone! I don’t know where it went! I’ve looked in everyplace on the computer I can think of and I can’t find it.
The icon for it looks like a traffic cone. It is orange and yellow, I think. I don’t know the name, but when I want to view something, I would open it up and then choose a file while in that program. Do any of you know what I am talking about? It is something like ‘universal movie player’ but it has a weird name. I need something for the simple (tech) minded.
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Its called vlc. .thats the program u need
I’m not sure, but from the icon description it sounds like VLC player.
Not sure if it is available for MAC; google it & i’ll double chk when I get home (waiting for turn @ clinic)
VLC Media Player and the folder name would be VideoLAN. Good luck π
That was so fast! And unanimous! Thank you! Thank you!
You can find VLC for Mac here in case it got deleted by mistake , it will play almost anything and then some more:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html
Thank you, Don Veto. I am back up and running, once again, thanks to the quick and pertinent help I got, I’ve downloaded and it’s working. That is one fantastic download, it does EVERYTHING, even the ones it says ‘there might be a problem’ there isn’t any problem. I love VLC
nbq – I won’t even LOL. That could take a LONG time. Hope your kids are all OK and this turns out to be a quick trip. π
Flip for Mac is another option for us Mac users wanting to play WMV files.
Thank you, Abid. I will take a look!
hi.interesting comments about VLC which i do use but no way can i get it to play WMV files.I am using a Acer Aspire 5920 of which i have 2 but no matte how many codec packs i downloas to me they have been no help.Has anyone out there found a solution for playing WMV files if so please let me know. joe.
Joseph, I am on a Mac, and VLC does everything – no matter what I download, it plays it. I don’t know why it doesn’t work with Acer Aspire . . .