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Flip4Mac sales and support have ended Play back and convert Windows Media on your Mac For years, Flip4Mac components allowed you to play, import, convert and export Windows Media video and audio files on your Mac and were trusted by millions of Mac users for their stability and professional support. The free version of Flip Player in Flip4Mac 3.0 is very clean in appearance and does a good job of not obscuring video content during playback as there are no overlay controls. Instead, the player controls. With the Windows Media Components for QuickTime by Flip4Mac, you can play Windows Media files (.wma and.wmv) in QuickTime Player and view Windows Media content on the Internet using a Web browser.

Flip4Mac
Developer(s)Telestream, Inc.
Initial releaseDecember 6, 2004; 15 years ago[1][2]
Stable release
Operating systemmacOS
Platformx86, x64
Available inEnglish
TypeMultimedia framework, plug-in, media player
License
Websitewww.telestream.net/flip4mac/overview.htm

Flip4Mac from Telestream, Inc. is a digital media software for the macOS operating system. It is particularly known for being the only QuickTime component for macOS that supports Windows Media Video.

Features[edit]

Telestream previously offered a free standalone player also known as Flip Player while charging for their Pro and Studio features until the release of v3.3 on May 1, 2014 when they began charging for Flip4Mac Player[4] (plug-in and standalone player combined).[5]

There are four versions of Flip4Mac Player:[6]

  • Flip4Mac Player ($9.99)

Play Windows Media files (.wma and .wmv) directly in QuickTime applications and view Windows Media content on the Internet using a web browser

  • Flip4Mac Player Pro ($29)

Adds the ability to import WMV and WMA files for editing and conversion to QuickTime formats or iOS devices

  • Flip4Mac Studio ($49)

Includes all the features of Player Pro, and adds the ability to create standard definition (up to 768 x 576) WMV files using preset templates and custom encoding profiles

  • Flip4Mac Studio Pro HD ($179)

Includes all the features of Studio, and adds two-pass HD (up to 1920 x 1080), VBR encoding and pro audio features

Technical specifications[edit]

Below is the following technical specifications for Flip4Mac Player:[7]

Codec support

Supported audio codecsPlay and importExport
Windows Media Audio 9 Professional*
Windows Media Audio 9 Lossless*
Windows Media Audio 9 Standard
Windows Media Audio 7/8
Microsoft G.726
Microsoft IMA ADPCM
Microsoft ADPCM
Supported video codecsPlay and importExport
Windows Media Video 9 Advanced (WMVA) — Broadcast Profile*
Windows Video Codec 1 (WVC1)
Windows Media Video 9 Standard (WMV3)
Windows Media Video 8 (WMV2)
Windows Media Video 7 (WMV1)
ISO MPEG-4 V1.1 (M4S2)
ISO MPEG-4 V1.0 (MP4S)
Microsoft MPEG-4 V3 (MP43)
Microsoft MPEG-4 V2 (MP42)
Microsoft Motion JPEG (MJPG)
Supported file formatsPlay and importExport
Advanced Systems Format (ASF)
Advanced Stream Redirector (ASX)
Audio/Video Interleaved (AVI) — WMV media wrapped in AVI file format
*NOTE: Exporting WMV9 Advanced and WMA Professional and Lossless is supported only by Flip4Mac Studio Pro HD

Network stream protocols

Stream typeNameProtocols
MMSMicrosoft Media ServerMMS, HTTP, RTSP, and TCP
HLSHTTP Live StreamingHTTP and TCP

Frame sizes available for export

4:3StudioStudio Pro HD
160 x 120
240 x 180
320 x 240
384 x 288
480 x 360
640 x 480
768 x 576
960 x 720
1280 x 1080
4:3 CCIRStudioStudio Pro HD
720 x 480
720 x 575
16:9StudioStudio Pro HD
320 x 180
640 x 360
960 x 540
1280 x 720
1920 x 1080

System requirements[edit]

In order to run Flip4Mac, you need to meet the following specifications:[3] Free rar download mac.

  • Intel-based Mac
  • Mac OS X Snow Leopard or later
*NOTE: Please note if running on Snow Leopard, you need to update to 10.6.8 via Apple Software Update.

Windows Media Components for QuickTime[edit]

Windows Media Components for QuickTime allow free transparent playback of the most common Windows Media Video and Windows Media Audio formats on macOS inside QuickTime applications and web browsers.

On January 12, 2006, Microsoft discontinued the Macintosh version of Windows Media Player and began distributing Flip4Mac Player for free[8][9][10][11][12] until May 1, 2014 when Telestream began charging for Flip4Mac Player.[4] Microsoft's website refers the product as Windows Media Components for QuickTime while Telestream just refers to Flip4Mac.[13]

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Windows Media[edit]

Advanced Stream Redirector[edit]

Advanced Stream Redirector (ASX) file format is a type of Extensible Markup Language (XML) metafile designed to store a playlist of Windows Media files for a multimedia presentation. Flip4Mac currently supports the following MIME types:[14]

video/x-ms-wmvaudio/x-ms-wma
video/x-ms-wmvideo/x-ms-asf
video/x-ms-wvxvideo/x-ms-wmx
audio/x-ms-waxvideo/x-ms-asx

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Advanced Systems Format[edit]

Advanced Systems Format (ASF) is Microsoft's proprietary digital audio/digital videocontainer format, especially meant for streaming media.

Windows Media Audio[edit]

Windows Media Audio (WMA) is an audio data compression technology developed by Microsoft. The name can be used to refer to its audio file format or its audio codecs.

Windows Media Digital Rights Management[edit]

Flip4Mac is unable to play content that has been protected using digital rights management.[15]

Windows Media Video[edit]

Windows Media Video (WMV) is a video data compression technology developed by Microsoft.

Version history[edit]

  • Flip4Mac 2.1 was released on July 2006 with support for Intel-based Macs.[16]
  • Flip4Mac 3.0 was released on September 2012 with support for 64-bit improvements as well as Gatekeeper. It also includes Flip Player, a new multi-format video player with the ability to play the most common Windows Media formats.[17][18]
  • Flip4Mac 3.1 was released on February 2013 with support for the third generation MacBook Pros, MacBooks (relaunched version of the original MacBook line), and iMacs with Retina display. It also includes the ability to export videos to iTunes from Flip Player.[19][20]
  • Flip4Mac 3.2 was released on May 2013 with support for dramatically improved load time for ASF (.wmv, .wma, .wm, .wmp, .asf, etc.) file formats.[21][22][23]
  • Flip4Mac 3.3 was released on May 2014 with several minor 3.3.X updates with 3.3.7 being the latest update. Several updates include re-supporting Mac OS X Snow Leopard[3] (after the support being removed in 3.0), and natively supporting OS X Yosemite (10.10)[3] and OS X El Capitan (10.11).
  • The software is no longer supported higher than OS X El Capitan (10.11).[24] As a replacement Telestream advises users to try their Switch4Player software.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^'Telestream Flip4Mac brings Windows Media encoding to the Mac' by Telestream (December 6, 2004) – Wayback Machine
  2. ^'Telestream Flip4Mac offers WMV encoding on Mac' by Brad Cook (December 6, 2004) – Macworld
  3. ^ abcdFlip4Mac v3.3.7 release notes – Telestream
  4. ^ abWhy is Telestream charging for Flip4Mac Player? – Telestream
  5. ^Flip4Mac versus Flip Player – Vimeo
  6. ^Flip4Mac's overview – Telestream
  7. ^Flip4Mac's technical specifications – Telestream
  8. ^'Microsoft quietly ditches WMP for Mac' by Ed Oswald (January 11, 2006) – BetaNews
  9. ^'Windows Media content goes Mac OS X' by Digital Trends Staff (January 11, 2006) – Digital Trends
  10. ^'Microsoft confirms: WMP for Mac dead' by Nate Mook (January 12, 2006) – BetaNews
  11. ^'Music stops for Mac Windows Media Player' by Ina Fried (January 12, 2006) – c|net
  12. ^'Microsoft bails on Windows Media Player for Mac' by Jim Dalrymple (January 14, 2006) – Macworld
  13. ^Windows Media Components for QuickTime – Microsoft
  14. ^Flip4Mac's technical specifications – Advanced Stream Redirector (ASX) support – Telestream
  15. ^Flip4Mac v3.3 User Guide – Telestream
  16. ^'Flip4Mac 2.1 adds Intel Mac support' by Jim Dalrymple (July 28, 2006) – Macworld
  17. ^'Telestream releases Flip4Mac 3.0 including new multi-format video player' (September 2012) – Digital Production Buzz
  18. ^Flip4Mac v3.0 release notes – Telestream
  19. ^'Flip4Mac 3.1 released with Retina display support and iTunes export' (February 23, 2013) – iClarified
  20. ^Flip4Mac v3.1 release notes – Telestream
  21. ^'Flip4Mac 3.2 brings dramatically improved load times for WMV and ASF video' (May 2, 2013) – iClarified
  22. ^'Flip4Mac 3.2 brings dramatically improved load times for WMV and ASF video' (May 2, 2013) – iHash
  23. ^Flip4Mac v3.2 release notes – Telestream
  24. ^Is Flip4Mac supported on OS X El Capitan? – Telestream

Further reading[edit]

Flip4Mac has been mentioned in the following books:

  • Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, OS X Yosemite Edition (ISBN978-1-4919-4718-0)

External links[edit]

  • Flip4Mac – official site
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flip4Mac&oldid=941275088'

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Before uninstalling Flip4Mac WMV , you'd better quit this application and end all its processes. If Flip4Mac WMV is frozen, you can press Cmd +Opt + Esc, select Flip4Mac WMV in the pop-up windows and click Force Quit to quit this program (this shortcut for force quit works for the application that appears but not for its hidden processes).

Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder in Launchpad, and select All Processes on the drop-down menu at the top of the window. Select the process(es) associated with Flip4Mac WMV in the list, click Quit Process icon in the left corner of the window, and click Quit in the pop-up dialog box (if that doesn't work, then try Force Quit).

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First of all, make sure to log into your Mac with an administrator account, or you will be asked for a password when you try to delete something.

Open the Applications folder in the Finder (if it doesn't appear in the sidebar, go to the Menu Bar, open the 'Go' menu, and select Applications in the list), search for Flip4Mac WMV application by typing its name in the search field, and then drag it to the Trash (in the dock) to begin the uninstall process. Alternatively you can also click on the Flip4Mac WMV icon/folder and move it to the Trash by pressing Cmd + Del or choosing the File and Move to Trash commands.

For the applications that are installed from the App Store, you can simply go to the Launchpad, search for the application, click and hold its icon with your mouse button (or hold down the Option key), then the icon will wiggle and show the 'X' in its left upper corner. Click the 'X' and click Delete in the confirmation dialog.

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3. Remove all components related to Flip4Mac WMV in Finder

Though Flip4Mac WMV has been deleted to the Trash, its lingering files, logs, caches and other miscellaneous contents may stay on the hard disk. For complete removal of Flip4Mac WMV , you can manually detect and clean out all components associated with this application. You can search for the relevant names using Spotlight. Those preference files of Flip4Mac WMV can be found in the Preferences folder within your user's library folder (~/Library/Preferences) or the system-wide Library located at the root of the system volume (/Library/Preferences/), while the support files are located in '~/Library/Application Support/' or '/Library/Application Support/'.

Open the Finder, go to the Menu Bar, open the 'Go' menu, select the entry:|Go to Folder.. and then enter the path of the Application Support folder:~/Library

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Search for any files or folders with the program's name or developer's name in the ~/Library/Preferences/, ~/Library/Application Support/ and ~/Library/Caches/ folders. Right click on those items and click Move to Trash to delete them.

Meanwhile, search for the following locations to delete associated items:

  • /Library/Preferences/
  • /Library/Application Support/
  • /Library/Caches/

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Besides, there may be some kernel extensions or hidden files that are not obvious to find. In that case, you can do a Google search about the components for Flip4Mac WMV . Usually kernel extensions are located in in /System/Library/Extensions and end with the extension .kext, while hidden files are mostly located in your home folder. You can use Terminal (inside Applications/Utilities) to list the contents of the directory in question and delete the offending item.

4. Empty the Trash to fully remove Flip4Mac WMV

If you are determined to delete Flip4Mac WMV permanently, the last thing you need to do is emptying the Trash. To completely empty your trash can, you can right click on the Trash in the dock and choose Empty Trash, or simply choose Empty Trash under the Finder menu (Notice: you can not undo this act, so make sure that you haven't mistakenly deleted anything before doing this act. If you change your mind, before emptying the Trash, you can right click on the items in the Trash and choose Put Back in the list). In case you cannot empty the Trash, reboot your Mac.

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