OT: Flip4Mac

[Klaus Major]

Hi Richmond, old chum :-)

> 'FREE' maybe too generous a term: Flip4Mac is a bit like
> Quicktime itself as part of it is Free - for capabilities
> such as converting WMV files to Mac native ones one has to
> pay for a license.

True, but the "play only" component also did cost about 10 $ until
they made it available for FREE a couple of days ago :-)

> For tight-fisted types like myself there are other, FREE,
> solutions to dealing with Windows Media files on both Mac
> OS X and Mac Classic. So, I am not quite as excited by
> Flip4Mac as some other people seem to be.

Thanks for the tiny side blow :-D

> I am always happy
> when I can avoid having a Microsoft product

Flip4Mac is NOT a MS $ product, my friend!

But now i can delete the WMP for Mac, which IS a step forward
in your direction ;-)

> on any of my
> machines as I always have a funny feeling that they are
> either gathering up info to send back to Uncle Bill or
> doing odd things in the 'basement' of the computer.
>
> Here are a few pointers:
>
> http://www.easywma.com/

That's "just" a converter.

> http://mplayerosx.sourceforge.net/
> http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html

Sure, but it is all about convenience!
Why switch to another player if you can use the "player de la maison"?

Especially in the browser this IS very convenient.

> sincerely, Richmond Mathewson
> __________________________________________________
> See Mathewson's software at:
>
> http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond/default.html

Best from germanski

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
http://www.major-k.de