Cannot install windows media player

i downloaded windows media player for mac but cannot install it on my macbook pro. its giving me an error that it is not supported on this system. Is there an easy way to install it, or is there a version avaialbe for macbook pro?

Flip4Mac will not work on Intel Macs as its not Universal yet.
If anyone here wants a Universal plugin for WMV content and cannot wait for Flip4Mac to go Universal try Popwire Tech.
http://www.popwire.com/productinfo.php?cPath=1&productsid=7
Its free for playback of WMV in QT but you have to pay if you want to encode to WMV.

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I've installed windows media player for mac but some sites still ask me to download, have you encountered the same problem before?

Most sites require Windows media player version 10 or 11. The latest version available for mac is version 9. So are still not able to play the content.
An alternative is to download Flip4Mac from http://www.flip4mac.com
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This is now driving me crazy - thats what I have done till now :
I have two machines installed with Win 7 Ent N SP1 64 bit.
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I was looking for all possible solution I could find before :
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mf.dll
mfplat.dll
mfreadwrite.dll
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wmcodecdspps.dll
WMNetMgr.dll
wmp.dll
wmpcm.dll
WmpDui.dll
wmpdxm.dll
wmpeffects.dll
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wmploc.DLL
wmpmde.dll
wmpps.dll
wmpshell.dll
wmpsrcwp.dll
wmsgapi.dll
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WMSPDMOE.DLL
WMVCORE.DLL
WMVDECOD.DLL
wmvdspa.dll
WMVENCOD.DLL
WMVSDECD.DLL
WMVSENCD.DLL
WMVXENCD.DLL
I know it was a long shot but it works :) Now GTA V is running :)
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@echo off
echo registering files....
:check
if not test%1==test goto run
goto end
:run
echo registering: %1 .....
regsvr32 "%1" /s
shift
goto check
:end
pause
exit
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Hopefully someone will not be forced to sit 40 hours and think what to do when Medai feature pack cannot be installed.
Still it would not be easier to get normal WMP installer ? Instead of that I had to struglle with one update which god knows why cannot be installed.
P.S.
It will not allow to run Windows Media Player !!!! It will just allow to play GTA V which needs some WMP libraries to run.
Best Regards
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Forgive my ignorance, as it is my first day with an iBook or any Mac for that matter. (Really prefer it over my past PC's thus far)
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any many others you'll encounter while using a Mac.
It's available free from Stuffit.com.
Thanks. Will do.

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