Embed WMV video in PDF on Mac platform?

Acrobat 8's Help documentation states that the video formats one can embed in a PDF depends on the operating system and the video formats its player supports.
I have plugins installed which allow my Mac's Quicktime Pro player to play and encode WMV files. However, if I try to embed a WMV file in a PDF, the file format is not recognized/allowed. Instead, I have to open the PDF in Windows and embed the video there.
One would think that the ability to play--or not play-- the video is irrelevant. At least you should be able to place it.
Any thoughts?

You're far better upgrading to Acrobat 9 Pro and Reader 9, and using the built-in support for Flash video. Trying to support embedded video cross-platform before was always somewhat problematic because it depended on other technologies like QuickTime which essentially Adobe had no control over.

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