Flip4Mac and 10.4.8

Does anyone know of any issues between the latest version of Flip4Mac and 10.4.8? ive updated osx and now cant view wmv files in safari, ive reinstalled flip, with no joy.
Any suggestions?
thanks in advance
-james

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