Flip4mac problems

Hi,
I'm running OS 10.4.8 on my iBook G4, and I just downloaded flip4mac 2.1 to listen to a Windows Media audio file I downloaded from my local library. But when I try to open the file through flip4mac's WMV player, I get a Quicktime dialog box saying:
"Error opening movie
The movie could not be opened."
(By the way, I've got Quicktime 7.1.5.)
When I try to open the audio file through Windows Media Player (Series 9), I get taken to the Windows Media Update page:
"In order to play this file, you need to upgrade your media player to a version compatible with Windows Media Rights Manager V7. Select View Compatible Players below to see a list of compatible media players.
If your current media player does not have a Windows Media Rights Manager V7 compatible version, you should select a different player with the Windows Media Rights Manager V7 identifier."
As an extra bit of info, before I updated my OS and Quicktime yesterday, I was getting an "unsupported feature (-2053)" error when I tried to open the file, though that error has disappeared.
If anyone knows what the problem might be, I'd be grateful for a solution. Thanks!
iBook Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Go to the following link and see if the video plays for you. If so, the you're Flip4Mac is working fine, and the chances that the other file you've been having trouble with is either a DRM'd video or is in some weird unsupported format.
http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/savant/wiltshire_highres.wmv

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