HELP!  can't play .asf files

i have a macbook pro. i cant seem to play a video clip that i have, which happens to be a .asf file. it plays the audio, but but no video. whenever i try to open it, it says that additional things r needed and leads me to the quicktime page online. im assuming its a codec issue, but i dont know what i need. any help would be appreciated. thanks.

The file with the .asf extension was encoded for Windows Media Player. You must have flip4mac installed as it can play most WMP files inside QuickTime Player.
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