HT3775 What is required to play a .wmv file on a MAC OS X 10.6.8?

I have a MAC desktop with an MAC OS X 10.6.8 and have tried everything known to man to be able to play an .wmv file.
Any suggestions?
Thank you.

Not all of Microsoft's codecs have been licensed to be ported to other platforms, so it's quite possible that you cannot play that WMV in Mac OS X, even though it does not contain DRM. You can try asking for assistance in the Flip4Mac forums:
http://forum.telestream.net/forum/default.aspx?FTVAR_SUBCAT=5&NoCookies=y&subcat name=Flip4Mac%20WMV%20Components%20For%20QuickTime
and they may be able to help. Otherwise you'll probably have to use a Windows system, either on your Mac or another computer, to view that video.
Regards.

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