Quicktime refuses to open WMV files

Hi,
As title, really. It just refuses, whatever I try. I have 'Flip4Mac' installed, and have tried unticking the box 'open sequences with QuickTime', but ticked or unticked, no way does a WMV wanna open. The error is simply a dialogue box with 'Error Opening the Sequence', and below it, 'Impossible to Open the Sequence'.
This error is encountered, irrespective of the file that I try to open.
D.C.

Use the Movie Info window of QuickTime Player to view
the codecs used.
A Google search using codec name +Mac should help you
find what you need.
Do you mean "APPLE-I" when the film is playing? No mention of codecs in there. I have, in order ...
source: the name of the film
format: 320 x 240 millions 8-bit, unsigned, mono, 22,050 KHz
IPS: 15
IPS read: (available during playback)
size: 19.75 MB
speed: 434.90 kbits/s
position: 00:00:00.10/15
length: 00:06:20.1/15
size 100: 320 x 240 pixels
actual size: 320 x 240 pixels (100%)
Some of those fields, I had to translate from French, so they might not be what you have on English/American versions of Quicktime.
D.C.

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