Why WMV QuickTime movies don't play?

Through e-mail I often receive WMV QuickTime movies. However they don't play in QuickTime even though I have QuickTime Pro installed. In order to watch them I resort to use Windows Media Player. I thought that QuickTime was an Apple product and QuickTime movies should play with it.
Thanks for any advise.
Frank Secco

I thought that QuickTime was an Apple product and QuickTime movies should play with it.
It is and they do. However, WMV is a proprietary product originated by Microsoft to replace their aging AVI file container about a decade ago. It is not a QT format and since it is proprietary is copyrighted so Apple cannot legally use their codecs. As to WMP, it is Microsoft's own player application and is showing it's age since Microsoft officially dropped all Mac support back in 2003. Flip4Mac now handles distribution of the current "universal" version of the QT component which allows most common WMV variants to be played in the QT player. If you wish to watch your videos in the QT Player, then you must download the Flip4Mac QT playback component which is free. However, if you wish to be able to convert WMV files to QT compatible files, then you must purchase additional components with Conversion from WMV to QT, Conversion QT to WMV, and Conversion of HD content each have their own price tier.

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