Windows Media Player on MacBook

I am posting this from my sister-in-law's new MacBook (1.83 Ghz, 1 GB RAM) that she received as a graduation gift. She is trying to view many websites that have embedded Windows Media files and is prompted about a plug-in for Safari to play the files. I thought at one time when I was browsing these and other Mac forums that there was a utility or plug-in that will play these media but I can't remember what it was or where to get it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. ^_^

What's that suppossed to mean?
It means there is a beta release floating around and an url to download that release has been posted within these forums but it isn't easy to find and may not be available today even if you were to find the url.
"how good you are on
the internet??" Can you play the WMP clips or not?
If so how?
In short, no, there is no software solution for OSX to play Media 9 or 10 type WMV or ASF files. OSX can play many older WMV files though. The folks who make Flip4Mac are working on a universal release (and apparently taking their sweet time). I'm sure this can be related to MS themselves who tend to drag their feet helping any company they see as a competitor (ok, just my opinion).
I run into the problem all the time and for now simply dismiss the wmv media files when offered. Besides, you're not missing much because the quality of that media format isn't that great.
Tyler Lock is the author of iSquint, handbrake and VisualHub (which is still under development but quite useable). These programs convert various media files to other media formats but none convert the Media 9/10 wmv over to MP4 or MOV although that is anticipated. iSquint and Handbrake are free and Handbrake will convert a VideoTS (DVD) file into AVI format. VisualHub and iSquint will both convert older WMV files to MP4 (and other formats like Flash, Dvix, MPEG, iPod, DV, DVD, PSP and WMV).
So we're all waiting because WMV is the dominant media format 'out there' and used by the majority of websites. May be just another month or so.
Tim...
20" Intel iMac 2GRam/500G-HD, 13" BlackBook 2GRam/120G-HD, Black Vid iPod 60Gig Mac OS X (10.4.6)

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