WMV and Quicktime

Does anyone know of an application that it capable of translating WMV files into quicktime friendly files? A free application is sorta what I was looking for, but I guess if they're around $10, that's okay too. I have looked at WMV Player, but are there others?
-Michael

Try flip4mac.com .
Flip4Mac is free and is a plugin for Quicktime. I am currently using Flip4Mac with Quicktime 7.0.4 and plays .wmv files very well, much better than the MS Windows Media Player. Flip4Mac enables .wmv files to play from within a Quicktime window. This download also includes a plugin (something MS never provided) for your browser so that .wmv files can play from the browser page.
If you want to install and use Flip4Mac make sure you install version 2.0.1 as all earlier versions are reported to conflict with QT 7.0.4.
Anyway Microsoft has recently announced the end of development of Windows Media Player for the Mac. This news is not that bad. The MS Windows Media Player was poorly designed and played files poorly. It also had not been updated in a long time and MS never provided a browser plugin.
The aanouncement I read about the discontinuation of WMP for the Mac stated that MS was recomending that Mac users download and use Flip4Mac to play Windows Media files. In addition to Flip4Mac there are two other solutions for playing Windows Media Files on MacOS X. Each has their streghts and weaknesses.
1. MPlayer. I believe this palyer was ported to the Mac from a player originally developed for use with Linux.
2. VLC.
Both MPlayer and VLC are able to play many of the MS .avi codecs but not all. MPlayer and VLC are useful when Windows Media Player and Quicktime fail to be able to play a Windows Media file, usually in the .avi codec.
If you want to be able to play as many MS media file formats on the Mac here are the programs you should have (all are free):
1. Flip4Mac download from Flip4Mac.COM
2. MPlayer Search VersionTracker.com for the player.
3. VLC Search VersionTracker.com for the player.
I hope this info help. Does anyone else know of other solutions I failed to mention?
350-G3

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