Wmv compatability

why is it i can not open wmv files sent to me from a pc???i recv a popup saying this is not a movie file
what am i doing wrong????

Download and install Flip4Mac. If the WMV contains DRM, no Mac OS X application will open it.
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1. This issue appears different as others seem to have had luck plugging their external HDs into other machines with data recovery success.
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Message was edited by: sillynuggins

Hi sillynuggins-
Greetings and welcome to the Apple boards
I have read that you should disconnect all peripherals such as hard drives before doing an update and now I suppose I know one reason why.
1,2 and 3: DataRescue is a different program than DiskWarrior. DR is what you need here. DR will be way cheaper, in orders of magnitude, than a data recovery service.
4. An archive and install does make sense. Definitely remove flip-4-mac beforehand just to make sure.
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She can't play it on her PC, nor can I at home.
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6374894
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DG

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She can't play it on her PC, nor can I at home.
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6020916
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6095226
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6374894
EDIT: SOMETHING ELSE
* DVD Authoring/burning tips thread *
Alberto
Message was edited by: Silal

.wmv's getting cut in half horizontally inside Premiere Pro, AE, Media Encoder...

Hello everyone! I'm having an issue using .WMV's within Premiere Pro, AE, and the Media Encoder. Whenever I open the image in a sequence or the source window, the image is cut in half horizontally (see pic below). I brought in an MP4 and had no issues so at the moment I think I have narrowed down to strictly a .WMV problem. The file plays perfectly fine in realtime; audio sounds great, picture (of what I can see) looks good; I am just missing the top half of any WMV file hehe. I have tried the WMV inside AE as well but have the same issue. I also tried to export the WMV with Media Encoder but it exports the WMV cut in half no matter what format I tell it to conver the file to..
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Also, this is a big one to note...This is the first time I have used Premiere Pro/AE/Media Encoder on this system. I just built this PC about 1 month ago and have had 0 problems with it across other programs (Photoshop, 3ds max, etc..) I just recently installed Premiere, AE, Media Encoder on it and am running into this problem upon my first bootup of Premiere/AE/Media Encoder.
My system specs are posted below the picture and file specs.
The pic below shows my setup and the issue I am having. The video of Finding Nemo on the left is the .MP4 (specs on file are below) and the video on the right is the .WMV in question (specs also below.)
I have tried multiple WMV's of different bit rates, etc, and all of them do this "cut in half thing.." No issues with other file types though!
The .WMV's specs are.....
Type: Windows Media
File Size: 8.5 MB
Image Size: 1920 x 1080
Frame Rate: 29.97
Source Audio Format: 44100 Hz - 16 bit - Stereo
Project Audio Format: 44100 Hz - 32 bit floating point - Stereo
Total Duration: 00;00;14;00
Pixel Aspect Ratio: 1.0
The .MP4's specs are....
Type: MPEG Movie
File Size: 1.4 GB
Image Size: 1920 x 1080
Frame Rate: 23.976
Source Audio Format: 48000 Hz - compressed - Stereo
Project Audio Format: 48000 Hz - 32 bit floating point - Stereo
Total Duration: 01:40:47:21
Pixel Aspect Ratio: 1.0
Created with: Adobe After Effects CS6 (Windows)
My system specs are below.
System Information
   Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.130318-1533)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: ASUS
       System Model: All Series
               BIOS: BIOS Date: 04/19/13 17:27:15 Ver: 08.01
          Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.5GHz
             Memory: 32768MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 32706MB RAM
          Page File: 8393MB used, 57018MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\Windows
    DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
   User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
    DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
     DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 64bit Unicode
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"Why was this bulletin revised on August 13, 2013?
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I am an expert pc user switching to mac...
I realized when I made the switch that they would be software that worked with PC that would not work with MAC. What has really surprised me, is there seems to be many web sites that will not work with MAC and its browsers.
This started with a conversation with apple support, where they indicated there were incompatible web sites.
My business bank stops you cold and says you have to use IE; you can ignore it and move on and it seems to work ok.
The Walgreen pharmacy web site has a drug cost calculator that also says you must use IE, and you cannot move on.
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This type of silliness is exactly why I am running from a PC. Now I am finding it prevalent on the mac.
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Question 2) is this just the way it is? You cannot depend on web applications working at all with mac?
thanks!
bob

Hi Bob,
Ok, I'll bite
Apple has to understand that we don't care about who is at fault for web sites not working with Mac
The WebKit team are more than aware of that fact, and where possible they work with popular websites to get them to correct their websites or add specific 'kludges' into the WebKit code to specifically support these sites.
Apple has the ability to have an IE mode in safari to handle these situations, but hey choose not to
I've not heard that before. Can you quote a source?
If it takes IE compatibility mode to handle all web sites, then just do it.
That of course costs money. And then there's the prospect of Apple having to license Microsoft's DRM solution to provide 100% compatibility with Windows Media files. As we all know, Apple like good P.R. as much as the next company and handing something like that to Microsoft is never going to happen.
Microsoft clearly won't provide updated WMP technology for OS X as it gives them nothing, other than the extra impetus for people to switch away from Windows.
So we're stuck with essentially badgering the broken sites to fix things, or going somewhere else (and spending our $$$ there if needed).
The bar for a college student is much lower
True, but today's college student is tomorrow's business person and Apple products are very popular with college students these days. Apple are in this for the long term. Things will change, but we have to live in the real world and know this isn't going to happen soon.
The truth of the matter is that the sooner Microsoft get on board with being a responsible web-citizen then the better it will be for everyone (and by everyone I don't just mean Apple users, but anyone connected to the internet).
Almost [1 in 3 browsers on the web are not Internet Explorer|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usageshare_of_webbrowsers] - that's a huge number and businesses on the web need to be aware of this.
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It appears that Microsoft has issued the fixed update:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms13-057
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