Wmv files-unable to play on my mac

Could someone suggest what I need to do or download to get wmv files/video that friends forward to me to play on my Mac? I googled wmv and read a little on alternative programs that Macs can utilize to play these files that come from a windows computer and I just got confused. Has anyone ever done this? I figured the Quick Time Player would play it...wrong. Thanks
Lora

Depending on what type of Quicktime your using (basic or Pro).
First you should get:
Flip4Mac
http://www.flip4mac.com/
it will play MOST WMVs with Quicktime
next id recommend the following to install on your system for other video types and codecs:
WindowsMediaPlayer:
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/otherproducts/otherproducts.aspx?pid=windowsmedia
or here http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/windowsmediaplayerformacosx.html
VideoLAN:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
DivX:
http://www.divx.com
and the only other ones i can think of that might have assistance is
3ixV:
http://www.3ivx.com/
& Perian:
http://www.perian.org
=)

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