QuickTime Player from apple was the first player to supports online streaming over web. Over years QuickTime player has been enhanced coupled with many new features. A latest version of QuickTime Player, QuickTime 7.6 supports numerous video formats.
Some of video file format like .wma and .wmv (Windows Media Player files) can only be played on Windows Media player which is not available for Mac OS X. To help Mac users Microsoft has released Windows Media® Components for QuickTime. With which you can play Windows Media files (.wma and .wmv) directly in QuickTime Player and view Windows Media content on the Internet using a Web browser like Safari.
Windows Media® Components for QuickTime has been highly optimized for Power Mac G4 and G5 and Intel computers and supports playback of high-definition Windows Media video files.
Windows Media Components for QuickTime Playback Features
Windows Media Audio 9, ISO MPEG Layer 3 (MP3), ASF, ASX, AVI
Windows Media Video, ISO MPEG-4, versions 1.0 and 1.1
System Requirements
Mac OS X version 10.3.9 or later
QuickTime version 7.0 or later (7.1.6 or higher recommended)
Download Windows Media Components for QuickTime to play Windows Media Files in QuickTime Player.
