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    eliezer is offline Registered User
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    playing videos in MSS2 format

    Is there any way of playing WMV files in MSS2 codec on a mac?

    Here's an example of an MSS2 file:
    http://nathan.given.googlepages.com/Kai_Software2.wmv

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    A quick Google search indicates that the MSS2 video codec is proprietary Microsoft code which has yet to be reverse engineered. There is no standalone QuickTime codec for it. Neither VLC, Perian, nor Mplayer can handle it.

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    that's ridiculous
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    That's more than ridiculous. Which is why EVERYONE should switch to quicktime or flash, at least they have all their codecs freely available for all platforms.

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    Have you tried Flip4Mac? http://www.flip4mac.com/download.htm
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    flip for mac won't play the codec either. I made sure it was the latest version. From what I understand it is proprietary to windows media player 9 for the PC. I have the media player 9 on the mac but it won't play the codec either.

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    You may need to pay and upgrade to Flip4Mac Pro to do what you want to do.
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    echo election disaster in 2012!



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    I guess if these people want me to view their content they will have to use a codec the entire world can view, not just Windows users. Since so many more people are going mac I think microsoft will have to bend to the old "supply and demand" principal and make their codecs available to other vendors. Quicktime has ALWAYS been xplatformed and I always encode either in QT or Flash. That way I know everyone will be able to see my content. Although I don't have a problem paying the Flip for Mac people I do have a hard time coughing up the dough when there are other "free or open source" alternatives. I did submit a query to F4M to see if the pro version supports the MSS2 codec. Guess we'll see. Thanks for your responses!!!!

 

 
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