> ## Windows Media Player for Mac OS X
>
> With Microsoft Windows Media Player for Mac OS X, you can play
> digital media files in Windows Media Format. You can use Windows
> Media Player to listen to your favorite songs, view breaking news,
> tune into radio stations around the globe, or even attend an online
> seminar.
>
> ? Excerpt: from included online Help
Compatibility
Architecture: PPC (Carbonized)
Mac OS X 10.1 to 10.5.8
Untested by this uploader under Rosetta (Intel Mac OS's 10.5.x &
10.6.x)
The Player supports the following types of file formats:
Format | File name extensions
---|---
Windows Media | .asf, .asx, .wax, .wm, .wma, .wmd (audio and video
only), .wmp, .wmv, .wmx, .wvx
Audio codecs
* Microsoft Windows Media Audio codec versions 1.0, 2.0, 7, 8, and 9
Although Windows Media Player for Mac OS X supports all the variants
of the Windows Media Audio 9 codec (including the Windows Media Audio
9, Windows Media Audio 9 Professional, Windows Media Audio 9 Voice,
and Windows Media Audio 9 Lossless codecs), the following variants are
only partially supported:
* Windows Media Audio 9 Professional codec. Multiple channels are combined into a stereo mix during playback. Content with an audio sampling rate higher than 48 kilohertz (KHz) outputs as 48 KHz.
* Windows Media Audio 9 Lossless codec. Content with an audio sampling rate higher than 48 KHz does not play back.
* ITU-T G.726
Video codecs
* Microsoft Windows Media Video codec versions 7, 8, and 9
Note that Windows Media Player for Mac OS X does not support the
Windows Media Video 9 Screen codec.
* Microsoft Windows Media Screen codec version 7
* Microsoft Windows Media 9 Image codec
* Microsoft MPEG-4 codec version 2.0 and 3.0
* ISO MPEG-4 video codec version 1.0
