Flip4Mac


Flip4Mac from Telestream, Inc. is a digital media software for the macOS operating system. It is particularly known for being the only QuickTime component for macOS that supports Windows Media Video.

Features

Telestream previously offered a free standalone player also known as Flip Player while charging for their Pro and Studio features until the release of v3.3 on May 1, 2014 when they began charging for Flip4Mac Player.
There are four versions of Flip4Mac Player:
Play Windows Media files directly in QuickTime applications and view Windows Media content on the Internet using a web browser
Adds the ability to import WMV and WMA files for editing and conversion to QuickTime formats or iOS devices
Includes all the features of Player Pro, and adds the ability to create standard definition WMV files using preset templates and custom encoding profiles
Includes all the features of Studio, and adds two-pass HD, VBR encoding and pro audio features

Technical specifications

Below is the following technical specifications for Flip4Mac Player:
Codec support
Supported audio codecsPlay and importExport
Windows Media Audio 9 Professional
Windows Media Audio 9 Lossless
Windows Media Audio 9 Standard
Windows Media Audio 7/8
Microsoft G.726
Microsoft IMA ADPCM
Microsoft ADPCM
Supported video codecsPlay and importExport
Windows Media Video 9 Advanced — Broadcast Profile
Windows Video Codec 1
Windows Media Video 9 Standard
Windows Media Video 8
Windows Media Video 7
ISO MPEG-4 V1.1
ISO MPEG-4 V1.0
Microsoft MPEG-4 V3
Microsoft MPEG-4 V2
Microsoft Motion JPEG
Supported file formatsPlay and importExport
Advanced Systems Format
Advanced Stream Redirector
Audio/Video Interleaved — WMV media wrapped in AVI file format

Network stream protocols
Stream typeNameProtocols
MMS
Microsoft Media Server
MMS, HTTP, RTSP, and TCP
HLS
HTTP Live Streaming
HTTP and TCP

Frame sizes available for export
4:3StudioStudio Pro HD
160 x 120
240 x 180
320 x 240
384 x 288
480 x 360
640 x 480
768 x 576
960 x 720
1280 x 1080
4:3 CCIRStudioStudio Pro HD
720 x 480
720 x 575
16:9StudioStudio Pro HD
320 x 180
640 x 360
960 x 540
1280 x 720
1920 x 1080

System requirements

In order to run Flip4Mac, you need to meet the following specifications:
Windows Media Components for QuickTime allow free transparent playback of the most common Windows Media Video and Windows Media Audio formats on macOS inside QuickTime applications and web browsers.
On January 12, 2006, Microsoft discontinued the Macintosh version of Windows Media Player and began distributing Flip4Mac Player for free until May 1, 2014 when Telestream began charging for Flip4Mac Player. Microsoft's website refers the product as Windows Media Components for QuickTime while Telestream just refers to Flip4Mac.

Windows Media

Advanced Stream Redirector

Advanced Stream Redirector file format is a type of Extensible Markup Language metafile designed to store a playlist of Windows Media files for a multimedia presentation. Flip4Mac currently supports the following MIME types:

Advanced Systems Format

Advanced Systems Format is Microsoft's proprietary digital audio/digital video container format, especially meant for streaming media.

Windows Media Audio

Windows Media Audio is an audio data compression technology developed by Microsoft. The name can be used to refer to its audio file format or its audio codecs.

Windows Media Digital Rights Management

Flip4Mac is unable to play content that has been protected using digital rights management.

Windows Media Video

Windows Media Video is a video data compression technology developed by Microsoft.

Version history