You may also get some WMV files and for certain reasons, you need to burn WMV to DVD disc so as to store WMV files, play WMV files on DVD player or share WMV files conveniently. Some of you may try to convert WMV to DVD VOB file based on the thought that DVD players could play back VOB files.

It is not possible simply to play WMV with any player. In order to play WMV files on Windows computers it normally requires the appropriate CODEC or software application such as Windows Media Player.

For use on non-Windows computers, WMV files normally need to be converted to another format such as MP4 or MOV or any other Mac-compatible formats first. • • • Part 1. Best Solution to Help Play WMV Videos on Any Player Since WMV cannot be played by Apple products, the easy solution would be to convert all these WMV files to MP4, MOV or M4V, which are natively supported on Mac. There are many third-party tools out there to convert media files on Mac, but i will recommend for its ease of use and reliability. It is a full-featured media video converter, complete with editor and other handy tools. You will be able to convert to not only Apple-friendly formats but also other formats that are suitable for other devices.

And it can be perfectly compatible with macOS 10.7 Lion to 10.14 Mojave. TOP 8 WMV Player for Mac #1. VLC Media Player supports a number of audio and video compression methods and file formats, including DVD-Video, video CD and streaming protocols.

The user can stream over a computer network and transcode multimedia files. Transcoding is the process of converting a media file or object from one format to another, for example converting video formats like Beta to VHS, VHS to QuickTime, or QuickTime to MPEG, among others. It was the first player to support playback of encrypted DVDs on Linux and macOS by using the libdvdcss DVD decryption library. Pros: It is a cross-platform media player compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. It can cater for any type of multimedia files including DVD, Audio CD, VCD, among others.

It supports multiple codecs like MPEG-2, DivX, H.264, MKV, WebM, WMV, and MP3. It is a lightweight media player that uses relatively few system resources. It uses very little memory or processor power, and the program files themselves use very little space on the hard drive. 3ivx d4 4.5.1. This means that VLC can be run simultaneously with other programs without worrying about the system freezing or crashing. Cons: It cannot play a few less common file formats. It offers limited support, for example, for some formats, e.g. The RealMedia format.

It does not support certain versions of the Indeo Video codec. MPlayerX MPlayerX is a free, open source, simple-to-use media player for almost any format. This is one of the most widely used WMV players for Mac users. It supports most of the MPEG/VOB, ASF/WMA/WMV, VIVO, QT/MOV/MP4, AVI, Ogg/OGM, RealMedia, Matroska, NUT, NuppelVideo among many others. A valuable adjunct is MPlayer's capacity to output audio files in wav format. Pros: Good online support; Allows for decoding of almost any format of files on your computer; Smooth playback; Plays every video format using the best codecs; No additional plug-ins needed to get the software up and running.