wmv在mac平台不常见，并不表示这个格式只能在windows上用。microsoft很早就公布了
这个标准
Software that can play WMV files includes Windows Media Player, RealPlayer,
MPlayer, Media Player Classic, VLC Media Player and K-Multimedia Player. The
Microsoft Zune media management software supports the WMV codec, but uses a
Zune-specific variation of Windows Media DRM which is used by PlaysForSure.
Many third-party players exist for various platforms such as Linux that use
the FFmpeg implementation of the WMV codecs.
On the Macintosh pl... 阅读全帖
In 2003, Microsoft drafted a video codec specification based on its WMV 9
codec and submitted it to SMPTE for standardization. The standard was
officially approved in March 2006 as SMPTE 421M, better known as VC-1, thus
making the WMV 9 format an open standard. Since then, VC-1 has become one of
the three allowable video formats for the Blu-ray format, along with H.262/
MPEG-2 Part 2 and H.264.
wmv已经算是一个标准了，不是平台依赖的。名字里面的windows并不限定这个格式的平
台，在mac和linux上，还有blu-ray播放器上都可以播放……
Philips DVP5990.
"Tried 2 WMVs on it so far. Both played fine. The manual says it only
supports "main profile" WMVs, not "advanced profile" nor DRM-ed WMVs.
Ordinarily I don't have much use for WMV but I have some rare footage I
could only find in that format so it was nice to watch them without
conversion."
detail review and feedback http://forum.videohelp.com/topic351069.html
16 new WMV HD movies to be released in first half of 2004
Source: Microsoft
Microsoft Corp. today announced that 16 feature films are being released as
high-definition movies on DVD discs by a variety of publishers using the
high-definition video capabilities of Microsoft Windows Media 9 Series (WMV
HD). The 16 titles include 10 IMAX movies from MacGillivray Freeman Films
Inc., and movies from Artisan Home Entertainment Inc., National Geographic,
Luc Besson and more. The movies will be available
notice the word mandatory !
Microsoft's popular Windows Media Video 9 (WMV 9) format has been approved
by the DVD Forum as a mandatory technology for any device seeking the DVD HD
logo. That is, next-generation DVD players and other DVD playback devices m
ust support WMV to get the logo. This is a huge coup for Microsoft, which is
trying to get its video and audio formats accepted as industry standards, a
nd for consumers, who will be able to purchase more advanced DVD movies in t
he future as a
Decoders and transcoders
Linux users can rely on FFmpeg-based software like MPlayer and MEncoder.
For Mac OS X, Linux, FreeBSD or Microsoft Windows users who wish to convert
non-DRM WMV to MP4, HandBrake is free software that will perform the task.
Decoders and transcoders
Linux users can rely on FFmpeg-based software like MPlayer and MEncoder.
For Mac OS X, Linux, FreeBSD or Microsoft Windows users who wish to convert
non-DRM WMV to MP4, HandBrake is free software that will perform the task.
再说一遍，不是为了播放！
wmv to mpeg convert, can anyone recommend good tools ?
I downloaded a few tools, but these free tools not allow to convert file of
my size, which is about 200 MB.
Thanks.
