It's not surprising that a third-party can produce far better software than the multi billion dollar Microsoft with their 2,000+ software developers. But what does surprise is when Flip4Mac simply performs better than most other software, and integrates so smoothly with QuickTime that sometimes I actually don't realise I'm working with a WMV file. Formats like RealPlayer will never catch on commercially in the Mac community if they don't have QuickTime compatibility, but Flip4Mac makes the WMV experience seamless. I can now import and export WMV movies in one step, which is still virtually impossible with Windows itself! It's not a half-assed attempt at making a WMV viewer (like MS original Windows Media Player for Mac) but is a completely seamless addition to QuickTime, meaning it works with any application that supports QuickTime. Now I'm free to use QuickTime, Cellulo or even Front Row to view WMV movies.

I should mention, I'm using it on a lowly 350MHz G4. If somebody sends me an HD WMV file that the computer is too slow to play back (which would be the case with ANY HD format and a 350MHz machine) I simply use Flip4Mac to re-encode the file into something smaller that the computer can handle. So far it has never skipped a beat or crashed on me. I haven't had any audio/video sync issues either, even though these issues can be common with third part codecs and conversion software.