Flip4Mac

Flip4Mac

Flip Player's main window on OS X Mavericks
Developer(s) Telestream, Inc.
Initial release December 6, 2004 (2004-12-06)[1][2]
Stable release
3.3.7.2[3] / October 5, 2015 (2015-10-05)
Development status Active
Operating system macOS
Platform x86, x64
Available in English
Type Multimedia framework, plug-in, media player
License Proprietary commercial software
Website www.telestream.net/flip4mac/overview.htm

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[4] (plug-in and standalone player combined).[5]

There are four versions of Flip4Mac Player:[6]

Play Windows Media files (.wma and .wmv) 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 (up to 768 x 576) WMV files using preset templates and custom encoding profiles

Includes all the features of Studio, and adds two-pass HD (up to 1920 x 1080), VBR encoding and pro audio features

Technical specifications

Below is the following technical specifications for Flip4Mac Player:[7]

Codec support

Supported audio codecs Play and import Export
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 codecs Play and import Export
      Windows Media Video 9 Advanced (WMVA) — Broadcast Profile
        Windows Video Codec 1 (WVC1)
        Windows Media Video 9 Standard (WMV3)
        Windows Media Video 8 (WMV2)
        Windows Media Video 7 (WMV1)
        ISO MPEG-4 V1.1 (M4S2)
        ISO MPEG-4 V1.0 (MP4S)
        Microsoft MPEG-4 V3 (MP43)
        Microsoft MPEG-4 V2 (MP42)
        Microsoft Motion JPEG (MJPG)
        Supported file formats Play and import Export
        Advanced Systems Format (ASF)
        Advanced Stream Redirector (ASX)
        Audio/Video Interleaved (AVI) — WMV media wrapped in AVI file format

        Network stream protocols

        Stream type Name Protocols
        MMS
        Microsoft Media Server
        MMS, HTTP, RTSP, and TCP
        HLS
        HTTP Live Streaming
        HTTP and TCP

        Frame sizes available for export

        4:3 Studio Studio 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 CCIR Studio Studio Pro HD
        720 x 480
        720 x 575
        16:9 Studio Studio 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:[3]

        Windows Media Components for QuickTime

        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[8][9][10][11][12] until May 1, 2014 when Telestream began charging for Flip4Mac Player.[4] Microsoft's website refers the product as Windows Media Components for QuickTime while Telestream just refers to Flip4Mac.[13]

        Windows Media

        Advanced Stream Redirector

        Advanced Stream Redirector (ASX) file format is a type of Extensible Markup Language (XML) metafile designed to store a playlist of Windows Media files for a multimedia presentation. Flip4Mac currently supports the following MIME types:[14]

        video/x-ms-wmv audio/x-ms-wma
        video/x-ms-wm video/x-ms-asf
        video/x-ms-wvx video/x-ms-wmx
        audio/x-ms-wax video/x-ms-asx

        Advanced Systems Format

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

        Windows Media Audio

        Main article: Windows Media Audio

        Windows Media Audio (WMA) 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.[15]

        Windows Media Video

        Main article: Windows Media Video

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

        Version history

        See also

        References

        1. 'Telestream Flip4Mac brings Windows Media encoding to the Mac' by Telestream (December 6, 2004) – Wayback Machine
        2. 'Telestream Flip4Mac offers WMV encoding on Mac' by Brad Cook (December 6, 2004) – Macworld
        3. 1 2 3 4 Flip4Mac v3.3.7 release notes – Telestream
        4. 1 2 Why is Telestream charging for Flip4Mac Player? – Telestream
        5. Flip4Mac versus Flip Player – Vimeo
        6. Flip4Mac's overview – Telestream
        7. Flip4Mac's technical specifications – Telestream
        8. 'Microsoft quietly ditches WMP for Mac' by Ed Oswald (January 11, 2006) – BetaNews
        9. 'Windows Media content goes Mac OS X' by Digital Trends Staff (January 11, 2006) – Digital Trends
        10. 'Microsoft confirms: WMP for Mac dead' by Nate Mook (January 12, 2006) – BetaNews
        11. 'Music stops for Mac Windows Media Player' by Ina Fried (January 12, 2006) – c|net
        12. 'Microsoft bails on Windows Media Player for Mac' by Jim Dalrymple (January 14, 2006) – Macworld
        13. Windows Media Components for QuickTime – Microsoft
        14. Flip4Mac's technical specifications – Advanced Stream Redirector (ASX) support – Telestream
        15. Flip4Mac v3.3 User Guide – Telestream
        16. 'Flip4Mac 2.1 adds Intel Mac support' by Jim Dalrymple (July 28, 2006) – Macworld
        17. 'Telestream releases Flip4Mac 3.0 including new multi-format video player' (September 2012) – Digital Production Buzz
        18. Flip4Mac v3.0 release notes – Telestream
        19. 'Flip4Mac 3.1 released with Retina display support and iTunes export' (February 23, 2013) – iClarified
        20. Flip4Mac v3.1 release notes – Telestream
        21. 'Flip4Mac 3.2 brings dramatically improved load times for WMV and ASF video' (May 2, 2013) – iClarified
        22. 'Flip4Mac 3.2 brings dramatically improved load times for WMV and ASF video' (May 2, 2013) – iHash
        23. Flip4Mac v3.2 release notes – Telestream
        24. Is Flip4Mac supported on OS X El Capitan? – Telestream

        Further reading

        Flip4Mac has been mentioned in the following books:

        External links

        Flip4Mac website
        
        
        
        This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/2/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.