Windows Media Player 9 for Mac OS X
Microsoft Windows Media Player for Mac OS X Sporting a new brushed steel skin for Apple's newest operating system, this new version of our player opens the world of Windows Media 9 content to Macintosh users, enabling them to access the best audio and video on the web.
New plug-in support added for Internet Explorer, Netscape, and Safari enables playback of Windows Media files right from the browser.
Optimized specifically for the Macintosh, the player provides intuitive design, reliable performance, and compatibility with most popular Macintosh models and system software.
Download Windows Media Player 9 for Mac OS X
If you don't have Mac OS X, get the Windows Media Player for Mac 7.1 which runs on the Mac Classic OS.
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Windows Media Playback Details:
• Support for local and streamed playback of Windows Media files
• ASX version 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 parsing
• UDP, TCP/IP, HTTP and multicast streaming
• Protocol automatic ordering and rollover
• Multiple bit rates
• Intelligent streaming
• Logging
• Producer file support
• Server Side playlist
• Favorites
• Closed captioning
• HTTP basic authentication
• Limited Windows Media Download (WMD) support
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Comprehensive List of Codecs Supported:
Audio:
• Windows Media Audio Decode (Format Tag: WMA2 = 353, WMA1=352)
• Decodes all CBR from 5kbps - 192kbps, 8kHz - 48kHz, mono & stereo
• Decodes all v9 CBR from 5kbps - 320kbps, 8kHz - 48kHz, mono & stereo
• Decodes all quality based, bit rate, and peak constrained VBR profiles
• Supports WMA v1 and WMA v2 bit streams
• Decodes WMV v9 Pro downsampled to stereo
• Windows Media Audio Pro Decode
• 5.1 discrete to stereo fold down only
• Windows Media Audio Lossless Decode
• Windows Media Audio Voice Decode (Format Tag: 10)
• Decodes all CBR profiles from 4kbps to 20kbps, 8kHz to 22kHz, mono
• Supports Speech mode, Music Mode and post-filtering
• G.726
Video:
• Windows Media Video Decode (4CC: WMV7, WMV8, WMV9)
• Decodes content encoded with WMV v7 v8 and v9
• Decodes WMV v9 1p/2p CBR/VBR
• Windows Media Video Image (4CC: WMVP)
• Decodes CBR/VBR content
• MS MPEG-4 Decode (4CC: MP42, MP43)
• Decodes content encoded with MS MPEG-4 v2 and MS MPEG-4 v3
• ISO MPEG-4 Decode (4CC: MP4S)
• Decodes ISO MPEG-4 v1.0 (subset of simple profile)
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With Windows Media Player for Mac, you can use Windows Media Technologies, including the following:
• Windows Media content playback
• Plug-in support for Internet Explorer
• Netscape® and Safari™ browsers
• High-quality Audio and video
• Mac Classic skins
Download Windows Media Player for Mac 
Windows Media Player 9 for Mac OS X is available for download in two file formats: MacBinary (.bin) and BinHex (.hqx). Although the file formats differ, both files contain the same version of Windows Media Player.
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Note: Windows Media Player for Mac will download to the download location specified in your browser. The default location is the desktop.
You will need to use StuffIt Expander to decompress Windows Media Player for Mac OS X. StuffIt Expander easily expands and decodes virtually any compressed file. Download StuffIt Expander for Mac here.
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