I just switched to mac, help me w/ media player conversions

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i just switched to mac for my first time and i tried downloading both media player classic for my .avi files and winamp because i prefer it to itunes but when i tried opening them a message came up saying "There is no default application to open ______". Anyone have any suggestions for what to do/get?

― buyabiznatch (buyabiznatch), Wednesday, 31 August 2005 14:17 (twenty years ago)

get a PC.

― g-kit (g-kit), Wednesday, 31 August 2005 14:19 (twenty years ago)

Part of being a mac user is acccepting that itunes is the poo. take a big wiff.

― The Original Jimmy Mod: Waiting for the return of the Lohan's titties (The Famo, Wednesday, 31 August 2005 14:19 (twenty years ago)

videolan.org VLC media player is the business for most media files, it does so much more than QT player. See also MPlayerOS X but that is tedious to set up.

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 31 August 2005 14:20 (twenty years ago)

when i tried opening them a message came up saying "There is no default application to open ______".

select one file, choose "Get Info" from the File menu. In the "Open with" section choose the application you want to open them with. click the "Change all" button to apply this to all documents of the same "type"

― Britain's Jauntiest Shepherd (Alan), Wednesday, 31 August 2005 14:27 (twenty years ago)

EasyWMA will convert WMA to MP3, and VLC as Ed sez for WMV

― Dave B (daveb), Wednesday, 31 August 2005 15:04 (twenty years ago)

Also bear in mind that you can download Windows Media Player for Mac, too. Just in case.

― Girolamo Savonarola, Wednesday, 31 August 2005 20:09 (twenty years ago)

It's a bit of a dog though and videolan works for most windows media files.

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 31 August 2005 20:11 (twenty years ago)

Basically, wmv is crapola on macs - jumping around the file sucks on WMP and VLC.

― Dave B (daveb), Wednesday, 31 August 2005 20:28 (twenty years ago)

I have vast hate for people who use Windows Media files. Why pick a format that locks out Linux (etc), Mac, thin internet terminals, etc.

― the food has a top snake of 1 (ex machina), Wednesday, 31 August 2005 20:31 (twenty years ago)

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