Windows Media Player on a Macbook?

[nitrousninja]

I have a fully updated Macbook and when i go to the Microsoft Office website to do the tutorials I need to download WMP for OSX. When I do there isn't anything on the Mac to install it with. It's an "stlx" file I think(I'm at work).


What do I need to install it? I couldn't find anything readily available.

 

[Tyranicus]

Download The Unarchiver. That should be able to open it. If not, you can use StuffIt Expander, but that's a PPC app and pretty bloated too, so try The Unarchiver first.

 

[TheStu]

Yep, sounds like a StuffIt archive. According to some people, there are tons of them, but in the 3 years that I have had my Mac I have come across them maybe half a dozen .sit or .sitx files in the past 3 years.

 

[zacharace]

WMP for OS X hasn't been updated in at least a few years; I think 10.2 was the last version of OS X to be able to open .sitx files "natively" via Stuffit Expander.

 

[TheStu]

Once you get hte files open, if they are .WMV files you can use Flip4Mac to open them in QuickTime, though VLC should be able to open them right up as well.

 

[Arik5405]

I use Flip4Mac and it works fine.

 

[nitrousninja]

Thanks for the help! I'll try it when I get home.

 

[Kmax82]

Originally posted by: Arik5405
I use Flip4Mac and it works fine.

I second this. Don't get WMP for OSX, just use Flip4Mac. It's free and it makes WM files play in Quicktime.