Two Popular Ways to Convert MOV to WMV on Mac OS

As we know, Apple QuickTime is the most popular media player for Mac users. QuickTime lets you view internet video, HD movie trailers, and personal media in a wide range of file formats.

QuickTime supports video formats like MOV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2,1 MPEG-4, 3GPP, 3GPP2, JPEG, DV,Motion JPEG, AVI, MQV, H.264. Oh, there is no popular video format like WMV, MKV in Windows platform. So we can not play most of windows videos like wmv with QuickTime on Mac OS directly. Is there any method to solve this? Yes, this article will show you two popular ways to play wmv files on Mac OS including Snow Leopard and Lion.

Method 1: Convert MOV to WMV with QuickTime Pro, Play wmv with Flip4Mac.

As we know most videos on Mac OS is in MOV or MP4 format. So we have to converter those MOV to WMV first. Then import WMV videos into QuickTime player with special objects.

QuickTime 7 Pro ($29.99). It can convert your media to different formats, so you can watch a movie or video on your iPhone, iPod, and Apple TV. You can also use QuickTime 7 Pro to record video and share everything you make with friends and family.

Flip4Mac (WMV Studio $49.00). With Windows Media Components for QuickTime by Flip4Mac, you can play Windows Media files (.wma and .wmv) directly in QuickTime Player and view Windows Media content on the Internet using a web browser.

Method 2: Convert MOV to WMV with Mac Video Converter, Play wmv with Flip4Mac.

Aimersoft Video Converter for Mac is a professional mov to wmv converter on Mac OS. With this Mac MOV to WMV Video Converter, you can easily import mov files, set the output setting of your WMV fomat, then start "Start" to begin the conversion. Now show the detail to convert quicktime mov to WMV on Mac, then you can edit your MOV files on Microsoft video editing software, Windows Movie Maker or Windows Media Player. Make it more Windows-friendly.

Part 1: How to convert quicktime MOV to WMV on Mac?

1 Import any MOV files to Mac Aimersoft Video Converter.

Install and run Aimersoft Video Converter. Click "Add Video" button to load quicktime mov files from your hard drive, or digital camera. Or you can drag the files to this program directly.

2 Set output format as WMV

In the right video playing box, you can get a preview of these MOV videos. Click the device icon behind the video thumbnail to select the output format:

3Convert MOV to WMV format.

Click "Start" to convert MOV to WMV. After conversion, you can find the converted WMV Videos in destination folder.

Part 2: Play WMV in QuickTime with Flip4Mac

After installed the Windows Media Component for QuickTime, you can easily import wmv, wma files into QuickTime on Mac OS. So converting MOV to WMV and playing WMV video files for Mac user, now it is an easy case.

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