viewing wvx file

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viewing wvx file

I am trying to view wvx files on my PowerBook G4 with OS 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.5.1. When I tried to install Flip4Mac for OS 10.3.9, I got a message saying it couldn't be installed because QuickTime needed to be version 7.0 or later. I click on update software for QuickTime and my screen flashes but doesn't do anything else. I am a very novice user, so please help me in very plain English! Thanks!

PowerBook G4, Mac OS X (10.3.x)

Posted on Dec 8, 2009 8:20 PM

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Texas Mac Man

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Dec 9, 2009 11:33 AM in response to Lisa Johnson6

Webopedia says the WVX extension identifies a metafile. That mostly
means a small file that points to the real file on the web. It's purely
a Windows thing. Ask your correspondents to (1) send the
file itself instead of a pointer or (2) send you the URL so you can
find it yourself.

Another possibility - see if TextEdit will open.

 Cheers, Tom 😉

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Answer 2

Dec 9, 2009 11:38 AM in response to Lisa Johnson6

Hi Lisa,

First of all, Welcome to the  Discussion forums!

Make sure the version of Flip4Mac that you are trying to install is (If you are running Mac OS X, version 10.3.9 or earlier) version 2.2.1.11.

You can find this version in the list of older downloads found at:

http://dynamic.telestream.net/downloads/download-flip4macwmv.htm

perhaps you have just tried to install the wrong version of Mac OS 10.3.9.

LS 🙂

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Answer 3

Dec 9, 2009 7:30 PM in response to littleshoulders

I downloaded Flip4Mac version 2.2.1.1.1 but it would not install. It said I needed QuickTime version 7 (I have QuickTime 6.5.1). I looked at installing QuickTime version 7 but the website said I needed OS X 10.4 and I only have OS X 10.3.9.

I was able to open the wvx file with TextEdit but it's all machine language. What's next?

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Answer 4

Dec 10, 2009 3:10 AM in response to littleshoulders

*If you are running Mac OS X, version 10.3.9 or earlier, please download version 2.2.1.11.

**Requires QuickTime Pro 7.0 or later.
(from http://dynamic.telestream.net/downloads/download-flip4macwmv.htm)
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That's a bit of a catch 22...?

QuickTime 7 System Requirements
QuickTime 7 for Mac OS X:
PowerPC G3 (400MHz or faster) or Intel processor
Mac OS X v10.4.11 or later <<-- *note
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QuickTime 7 Pro System Requirements
400 MHz Power PC G3 or faster Macintosh computer;
Mac OS X v10.3.9 or later. <<-- *note

(Windows 2000 or XP
233 MHz Intel Pentium class or better processor
At least 128MB of RAM)

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