Play Embedded WMV Videos on a Mac with Firefox and Flip4Mac

Every time I try to watch WMV videos on the web with my Mac, I have to download them and then open the movie files with Windows Media Player. Is there a way to watched them directly in the browser?

Embedded WMV content on the web seems to give new Mac owners a bit of a problem. Windows has integrated the Windows Media Player directly into Internet Explorer, so Windows users often take embedded WMV video for granted. The first time they open up their new Mac and try to watch a video that’s embedded in a web page, they’ll be surprised when the video doesn’t play. They’ll be confused when they soon find out that they have to download that video, and play it in Windows Media Player for Mac, or VLC, separate from their web browser.

Until now, that is. Flip4Mac is Mac software that is able to play Windows Media Video files. Download and install Flip4Mac, then go back and reload the web page containing the embedded video you’d like to watch with Firefox. The WMV video will begin playing, instantly, right inside your browser window.