subject: Playback And Download Silverlight Files On Your Mac With Elmedia Player [print this page] Elmedia Player by Eltima Software is a free media player that supports playback of various media formats, including popular Microsoft Silverlight files - XAP format.
Elmedia Player can play local XAP files as well as online ones, thanks to the built-in web browser.
Eltima Media Player for Mac OS X also provides its users with convenient organization and management: media library inspired by iTunes along with playlists creation. More than that you can create smart playlists by choosing special parameters, and then Elmedia Player will organize Silverlight files matching your criteria automatically.
Elmedia Player also offers PRO version, which is available for $ 19.95 and features even more options to watch and manage Silvelight files.
The most essential feature is the ability to download XAP files from the web directly to the hard drive. Whether it is a game or a presentation you are just in a couple of clicks of having it permanently on your computer. You can easily download external resources like videos and images that XAP file is using.
With Elmedia Player PRO you can also watch movies in full-screen mode, make screenshots of the favorite moments of played Silverlight files or even convert the whole movie into the series of screenshots.
With Elmedia Player PRO you can get more from customizable view options. It features "Always on top" mode, which is very useful when you need the video to show up over all other apps you are currently using. You can even detach the playback window from Elmedia Player and move it to any part of the monitor.
In fact Elmedia Player is a media player for Mac OS X. So it supports playback not only of Silverlight files, but also of almost all video files: FLV, SWF, RM and RV (Real), AVI, MOV, MP4, WMV and others).
Elmedia Player page: http://mac.eltima.com/media-player.html
