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Shoot, just use VLC and forget all that mess. Macs are supposed to be easy to use!
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Why let Windows users have all the fun?
Apple's QuickTime Player is the standard for Mac OSX, and while it isn't bad, out of the box, it's kinda useless. So, here's a list of codecs out there that are a must-have for all Mac OSX users.
For the Divx/Xvid stuff, I really recommend having them all installed, because each codec below is stronger at one piece of the puzzle than the others.
QuickTime out of the box support
QuickTime (.mov)
MPEG 1 (.mpg)
MPEG4 (.mp4)
H.264 (.mp4)
Shockwave Flash (.swf)
DivX 6.0
Link: Direct download
Cost: Free for playback
Divx up to 6.0 (various)
3ivx D4 4.5.1
Link: Download page
Cost: Free
Divx, 3ivx, Xvid
Xvid 0.5.1
Link: Direct download
Cost: Free
Xvid (various)
Apple MPEG2 component
Link: Info page
Cost: $20 (but, uhm, can be "found")
MPEG2 (.mpg, .mpeg, .m2v, .m2a, .m2s)
VOB (.vob) - however, only VOB files with MPEG audio layers I and II will play the audio
Flip4Mac
Link: Homepage
Cost: $10
Windows Media Video 7, 8, + 9 SD and HD (various)
Windows Media Audio 7, 8, + 9 Professional and Lossless (various)
Ogg Vorbis
Link: Download page
Cost: Free
Ogg Vorbis (.ogg)
AC3 codec
Link: Direct download
Cost: Free
AC3 audio in .avi containters (.avi)
Note: Does not currently work in QuickTime 7.0.2 and above
A52 Codec
Link: Direct download
Cost: Free
AC3/A52 codec for CoreAudio apps
Note: Does not currently work for .avi files.
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Shoot, just use VLC and forget all that mess. Macs are supposed to be easy to use!
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the only thing i really miss from pc is Media Player Classic and ffdshow.
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Mplayer OSX (not v2) is better than VLC, first of all.Originally Posted by Dunlap
Second, VLC doesn't help me preview movies in the Finder, watch things via Front Row, watching things embedded in a website, etc.
And how is it a mess? Download the codecs, install them once, and QuickTime is better off for it.
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My computer runs VLC better than Mplayer so I only said that for simplicity, though I do prefer to use Mplayer if I'm watching a subtitled video. As for your other points, I've never experienced those. I don't preview, don't have a media center, and the only times I meet embedded stuff it's all windows media which opens a "would you like to try playing this in xxx?" dialog. Only thing I use QuickTime for now is H.264 playback... I guess I'd download a codec so I could do a quick edit with QuickTime...
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You never do any previewing in the Finder? Wow. What view do you usually use, Icon?
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Yep. I only preview pictures.
Death is what I bring.
MS is dumping WMP for Mac and has made Flip4Mac's WMV decoding plugin for Quicktime free to download.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win.../flip4mac.mspx
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holy! Yes, I just noticed, flip4mac opens to this page now:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
I don't know if there is a catch to it... Have you guys installed this update?
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I installed the update because the previous version would crash safari/QT after playing a .wmv.
I still can't watch .wmv in firefox though.
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