30 Oct 2009 at 23:03 #1 gurusan gurusan Soldato Joined 2 Sep 2006 Posts 13,483 Location Forest Grove, OR, 'Merica So I don't know much about macs but my buddy from the states is using VLC to play xvid content and says it's not the best quality. What is the best player/decoder for OSX?
So I don't know much about macs but my buddy from the states is using VLC to play xvid content and says it's not the best quality. What is the best player/decoder for OSX?
30 Oct 2009 at 23:09 #2 mr.sly mr.sly Soldato Joined 25 Jul 2006 Posts 3,877 Never had any problems with the quality of VLC, you can try Perian which will install the correct codecs so you can view files in QuickTime.
Never had any problems with the quality of VLC, you can try Perian which will install the correct codecs so you can view files in QuickTime.
30 Oct 2009 at 23:10 #3 gurusan gurusan Soldato OP Joined 2 Sep 2006 Posts 13,483 Location Forest Grove, OR, 'Merica thank you
30 Oct 2009 at 23:11 #4 mr.sly mr.sly Soldato Joined 25 Jul 2006 Posts 3,877 Sorry forgot to add Perian won't handle .mkv files as far as I remember. Not sure there's any alternatives for those.
Sorry forgot to add Perian won't handle .mkv files as far as I remember. Not sure there's any alternatives for those.
30 Oct 2009 at 23:12 #5 gurusan gurusan Soldato OP Joined 2 Sep 2006 Posts 13,483 Location Forest Grove, OR, 'Merica not sure if he watches any hd content anyway....thanks for the info.
31 Oct 2009 at 13:26 #6 J1234 J1234 Soldato Joined 16 Oct 2005 Posts 13,793 VLC is the best way to go.
31 Oct 2009 at 19:33 #7 goujon945 goujon945 Associate Joined 28 Jun 2008 Posts 826 Location Newcastle VLC or Plex. Defo Plex for MKVs or other HD stuff
