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<blockquote data-quote="Discerptor" data-source="post: 388334" data-attributes="member: 12177"><p><a href="http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=922919&postcount=243" target="_blank">http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=922919&postcount=243</a></p><p></p><p>That one player will play absolutely anything and everything, something no other video player on OS X can claim to do, not even VLC (granted VLC DOES do anything and everything except for proper MKVs, which are not popular yet; if you know you won't be running into them, just use VLC: <a href="http://www.videolan.org/" target="_blank">http://www.videolan.org/</a> ).</p><p></p><p>Also, forget DivX codec or any of that. If you want to improve Quicktime's functionality in particular, there are only four components you need to make your Quicktime do absolutely everything outside MKVs and subtitle files (which Perian is working on getting to function for their 1.0 release):</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.flip4mac.com/wmv_download.htm" target="_blank">http://www.flip4mac.com/wmv_download.htm</a></p><p>Flip4Mac will do all your WMVs. For the love of God, UNINSTALL Windows Media Player when you install this; they can conflict and cause the Internets to explode when you try to view a WMV-based video online.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.perian.org/" target="_blank">http://www.perian.org/</a></p><p>Perian will do everything else barring MKV files (including DivX, XviD).</p><p></p><p><a href="http://trac.cod3r.com/a52codec/" target="_blank">http://trac.cod3r.com/a52codec/</a></p><p>A52 codec will handle audio in those very few files that use A52/AC3-encoded surround sound.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.xiph.org/quicktime/download.html" target="_blank">http://www.xiph.org/quicktime/download.html</a></p><p>This will let you play FLAC, ogg, and other rogue formats that small niches of the Internets use. I would install this regardless of how much you use Quicktime or Frontrow simply because it's good to be able to play ogg audio in iTunes (actually I would install all the components so you don't run into trouble with Internet-embedded stuff).</p><p></p><p>By the way, those components/compilations are all totally free. As for getting Quicktime to do full screen for free (legally):</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=366306" target="_blank">http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=366306</a></p><p></p><p>Enjoy. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>GRAHHHH what happened to our emoticons? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Discerptor, post: 388334, member: 12177"] [url]http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=922919&postcount=243[/url] That one player will play absolutely anything and everything, something no other video player on OS X can claim to do, not even VLC (granted VLC DOES do anything and everything except for proper MKVs, which are not popular yet; if you know you won't be running into them, just use VLC: [url]http://www.videolan.org/[/url] ). Also, forget DivX codec or any of that. If you want to improve Quicktime's functionality in particular, there are only four components you need to make your Quicktime do absolutely everything outside MKVs and subtitle files (which Perian is working on getting to function for their 1.0 release): [url]http://www.flip4mac.com/wmv_download.htm[/url] Flip4Mac will do all your WMVs. For the love of God, UNINSTALL Windows Media Player when you install this; they can conflict and cause the Internets to explode when you try to view a WMV-based video online. [url]http://www.perian.org/[/url] Perian will do everything else barring MKV files (including DivX, XviD). [url]http://trac.cod3r.com/a52codec/[/url] A52 codec will handle audio in those very few files that use A52/AC3-encoded surround sound. [url]http://www.xiph.org/quicktime/download.html[/url] This will let you play FLAC, ogg, and other rogue formats that small niches of the Internets use. I would install this regardless of how much you use Quicktime or Frontrow simply because it's good to be able to play ogg audio in iTunes (actually I would install all the components so you don't run into trouble with Internet-embedded stuff). By the way, those components/compilations are all totally free. As for getting Quicktime to do full screen for free (legally): [url]http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=366306[/url] Enjoy. :) GRAHHHH what happened to our emoticons? :( [/QUOTE]
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