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<blockquote data-quote="Discerptor" data-source="post: 388352" data-attributes="member: 12177"><p>In your case, then, install VLC and the four Quicktime components. That should be good enough. WMV is a file container and a video-encoding/decoding format that Microsoft developed. MKV is a new up-and-coming file container format that's superior to AVI in every way (their file names end in .mkv, is how you would tell which ones they are), but not really popular outside of groups that have to deal with subtitles a lot (anime, foreign films), and even there it's rare.</p><p></p><p>So for your purposes, I would suggest just installing VLC and the four quicktime components. Also, read my edited post; you need to make sure you don't install Windows Media Player. Having both it and Flip4Mac installed at the same time can be very, very bad. Though, if you're feeling adventurous enough, you can try the step-by-step guide to free full screen Quicktime.</p><p></p><p>Also, I'm pretty sure the components I linked you to all either use installer packages (icon will look like a cardboard box being unpacked) or are pretty self-explanatory, but you install a component (if any of them just supplies the raw .component file, looks like a white lego piece) by dragging it to the folder /Library/Quicktime/ (A52 is kind of an exception to this since there are multiple parts, but the page explains it)</p><p></p><p>Also, I'm not sure just how new you are to the Mac thing, but just to be sure, remember that you install Applications (like VLC) by dragging them to the Applications folder. Also, I would install The Unarchiver instead of Stuffit:</p><p><a href="http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/unarchiver.html" target="_blank">http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/unarchiver.html</a></p><p>It can do a lot more formats and just seems to fit better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Discerptor, post: 388352, member: 12177"] In your case, then, install VLC and the four Quicktime components. That should be good enough. WMV is a file container and a video-encoding/decoding format that Microsoft developed. MKV is a new up-and-coming file container format that's superior to AVI in every way (their file names end in .mkv, is how you would tell which ones they are), but not really popular outside of groups that have to deal with subtitles a lot (anime, foreign films), and even there it's rare. So for your purposes, I would suggest just installing VLC and the four quicktime components. Also, read my edited post; you need to make sure you don't install Windows Media Player. Having both it and Flip4Mac installed at the same time can be very, very bad. Though, if you're feeling adventurous enough, you can try the step-by-step guide to free full screen Quicktime. Also, I'm pretty sure the components I linked you to all either use installer packages (icon will look like a cardboard box being unpacked) or are pretty self-explanatory, but you install a component (if any of them just supplies the raw .component file, looks like a white lego piece) by dragging it to the folder /Library/Quicktime/ (A52 is kind of an exception to this since there are multiple parts, but the page explains it) Also, I'm not sure just how new you are to the Mac thing, but just to be sure, remember that you install Applications (like VLC) by dragging them to the Applications folder. Also, I would install The Unarchiver instead of Stuffit: [url]http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/unarchiver.html[/url] It can do a lot more formats and just seems to fit better. [/QUOTE]
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