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    Best Media Player

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by soldier0316, Feb 5, 2009.

  1. soldier0316

    soldier0316 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi Guys, I'm wondering what is the best media player for Leopard? I dislike quicktime and want something similar to SMPlayer. Thanks in advance
     
    soldier0316, Feb 5, 2009
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    Underpantman Notebook Virtuoso

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    I personally use nice player and perian for codec support. Nice player is essentially just a (very pretty) skin for quicktime.
    As a backup I also have vlc installed, which is also very good, but I just prefer the look of nice player better.
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    Underpantman, Feb 5, 2009
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    times Notebook Evangelist

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    for hd movies plex is the best. ive tried every media player on osx and plex plays all my hd mkv movies with out a problem. i use vlc or smp for standard def stuff tho. on the other hand if you have xp installed try kmplayer,it plays so smooth and the cpu usage is around 23% playn 720p stuff,which is way better than plex which is around double that.
     
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  4. sulkorp

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    I use quicktime for anything standard def. Anything in HD, Plex is way better. Quicktime couldn't play a 1080p trailer, but plex plays it fine. So yea.

    VLC is out there if you wan to use it, its pretty good.
     
    sulkorp, Feb 5, 2009
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  5. soldier0316

    soldier0316 Notebook Evangelist

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    Thanks guys! =]
     
    soldier0316, Feb 5, 2009
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  6. Chris27

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    mplayer or plex for hight bit rate 1080p mkv's
     
    Chris27, Feb 5, 2009
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  7. titaniummd

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    VLC player is the best.
     
    titaniummd, Feb 5, 2009
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  8. gibson00

    gibson00 Notebook Evangelist

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    Will vlc play most AVI's in OS X?
     
    gibson00, Feb 5, 2009
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  9. Paul

    Paul Mom! Hot Pockets! NBR Reviewer

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    VLC will play almost anything. It's played any kind of avi I've thrown at it, but most of them were DivX encoded.
     
    Paul, Feb 5, 2009
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  10. Colton

    Colton Also Proudly American

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    I always use VLC, everything has played that I've ever used.
     
    Colton, Feb 5, 2009
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  11. snowfree52

    snowfree52 Notebook Geek

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    I use mplayer, pretty good at almost everything. quicktime is sooooo boring.
     
    snowfree52, Feb 7, 2009
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  12. Colton

    Colton Also Proudly American

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    Mplayer is great! I use it with almost everything I watch.
     
    Colton, Feb 8, 2009
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  13. Luke1708

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    i use vlc for all my movies and it plays them fine. so i recommend it, but it's just my personal opinion. yours may change obviously
     
    Luke1708, Feb 9, 2009
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  14. Seshan

    Seshan Rawrrr!

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    I use VLC for all the movies I download and have never had a problem.
     
    Seshan, Feb 9, 2009
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  15. dlhuss

    dlhuss Notebook Consultant

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    vlc chokes on HD content - my vote goes to plex
     
    dlhuss, Feb 9, 2009
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