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    avi player for Mac?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Duster73, Jul 24, 2010.

  1. Duster73

    Duster73 Notebook Consultant

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    I have a video in avi format, and I have a mac. What do I need in order to watch it? My MBP is saying its not a format Quicktime recognizes.
     
    Duster73, Jul 24, 2010
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  2. Ryan

    Ryan NBR Moderator

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    VLC Player..

    Works great.
     
    Ryan, Jul 25, 2010
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  3. kingyubbo

    kingyubbo Notebook Guru

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    movist, better than QT w/ Perian and VLC in my experience
     
    kingyubbo, Jul 26, 2010
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    thundernet Notebook Deity

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    Use VLC.Your best option...
     
    thundernet, Aug 16, 2010
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  5. tjrules

    tjrules Newbie

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    Yeah vlc will works great... Real player also get few probes while opening any extension
     
    tjrules, Oct 13, 2010
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    Jetster65 Notebook Guru

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    While VLC Player is pretty good I have used that and another program called MPCstar which is virtually the same thing and has a lot cleaner UI.
     
    Jetster65, Oct 17, 2010
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    rmt5 Notebook Enthusiast

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    What are the benefits of using the standalone vlc player over quicktime with the perian plugin?
     
    rmt5, May 4, 2011
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    Chris27, May 4, 2011
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    another vote for vlc
     
    debaucher, May 4, 2011
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    bootcamp :D
     
    ViciousXUSMC, May 5, 2011
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    Mplayer works for me, free on the app store too.
     
    MSGaldenzi, May 5, 2011
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    Anna Brooks, May 6, 2011
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  13. DEagleson

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    I have no experience with OSX but both my favourite programs are available for it.

    You got VLC for media playback on whatever file you got, and it wont clutter do cluttered codec installs.
    The other one is XBMC Media Player, i really enjoy that one too. :D
     
    DEagleson, May 6, 2011
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