Aside from Quicktime...

[vicious7]

what other comparable video players are available?

TIA

 

[Angrist]

VLC and mplayer

 

[Diaresi]

Quicktime + Perian + Flip4Mac is all you need

 

[Cromulent]

VLC seems to be have a lighter load when it comes to system resources, plus it is a lot faster when playing HD video files. At least that is my experience anyway.

 

[vicious7]

Thank you. I usually have multiple formats on the go and sometimes Quicktime does not work.

 

[kuebby]

VLC seems to be have a lighter load when it comes to system resources, plus it is a lot faster when playing HD video files. At least that is my experience anyway.

I agree. Also sometimes QT will just not like a file and decide not to play the audio or video part, even though I have Perian installed; in those cases I just use VLC.

 

[j/k/Andy]

I like nice player, plays the same content as quicktime, only nicer

http://niceplayer.sourceforge.net/

 

[Wayfarer]

Quicktime + Perian + Flip4Mac is all you need

That awesome combo is what has been floating my boat for years.

 

[FadeToBlack]

Quicktime + Perian + Flip4Mac is all you need

Exactly. No reason that I can see to use anything else. With those plug-ins, QuickTime plays everything I've thrown at it.

 

[nuttyboy78]

Does Qt + Perian also play MPEG2 and VOB files?

 

[darkcurse]

Not sure, but they should I think. Perian handles almost anything though Qt is quite finicky about mpeg files.

 

[FadeToBlack]

Does Qt + Perian also play MPEG2 and VOB files?

Actually, I don't think it does. I think you have to buy some sort of MPEG2 plug-in from Apple. Correct me if I'm wrong, though.