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Divx Player
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rossoUK said:
Usually I'd recommend VLC but it's very buggy on Tiger, MPlayer OS X is much nicer on Tiger but is buggy in fullscreen, at the moment for Tiger I'm using XinePlayer it's a fantastic media app and has a great future.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
http://mplayer.sf.net/
http://xineplayer.berlios.de/
risc said:
VLC's pretty hit and miss with Tiger. It's working well with some of my installs but not on others.
My God, how many times does this question get asked? Today?! The answer will always be the same. A contingent will advocate VLC. You will also get recommendations for Mplayer OS X. I always recommend the DivX QuickTime codec and using the QuickTime player. This is a question that really should be placed in the FAQs.rossoUK said:
MisterMe said:
And what about the problems the DivX codec causes with Tiger?
Also if someone does put this in a FAQ you should link to XinePlayer as well as it's much better than both VLC and MPlayer OS X in Tiger, actually if it works in Panther it's probably better than both on them on Panther too.
i use mplayer but have the codecs for quicktime
what i am waiting for is divx 6 for mac to come out
what i am waiting for is divx 6 for mac to come out
risc said:
BTW... I have just tried XinePlayer for the first time.
It really is great! even plays .wmv files (some better than others... but it really has potential!)
MacsRgr8 said:
Cheers for the link, I'd tried test1 wasn't much better than the stable version I'll have a look at test2 tonight.
ITASOR said:
Works and Works Great aren't the same thing - yes the DivX plugin works in Tiger, but it creates cosmetic problems like 2 help menus in the menu bar on some apps, it also locks quicktime up on some machines if you minimize what you are playing, and from what I've read on this forum it might be causing some really bad problems in Tiger.
Oh well DivX was just updated for Windows hopefully the new version isn't too far away for OS X.
You sure you're not using a slightly older version of the DivX plug-in? So far as everything I've read says, the latest version consistently causes at the very least the double help menus in QT player, although slightly older (5.1?) versions do not.ITASOR said:
This could be another issue, but I've also noticed QT Player locking up on some AVIs far more regularly than it did before, and although it could be just QT7 at fault, I'm inclined to blame the DivX plugin for that, too. With v6 out for PC, it hopefully won't be long before we have a version, one assumes Tiger-ready, of our own.
I remember a similar situation with an earlier version of QT; the DivX plugin caused some weird and seemingly unrelated problem with a web browser until an updated version was released.
I haven't personally had any issues with the stable release of VLC on Tiger, but I'll have to check out that new player--sounds interesting, anyway.
