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Is there a VLC like program that doesn't suck?

bobber205

bobber205

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Don't get me wrong. I like that VLC can play almost anything. But the Intel version sucks hardcore. Every time I try to open just about any file, it freezes. I have to force quit and then try again. The second time is usually ok.

So are there any alternatives?
 
someguy said:
NicePlayer maybe?
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While NicePlayer is nice (ahahahahah, anyway), it doesn't play as many formats as VLC. You could try MPlayer, which I use because VLC doesn't seem to play in full screen on my dual monitors, but it lacks VLC's great subtitle support.
 
This is exactly what happened to me. any fix or update on this? i hate to force quit every time, damn it.

bobber205 said:
Don't get me wrong. I like that VLC can play almost anything. But the Intel version sucks hardcore. Every time I try to open just about any file, it freezes. I have to force quit and then try again. The second time is usually ok.

So are there any alternatives?
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VLC- 0.86a was released recently to patch all the bugs with 0.86. Check which version you have; I haven't had a single issue with 0.86a on any of my Macs (Intel and PPC).
 
risc said:
VLC- 0.86a was released recently to patch all the bugs with 0.86. Check which version you have; I haven't had a single issue with 0.86a on any of my Macs (Intel and PPC).
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just updated from 0.84 to 0.86a, solved that annoying prob, thx.
 
the best

Perian + Niceplayer

Perian is a plugin that allows niceplayer to play EVERYTHING
cz
 
since there's a mkv plugin for QT, i'd think that NP can play mkv as well.

i can find out once i can access my personal server again.

simontarr said:
Can it play .mkv (Matroksa) video files? If it can then I'm sold! Bye bye VLC.
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XnavxeMiyyep said:
While NicePlayer is nice (ahahahahah, anyway), it doesn't play as many formats as VLC. You could try MPlayer, which I use because VLC doesn't seem to play in full screen on my dual monitors, but it lacks VLC's great subtitle support.
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You can't get VLC to play full screen on a dual-monitor system? I don't have any problem with it. For awhile it wouldn't remember my settings that I wanted it to play on my secondary monitor, but the latest update seems to have fixed that.
 
bobber205 said:
Don't get me wrong. I like that VLC can play almost anything. But the Intel version sucks hardcore. Every time I try to open just about any file, it freezes. I have to force quit and then try again. The second time is usually ok.

So are there any alternatives?
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I haven't had a single issue with VLC since I updated to the Intel version (I'm running 0.8.5)

You may want to try uninstalling and reinstalling it.
 
I use Perian + Quicktime and use an Applescript run through Quicksilver trigger to get my fullscreen. Works great and doesn't require any more third-party apps than necessary.

I do with the Quicktime Player window looked more like the web plug-in, though. The giant bezel around the video bugs me :)
 
VLC works flawlessly on a PC and on my Mac freezes 50% of the time I minimize... useless macs.
 
The problem with VLC is that it doesn't render subtitles very well. If your a big foreign and anime film fan your better off using MPlayer with the following options:

-ass -fontconfig -embeddedfonts

Please correct me if I am mistaken.
 
Chilz0r said:
The problem with VLC is that it doesn't render subtitles very well. If your a big foreign and anime film fan your better off using MPlayer with the following options:

-ass -fontconfig -embeddedfonts

Please correct me if I am mistaken.
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Hmm, never had a problem with subtitles on VLC myself. Have you tried with the latest version? Maybe it is because I only watch 1080p and 720p films now.
 
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