Video codec pack for Mac?

[Phat^Trance]

Windows user that switched to Mac. Are there any FREE video codec pack that i can download and install on big sur so that i can play most of the video files avaible?

 

[mystery hill]

It's not a codec pack, but have you tried IINA?

 

[Phat^Trance]

It's not a codec pack, but have you tried IINA?

Just tried and installed it, it opens the video file, but cant find the .srt subtitle that its in the same folder :/

 

[allan.nyholm]

Codec packs are a Windows thing - Once there was Perian and Flip4Mac(or something along those lines)

IINA as suggested above or mvp or even VLC, although VLC is a dinosaur. I personally use IINA as my videoplayer for those exotic codecs that QuickTime Player won't play.

 

[allan.nyholm]

@Phat^Trance have you gone through the settings for IINA and see if anything is helpful there? I usually drag in subtitles myself. But that's of course not everyone's cup of tea.

 

[Phat^Trance]

@Phat^Trance have you gone through the settings for IINA and see if anything is helpful there? I usually drag in subtitles myself. But that's of course not everyone's cup of tea.
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The only setting page i found was when playing the movie and then going on the movie setting and then subtitles, it couldnt find any of the two .srt files i had there (automatically). i had to manually import the srt files for it to work. Is there a way to make it find the srt files automatically?

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[mystery hill]

Does the subtitle file have the same name as the video file?

 

[Phat^Trance]

Does the subtitle file have the same name as the video file?

Yes, its the file name with with lang at end. see the screenshot

 

[mystery hill]

Try a different naming scheme:

Movie name.mp4
Movie name [English].srt
Movie name [French].srt

Also is it the only movie in the folder?

 

[Phat^Trance]

Try a different naming scheme:

Movie name.mp4
Movie name [English].srt
Movie name [French].srt

Also is it the only movie in the folder?

Yeh, its the video file and the sub only

 

[allan.nyholm]

What if you take the folder, and drag via its icon, that contains the movie + subtitle and drag it onto the IINA icon in the Dock? That got IINA to fetch subtitles for me at once.

I was curious to learn how I could do it myself. I never thought about this issue. See if that works for you too

 

[Slartibart]

Video Lan Client will do this.

 

[Phat^Trance]

What if you take the folder, and drag via its icon, that contains the movie + subtitle and drag it onto the IINA icon in the Dock? That got IINA to fetch subtitles for me at once.

I was curious to learn how I could do it myself. I never thought about this issue. See if that works for you too

yeah that worked, when moving the entire folder to the IINA app

 

[djcraze]

Just tried and installed it, it opens the video file, but cant find the .srt subtitle that its in the same folder :/

You need to enable the "add files to playlist automatically" setting for it to locate SRTs automatically.

Relevant issue: https://github.com/iina/iina/issues/767

 

[Phat^Trance]

You need to enable the "add files to playlist automatically" setting for it to locate SRTs automatically.

Relevant issue: https://github.com/iina/iina/issues/767

Hm were in the settings can i find this option? Im not able to find this at all under settings.