What is the Best Media Player for Macbook Aluminum?

[ohserena]

Hey I just inherited this 6 month old macbook aluminum unibody and I am still getting used to it.

In order to do so I want to ask the experts what is the best Media player out there for my machine. One that covers plenty of different popular formats? Or a plugin type? I'm not realy savvy on this subject and I want to do the right thing. This is mainly for video viewing.

Any suggestions?

 

[robbieduncan]

VLC. It basically plays everything.

 

[killianb]

QuickTime & VLC

I've always found QuickTime that will already be on your Mac very good. However on the odd occasion when QuickTime won't play a certain file, VLC will usually work just fine.

As far as I'm aware it's still freeware. Just Google 'VLC'.

 

[5855997]

yes VLC is great. And for quicktime, I would suggest to download Perian and Flip For Mac

These two make sure that you can play most of the formats, including WMV in Quicktime.

 

[ohserena]

Thanks a lot! I'll try these.

 

[flopticalcube]

Movist for the desktop. Plex for a home theatre experience.

 

[rgarjr]

VLC ftw

 

[MacsRgr8]

Movist for the desktop. Plex for a home theatre experience.

I second this.

 

[KingYaba]

Don't forget to check out the new Hulu app!